How to Use Any Mouse with a Mac

[@LucaLima-o5h]

Speechless on how useful and helpful this video was for me! Thanks a lot Tom!

[@tombuck]

So glad to hear it! It honestly took me a couple of weeks to figure the whole thing out, so hopefully I was able to save you a bit of frustration 😁

[@hackinghifi4247]

Thanks Tom! Great video. Never thought of the benefits of having a bunch of shortcuts directly on the mouse.

[@tombuck]

It's SO nice! Absolutely a game changer.

[@GuilDormeus]

It’s so good! The possibilities are endless!!!

[@tkdlove02]

I have been lurking your videos for a while now and I must admit, you, hands down, always bring the most useful and insightful information in each of your videos, this one is no exception. Thank you for all the work you put in on these.

[@tombuck]

Thank you, it means a lot to hear this and I really appreciate the kind words!

[@Jamminn555]

THANK you, Tom!! Windows and third party mice on a Mac! Life is now complete!! Thanks, brother.

[@tombuck]

So glad it was helpful! It's really nice to open up a much broader mouse world 😁

[@markhuf]

Great video, Tom ✅

[@acappella30]

Love that you’re using the ZV-E10! What camera settings are you using? It’s so crystal clear.

[@tombuck]

It was the default picture profile at 24fps 👍

[@luke_1234]

Now I gotta buy a new mouse Great video as always!!!

[@tombuck]

I didn’t realize what I was missing out on with my regular mouse!

[@SvenBrier]

Thank you for the video. I just ordered the RAZER NAGA V2 HYPERSPEED and bought SteerMouse. Now I'm very curious to see how this combination performs when working with FCP.

[@tombuck]

It’s been such an unexpected game changer for me! I only want to edit if I can use this mouse now 😅

[@bsl2501]

My Logitech G604 is unfortunately breaking apart. And since Logitech doesn't have anything with at least 6 buttons on the side plus two accessory buttons on the left click, I now own a Razer Naga V2 Pro. It seems to really be the designated successor. Thanks for this video and the your short review about SteerMouse.

[@sidvicious3129]

Tom, Sony dropped Shutter Angle this morning for Fx3 and the Fx30!!!

[@tombuck]

Oh wow! Thats awesome!

[@ionrage]

Awesome video, was wondering this as well since i use a KVM between my PC and mac and all my devices are connected to this. will look to get this in due course. Hoping to see some love for steelseries which also has a multibutton mouse with the aerox 9 as I am eyeing up the WoW special edition.

[@tombuck]

I looked at both of those when I was trying to find a good mouse and they seem great! I forget exactly what pushed me to the Razer, but I've been enjoying it a lot.

[@timothykuek86]

macbook cannot plug and play straightway for normal mice? Can install razer Central application in macbook?

[@tombuck]

There's no official Razer app, but there's the unofficial one I mentioned here. It just doesn't support every model, sadly.

[@GenX_US_Marine]

I use Mac Mouse Fix and I love it. The scrolling is butter smooth. How's the scrolling with Steer Mouse?

[@NestaBinay]

I play a game called Tibia. In this game you use the hotkeys F1 to F12. Is it as easy as just putting F1 in the 4th button to use it? I'm thinking that maybe it will lower the screen light and not do the job. Could you help me please before I waste my money?

[@tombuck]

Yeah, that's exactly it. Basically the same as what I did here except using function keys instead of number keys 👍 SteerMouse does have a fully functional free trial, so you can experiment before spending any money.

[@jonathanramsey]

I heard you talking about this mouse, yesterday. I’m actually thinking of getting a new keyboard with a num pad -old school. I’d have to try both to see if I would prefer the tiny mouse keys. Maybe that’s my tendinitis taking, though. 😂 👍

[@tombuck]

Have you ever heard of a vertical mouse? I've never used one, but they look super unusual and are made specifically to help with wrist injuries.

[@H4rk0MaNz]

how u connect naga pro with mac with bluetooth,i try but i cant. I have naga pro and macbook air m2. Please help.

[@tombuck]

If you press and hold the connection button on the bottom of the mouse, it SHOULD show up as an available device in your MacBook's Bluetooth settings. Just be sure that the connection swtich on the bottom of the mouse is put in the Bluetooth position and not 2.4ghz (which is for the USB dongle).

[@H4rk0MaNz]

@ yeah he show up but when i try to connect them he cant connet.I dont know whats the problem

[@konvict3826]

If I am playing Wow on my Macbook Pro M3 with the naga hyperspeed, will I be able to bind the 1-8 keys onto the mouse and then use it in the game ?

[@tombuck]

You should be able to. I think the Hyperspeed might even be supported withe unofficial Razer app I mentioned in the video. I haven't tried WoW, but FFXIV on my MacBook Pro M1 works great with the mouse.

[@konvict3826]

@@tombuck additionally, if I make custom binds using the 12 side buttons, will that then bind them like that when I just use the mouse generally when I'm using Word or google docs for example?

[@aro7975]

I have the Naga V2 pro and the Aerox 9 and I can't get the mouse tilt to work at all. Left and right click of the scroll wheel I mean. Any ideas>?

[@tombuck]

Steermouse lets me do it on the Naga V2 under the Wheel settings (I have it set to scroll around my Final Cut timeline and scrub through videos and stuff).

[@Kanevizualz]

Hey Tom, They are out of stock on Walmart website, can you add a link that has them available or is there a V3 out now??

[@tombuck]

Here's an Amazon link geni.us/mhQU I was able to find mine at Best Buy. As far as I know this is the most recent version 👍

[@Kanevizualz]

@@tombuck there are other v2 pro Razor ones as well, any difference in this one and the cheaper v2 pro ones?? This one guaranteed to work with Apple or any other Razor v2 pro good

[@JustFlinx]

It's weird how many things Windows and Linux users take for granted, like the ability to just buy any mouse, keyboard, monitor or any video game and just have it working with minimal set up. Still glad that Mac Users have some options even if they are a bit convoluted, everybody should be able to experience nice gaming hardware :)

[@tombuck]

Yeah, it's very strange. I'm curious why some of the bigger companies like Razer don't put at least a little more effort into Mac compatibility, but yeah, I love MacOS, but there are definitely frustrations. If I had unlimited time/money I'd love to build a custom PC and then have the best of both worlds.

[@JustFlinx]

@@tombuck Tom, I'm telling you from experience, going down the custom gaming PC rabbit hole is dangerous, I have more fun building PC's now then actually using them. It's a lot less scarier than it looks, and it's also a lot more fun than it looks !!

[@nickdual]

You should talk about Rode NTG. It is my favorite number 1.

[@ItsRyukin]

I can even use my own gaming mouse on a MacOS and it works. I mostly use bluetooth and 2.4G wireless signal since I prefer wireless. 😁

[@johnheiser2604]

Hi Tom, I use a Microsoft Blutooth mouse and keyboard on my Mac Mini and Mac Book and it works fine on both devices.

[@ANCAPVoluntaryist]

Just ordered mine for a Logitech MX Master 3S Mac edition. Logitech buggy driver doesn't officially support the latest macOS Sequoia 15.1 and eat up 3% of my CPU and 300 MB of data. SteerMouse eats ZERO CPU and takes 3MB. You choose. Thanks!

[@martinausterfield8597]

Like a streamdeck for your mouse.

[@tombuck]

Yep! Works really well!

[@DisCc]

Thanks for the video Tom, help me a bunch, sadly the Naga V2 Hyperspeed only recognize half buttons (the other half is repeated), anyway that's better than nothing.

[@tombuck]

Really? Ahh that's a bummer!

[@okpus1239]

Hey. I enjoyed the vid! But how can i trust this program dont mess with my Mac and steal my information?

[@tombuck]

That's definitely a personal decision based on what you're comfortable with. SteerMouse has a good reputation and has been around for a while, and it's not subscription based or anything, so I'm comfortable with it and it's been great! But again, that's just my personal choice.

[@eMotionFlowing]

Wow ❤

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

If i can use one without a usb dongle I would be happy never mind i dont want to spend money for a third party app

[@tombuck]

My mouse is Bluetooth- the app is separate from method of connection.

[@H4rk0MaNz]

@@tombuck how u connect naga pro with mac with bluetooth,i try but i cant. I have naga pro and macbook air m2. Please help.