How To Clean Your Apple Mighty Mouse Scroll wheel roller
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2024
- Quick method to make an unresponsive roller wheel scroll again, using a drop of water and tissue. The water will dissolve all the embedded grime and would allow the tissue to absorb it. You can replace water with rubbing alcohol.
This is the only youtube video that ever effectively helped me fix a problem of mine. Thank you, sir.
i've tried EVERYTHING. only this water idea worked. tks
Yay! Thank you for showing what is really such a simple and effective technique - but one that I would never have thought of!
Water worked for me, but it was still a bit sticky, so I used a tiny drop of petrol lighter fuel and then rolled the ball with a tissue after a few seconds. That really fixed it.
I'd be afraid to use water...but I did use rubbing alcohol and it worked wonderfully. Sweet! Thanks!
Wow! Spent hours clicking through apple's discussion support pages & others then finally stumbled on this video and ...... hey presto my mouse now scrolls. Thank you so much!
I can't believe it worked - so simple yet I was almost ready to buy a new mouse! Thanks!
it helped my problem just now! you're a genius. you should get a nobel prize for your tip!
Extremely... extremely skeptical but gave it a shot... it works folks. 100%.
Obviously it's not the IDEAL way to clean your tracking ball... but if you want it cleaned... give it a shot. One little tiny drop of water... roll the ball around with it really quick then immediately dry it off (by rolling it). You'll pull up a tiny clump of lint.
Impressed.
Wow, I was actually a little nervous to try this, but it worked immediately! Thank you!
Worked beautifully for me. Thanks!
Can't believe it took me so long to do this. Took less than 1minute. Quite satisfying..it was filthy!
Thank you, this worked very well
I had same problem with mine, sprayed on some kitchen cleaner into the ball via a bit of kitchen roll so it was quite wet, rolled it around a fair bit and hey presto, it's working again. I'd recommend doing this before pulling the mouse apart. Cheers.
H2O: Wow! worked like a charm.Simple and effective. Thanks !
awesome. thanks. rubbing alchohol worked awesome
Yoohooooooo!!!!! I can't believe it....
In less than a minute my Mighty Mouse came back to life and scrolls like a charm !
It worked like a charm, thanks!
Oh man, I thought "saliva"? no way...but i just tried it, and it WORKED !!!! man, what a simple but bloody good idea!!!! saliva ROCKS :)
No way - it actually worked. Thanks!
I thought I'm gonna destroy my mouse by that... BUT IT WORKED!!!! You're great! No idea how you figured out this solution though...
Thank you!
I used bike degreaser. Sprayed a tiny drop on the ball then rubbed it a bit.
Works perfect now.
Used alcohol and a dustless wipe before but it didn't work very well. Could feel a lump. Problem recurred. Saw video on using a clean sheet of office paper. Rubbing the mouse up side down. That helped quite a bit. At first this broke the mouse completely. Once it dried I got function back. Not bad.
BTW the apple website recommends this without the water or alcohol just a clean dust free cloth but that doesn't really work. Clean paper is better if you fear water.
This is worth doing.
Very nice. Thanks.
You are my hero! Mouse fixed!
It worked, thank you!
You guys should consider using alcohol swabs on the ball, then rub/roll the ball with pressure on your shirt or body. This works better than just water and paper. The paper has fibers and that only gets caught under the ball and create problems later on.
Whoaa!! It works thanks so much!
works together with the " rolling the mouse upside down on a peace of paper"!!
thanks!
wow thanks so much
Wow! A little windex and a bit of paper towel and I'm back up and running! Thanks!
THANKS!
Mine would scroll up but not down. I used alcohol and didn't unplug it. Don't do any water w/o first unplugging. I tried the 8's and circles on a clean piece of paper, wipe w/microdust cloth, over and over. Nothing. Finally I rolled the blunt side of an exacto knife around the outside, hold it upside down, took many tries and hated to do it but was going to go get a new one if I couldn't get working. One little piece of lint. It scrolls down again. Oh I said a quick prayer, too.
hot diggity damn this works! my mouse was seriously gunged up, i tried the paper thing (rolling mouse upside down) i tried wedging folded up pieces of paper in between the ball and the case, nothing. Then i dipped my finger in some serious 50% goan cashew nut spirit (strongest , clearest booze in the cupboard) and dropped the drip onto the ball, turned it around and then rolled it with tissue to dry. i repeated this maybe 5 times and now i am back in scrolly ball heaven! hooray!
Yup. It worked. I can get on with my life now.
water - nope. metho - nope. degreaser - yeppo! thanks so much for that tip!
Totally worked for me! Thank you!!!!
My mighty mouse didn't scroll. I just spat on my finger and rubbed it in... And it worked!
Dude, Thanks!
amazing. yeah spit does the trick as well @MyCoolVideosIrelandX
Nice, thanks a lot!
water is the best invention ever...
totally WORKED
THAAANKKKSSS it wooooorrrkkksss!!!
I put some Crown Royal alcohol on mine to clean it. After that the mouse kept going in circles. Did I do something wrong? It wont go in a straight line either.
Damn, works perfectly!
Are you just using Water?
Awsome thnx very much! the 27 people who disliked used to much water?!?
The only method that actually works for me! I used TCP, hah!
Water won't fix it, it may do temporarily.
Once it dries the grease will still be there because it is not water soluble. You need to use alcohol or acetone on a cuetip rolling the ball in every direction to melt way the film.
I certainly wouldn't poor water in to a working electrical device as it may never work again.
Amazing, thank you so much!
it works so can it
No luck here. mouse scrolls down with ease, but won't scroll up
Wow!!!!!!! The day after the 4th of July and my head is pounding from all night drinking
My mouse won't scroll
10 sec on you tube and..........
Yes!
kewl
water killed my mighty mouse lol. good thing it worked after i dried it overnight LOL.
this video scared the shit out of me but i figured - if it dont scroll right i might as well throw it away anyway so i'll try it.... well i'll be damned - nuff said! it actually works, and works well... but still i would make sure not to use more than 1 drop of water, and make sure u absorb it quickly... JUST to play it safe lol
Drunk Mouse.
Put some whiskey in, worked a treat :)
well mine isnt working even with water -.-U
Too easy!
sweeeeeeeeeet cheers!
worked before, now nothing. gargh
Works great... NO nimrods, he's not suggesting that you POUR water on a mouse. JEEZUS. A DROP will work just fine. Some people just shouldn't OWN computers... like guns, automobiles, musical instruments and reproductive organs. Ha ha ha
What type of tissue did you use? Just a regular tissue paper?
didnt work!
YESSSSS
clean your hands first
fking mouse hate that plz.
VET MANgZZZ
lol this just made it so much worse for me
I'm not an expert but dude, water, or any liquid + electronic devices doesn't sound like a good convination to me, how do you clean your cds? do you use saliva? lol.
thank you!
Thanks!
water - nope. metho - nope. degreaser - yeppo! thanks so much for that tip!