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Posts Tagged ‘logitech’

Modifier Keys broken in OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

In Computing on 28 September 2009 tagged Apple, bug, drivers, fail, logitech, Software with 3 comments

I said I wasn’t going to let this happen to me again, but dad-gum-it, I just couldn’t stay away. I like this mouse too much to leave it at the bottom of a bin. So when I upgraded to Snow Leopard this week, I figured there’d be problems. This was a surprise though. The setting [...]

Logitech Control Center 1, TextMate 0

In Computing on 2 December 2007 tagged bug, center, Computing, control, crash, drivers, logitech, mate, osx, Software, textmate with 1 comment

Ok, this was weird. The command-line TextMate launcher, ‘mate’ was crashing for me in strange and exciting ways. I filed a ticket. A kind person replied back that some people were reporting that it was Logitech Control Center. Humoring the nice man, I dutifully removed Logitech’s preferences panel and drivers… and now ‘mate’ works. This [...]

Logitech Control Center

In Computing on 26 November 2007 tagged Apple, Computing, drivers, logitech, mouse, osx, Software with 3 comments

In the past, I have talked no small amount of shit about Logitech‘s driver situation on the Mac. I don’t think it was unreasonable though, and I didn’t feel the least bit bad about dumping my Logitech MX Revolution for an Apple Mighty Mouse. I did, however, miss all the buttons. A word about writing [...]

keyboard music

In Computing on 30 October 2007 tagged Apple, bluetooth, Computing, Hardware, keyboard, logitech, logitech_control_center, sucks with 2 comments

I’ve been struggling with my Logitech keyboard and mouse combo for months now. Maybe years. The good people at Logitech make some nice products, but unfortunately, they can’t write Mac drivers to save themselves. The Logitech Control Center is a well-documented piece of shit and I’ve suffered long enough. Most recently, every time I load [...]