We have guides to help you troubleshoot trackpad glitches, printer issues, and more. Also, keep in mind that we can help you fix problems with other MacBook peripherals too.

Since we are on the topic of your mouse, you should check out how to take screenshots with a mouse cursor on macOS.

If that’s the case, you’ll need to replace the mouse completely to solve the problem. This normally manifests as errant double-clicks in the primary click button. I ran into a problem of the mouse dragging on my mousepad. After about 100,000 clicks, you can expect most mice to show some wear. I put the batteries in and had no problem pairing with MacBook. If your mouse is double-clicking, not sensing your clicks, or otherwise processing input incorrectly, it could be a hardware failure. Head to “Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Mouse.” Once you are inside this window, you can make a variety of adjustments to tracking, double-clicking and scrolling speed.

Accessing this menu and making adjustments is incredibly easy.

These are still very helpful adjustments that can fix a variety of mouse-related issues. Where previous iterations of macOS allowed for more configuration options for mice, Big Sur is more focused on adjusting tracking, scrolling and double-clicking speeds.

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