macos-mouse-acceleration.md

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   2 title: Mouse Acceleration
   3 layout: 2017/sheet
   4 category: macOS
   5 updated: 2018-03-20
   6 weight: -1
   7 keywords:
   8   - "defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1"
   9 intro: |
  10   Disable mouse acceleration with this one weird trick.
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  12
  13 ## Acceleration
  14
  15
  16 ### Disabling
  17
  18 ```bash
  19 defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.mouse.scaling -1
  20 ```
  21
  22 Note: Log out to take effect. If you change *Tracking Speed* under System Preferences, it will undo this fix. Only affects the mouse, not the trackpad.
  23
  24 ### Re-enabling
  25
  26 Under *System Preferences* → *Mouse*, change *Tracking Speed*.
  27
  28 ### Trackpad acceleration
  29
  30 ```bash
  31 defaults write .GlobalPreferences com.apple.trackpad.scaling -1
  32 ```
  33
  34 Works the same way, but only affects trackpads.
  35
  36 ## References
  37
  38 - [Disabling mouse acceleration](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5782884/disabling-mouse-acceleration-in-mac-os-x) _(stackoverflow.com)_