Alternatives to Mac Mouse Fix
A macOS app that improves third-party mice with smooth scrolling and gestures on extra buttons. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Mac Mouse Fix
A macOS app that improves third-party mice with smooth scrolling and gestures on extra buttons.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Mac Mouse Fix.
LinearMouse
Customises mouse and trackpad behaviour per device on macOS.
LinearMouse is free and open source under MIT and sets scrolling, acceleration and button actions per device, without Mac Mouse Fix's drag gestures.
SteerMouse
A Mac utility for customizing mouse buttons, scroll wheels and cursor speed.
SteerMouse is also paid and focuses on remapping buttons, chords, scroll wheels and cursor speed for USB and Bluetooth mice from any maker.
Mos
A lightweight macOS utility that smooths mouse wheel scrolling and sets scroll direction separately for mice.
Mos is free and smooths mouse wheel scrolling with separate scroll direction, but covers scrolling only and has no button gestures.
Logi Options+
Logitech's desktop app for customizing its mice, keyboards, webcams and other supported devices.
Logi Options+ is free but works only with supported Logitech devices, adding Smart Actions and profiles on both Windows and macOS.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Solaar
A Linux device manager for Logitech keyboards, mice and Unifying receivers.
BetterDisplay
A macOS display utility for flexible HiDPI scaling, brightness control, virtual screens and DDC control.
Lunar
A macOS app that controls external monitor brightness, contrast, volume and inputs over DDC.
OnlySwitch
Access common Mac controls from one menu-bar utility.
