Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us
Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network
Home
Discussion Groups
General
GeneralPortable MacsHardwareNetworking
Applications
Mac ApplicationsEudoraFirefox / MozillaInternet ExplorerOutlook ExpressMS OfficeEntourageExcelPowerPointWordVirtual PCMedia PlayerOther MS Products
Programming
Mac ProgrammingCodeWarriorPerl
Country Specific
Australian Mac GroupUK Mac Group

Re: Cleaning the Mighty Mouse


Tip: Looking for answers? Try searching our database.



You are accessing this site in a read-only mode. For full access to all member benefits, including message posting, please login or register. Registration is completely free, simple, and takes only a few seconds.

Login | Free MacKB.com registration | Whole discussion thread

The message you are replying to and its parents are listed in the reverse order with the most recent posts first. This might not be the whole discussion thread. To read all the messages in this thread please click here.

Re: Cleaning the Mighty Mouse

Mike Rosenberg13 Jul 2009 20:33
> > "Mouses"?
>
> It's an acceptable plural form.
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)>

So is "mice".

Signature

My latest dance routine <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4twDW3OUYg>

Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi>
Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>


Jolly Roger13 Jul 2009 16:40
> > This is happened with multiple mouses in my household.
>
> "Mouses"?

It's an acceptable plural form.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_(computing)>

Signature

Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me.
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM
filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR


Mike Rosenberg13 Jul 2009 12:31
> This is happened with multiple mouses in my household.

"Mouses"?

Signature

My latest dance routine <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4twDW3OUYg>

Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi>
Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi>


Jolly Roger13 Jul 2009 12:09
In article
<B01EBC2D-65C9-46DE-9E62-39A547F5C1C6%edv@zschocke-berlin.de>,

> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> schrieb:
>  
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
> Cheers Florian

While I respect whatever position you may hold in the field of
chemistry, I have actually experienced mouse scroll wheels becoming
sticky or tacky after cleaning them with alcohol. This is happened with
multiple mouses in my household.

I'm certainly no chemist, but I know what I experienced, and I advise
people not to do this as a result. Perhaps you can think of some other
reason this may have happened?

Signature

Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me.
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM
filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR


Florian Zschocke13 Jul 2009 07:28
Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> schrieb:


> Using alcohol is not advisable, IMO, for reasons I have already stated
> in this thread.

Do don't know what you are talking about.
I have studied chemistry. The only thing in alcohol that could harm any organic
polymer is the Methylethylketon or Toluol in white spirits. In it is used only
in Ethanol to denature it so that you won't drink it.
There is nothing of it in isoproply-alcohol. So isoproply-alcohol is absolute
save. Also not technical, but drinkable alcohol is save, but expensive because
of the taxes.

Cheers Florian

Jolly Roger13 Jul 2009 01:31
In article
<89C7BF50-957E-495E-8635-D05F09922D75%edv@zschocke-berlin.de>,

> Suzie-Q <sme617x@embarqmail.com> schrieb:
>  
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> you have to leave the mouse for a few hours or over night to dry
> complete.

Using alcohol is not advisable, IMO, for reasons I have already stated
in this thread.

Signature

Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me.
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM
filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting
messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google
Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts.

JR


Florian Zschocke12 Jul 2009 08:02
Suzie-Q <sme617x@embarqmail.com> schrieb:

> I followed the instructions in this video and
> my Mighty Mouse (which I still hate) is working
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> I suspect I'll have to clean it this way on a
> regular basis.

There is a much smarter way to do that.
<http://www.brendanfenn.com/cleanmouse.html>

In addition to that, i found that it is also easy to clean it with
isopropyl flooding. For that you take sufficient isoprop-alcohol so
that the mouse ball is really swimming. Than turn it head over and
move the wheel over a clean tissue until it is nearly dry. After that
you have to leave the mouse for a few hours or over night to dry
complete.

Florian

Suzie-Q11 Jul 2009 00:36
I followed the instructions in this video and
my Mighty Mouse (which I still hate) is working
fine now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jet7488UoSE

I suspect I'll have to clean it this way on a
regular basis.
Signature

8^)~             Sue   (remove the x to email)
~~~~
http://www.umbrellahatsociety.com/
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/


Quick links:
 
Sign In
Join
My Latest Posts
My Monitored Threads
My Blog
My Photo Gallery
My Profile
My Homepage



©2010 Advenet LLC   Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.