How to fix Apple Mighty Mouse Scroll Wheel Problems
October 18th, 2007 byI got an Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse last Christmas and a few weeks ago I started having problems with the scroll wheel. The scroll wheel stopped working properly in that I could scroll down but not up.
Anyway, I eventually took it down to my local Apple Authorized service centre expecting it to be sent away but the engineer fixed it in a matter of 30 seconds.
All he did was get a blank piece of white photo-copying paper, turned the mouse upside down and vigorously rubbed the scroll wheel across the paper up and down and from side to side for about 30 seconds.
End result. 1 fixed Apple Mighty Mouse.
So if you have problems with you mighty mouse and it won’t scroll anymore give it a try. Beats sending it away any day.
11 Comments Add your own
1. happy | November 12th, 2007 at 3:49 am
This worked. Thanks for sharing solution!
2. Sunny | November 26th, 2007 at 3:32 pm
Thank you. My mouse is alive again.
3. Ian Fenn | February 8th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Thanks. You just solved my mouse issue for me - it could scroll up but not down. All is well now!
4. Frank | February 15th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Thanks, worked like a charm! saves me the 40 mile trip to the nerest apple store
5. Joel Smith | May 16th, 2008 at 12:21 am
THANK YOU! This has been bugging me for ages, and now my mouse finally works again.
6. Bobby | June 5th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Yey worked for me too. Cheers mate
7. Malcolm McDonald | June 27th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Thanks for information about this solution.Was getting ready to send mouse back and now it works perfectly.
8. Lindsay | July 5th, 2008 at 1:01 am
AHHH! What an easy fix! I haven’t had this mouse long and I was a bit disappointed when the roller stopped working downward. Apple doesn’t make a bad product, so I knew there had to be an easy fix. THANK YOU!!
9. erwin mayer | July 9th, 2008 at 12:00 am
oh my god…. best tip ever!!!! i was about to cry since i just got a new computer a few weeks ago and already the scroll started failing.
10. danny s | July 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Brilliant, my mouse is working again! Can’t believe I lived with the (really annoying) problem for over a month. Thanks.
11. Thomas Wichern | July 21st, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Yes, it did it!
Thanks!
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