Comments on: Apple Mighty Mouse repair a success

By: Wolfgang Reutz's Blog

Wolfgang Reutz's Blog — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 22:38:32 +0000

How to clean your mighty mouse

i also had some problems with my Mighty Mouse where the scroll ball stopped scrolling down
i did a quick research and found this link from apple where you’re told how to feedclean your mouse.
and yes, it really worked, i took a wet cloth rubbed…

By: Sfish

Sfish — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:25:11 +0000

Certainly a dimwit design feature that you can’t clean the trackball itsef- but here’s the go…. Get a cotton hanky, apply a big splash of methylated spirits (or whatever alcohol) and give it a good rub, wriggle, scroll around. Don’t be shy to splash it on. Makes it like new.

By: Ali Reza

Ali Reza — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:52:57 +0000

…yeah it deffenetely works great..

like the first day

i’m so brilliant ,WOW !!!!!

By: Ali Reza

Ali Reza — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:49:30 +0000

instead of rolling over the ball u should move the tige over the balland more and more dirt will come out .

so u gotta experiment a litle and u ‘ll find out what to do.

By: Ali Reza

Ali Reza — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:41:16 +0000

….btw

use a little more alcohol that the cotton at the end of the tige becomes real wet.

alcohol work so fine because it is able to solve fat.

i use normal isopropanol alcohol 97% alc. 3% water.

don’t use that medical one with less alcohol.

By: Ali Reza

Ali Reza — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:35:44 +0000

i use cotton tiges with alcohol.
i rool the ball with the tige and giv a little resistance with a finger nail

By: Delson

Delson — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:44:04 +0000

Spit on Scroll ball
turned upside down
rolled it over the mouse pad vigorously…
I did everything….

Only thing that worked was opening it up…and really taking the dirt out!!!
I suggest that…
Good luck

By: Rudolph H

Rudolph H — Fri, 19 May 2006 21:41:47 +0000

Spit on Scroll ball
turned upside down
rolled it over the mouse pad vigorously

Now it works.
Sounds like new too!

By: Colin Holgate

Colin Holgate — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 05:24:50 +0000

This was the first page that I found when I searched for how to fix a Mighty Mouse (my scroll down had just stopped working). The tech note linked by David suggested cleaning with a lint free cloth, but I just used a piece of damp paper towel. It fixed the problem in a couple of seconds.

By: 3stripe

3stripe — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:44:53 +0000

Ah! Finally got my mouse fixed with a combination of all this advice so thanks folks!

Turned upside down and rolled the scrollbar about on my finger, with some trusty saliva to loosen up the dirt – worked a charm!