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You’ll now be presented with a scary as hell screen that looks like you’re laying out circuit boards, rather than fixing a major limitation in OS X. First download and install ControllerMate.

This guide will cover back / forward only, though.ġ. So not only will it sort out your back / forward issue, it’ll also solve the mouse acceleration issue – if that’s a problem for you.

USB Overdrive – Not been in development since Snow Leopard, doesn’t seem to work 100% of the time anymoreĬontrollerMate is actively developed & maintained, and offers an incredible amount of customisation for all HID peripherals.

Steermouse – Getting increasingly flakey with new OS X versions.

Razer software – not tested, will only work with Razer mice anyway.

Logitech Control Centre – Only works with Logitech mice, apparently quite buggy now.

Microsoft IntelliPoint – Only works with MS mice, doesn’t seem to work in Mountain Lion.

There’s a few utilities you can use to fix this:

#Controllermate two button one action mac os x#

If you want to use mouse buttons #4 and #5 to go forward / backward in Mac OS X out of the box you’re going to be disappointed, and end up with just a scroll icon appearing. Make sure these rules are only executed for the VM – these shortcuts won’t work for Mac! Posted by Dan in Guides, Mac, 1 comment Once set up, back & forward will be fully functional in Windows programs that support the keyboard shortcut. For the back building block you need to use ALT + Left Arrow, and for the forward block you need ALT + Right arrow, like so: Instead, let’s jump right to the rule itself:ĭrag on mouse buttons #4 and #5 as inputs, and then link them up to keystrokes building blocks. that’s all covered in my previous blog post.

#Controllermate two button one action how to#

I won’t go over how to configure rules that only apply to VMs, etc. The real fix is to use my favourite HID tool – ControllerMate. Unfortunately if you do this, you’ll have to give / take the mouse from the VM manually using CMD+OPT. This will give Windows direct access to the mouse, and you’ll be able to use the MS driver directly.

The easiest fix is to turn off SmartMouse: The problem is, the emulator doesn’t support more than 3 buttons. Additionally the emulator lets you use gestures from the touch pad in Windows (very cool). The reason for the problem is that Parallels emulates the mouse so you can easily move the mouse into and out of the VM window.

The big problem now is getting forward / backward working in Parallels (and VMware Fusion if it doesn’t work on that either). This is a follow-on post from my earlier blog post ‘ Getting Back / Forward mouse buttons working in Mac OS X‘.