> AI prompt builder enabled by default in my mouse driver

That's so wild I had to go and look up what that could possibly mean. What a world we live in. https://www.logitech.com/en-us/software/logi-ai-prompt-build...

I didn’t even check what it could be. I just got the rainbow cursor suddenly on boot, and the process name was enough to instantly uninstall the driver and search for a replacement.

What is a rainbow cursor?

Do you mean the mac beach ball, or is it a misguided feature of the mouse?

Beach ball, yes. I've started to call it rainbow cursor 30 years ago on air gapped Macs, and still reluctant to absorb any other names.

I worked at a fucking air conditioner manufacturer, and sure as shit they had an AI developer. people are huffing some strong shit.

At least it's not actual spyware.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29056847

Wacom's drivers collect and send both application and window title names to them. It still does, even after all the outrage.

How on Earth they’re not sued into oblivion?

But you agreed to it in the ToS when you installed it. You can disable this however (before it was discovered you could not).

Yet.

I use BetterMouse with my MX Anywhere 3S and it does everything I need it to. It’s a few dollars but it has a trial and is available via Homebrew.

https://better-mouse.com

Logitech implements the forward and backwards buttons on macOS in a REALLY weird way. It simulates swipe events. And you cannot set them to the default Mouse Forward and Mouse Backward (M4/M5). https://superuser.com/a/1216049

On Windows that is what I do to make sure behavior is consistent across applications.

Oh awesome, so that's why Logitech mice work so much better than other mice in macOS. Cool project:

https://sensible-side-buttons.archagon.net/

"Mac Mouse Fix" or "Better Mouse" does everything I need on my MX Master 3S

Solaar works on Mac with some tries, at least for me the best approach was to get the repo and run the binary directly instead of trying to install it

Just switched from logi options to Steer Mouse myself.

You can map the buttons and add chords. The only thing it might lack is being able to use mouse movement as a trigger (eg hold the back button and move left to change spaces). Still looking for it

https://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

SteerMouse is fantastic. I’ve been using it for about 20 years now.

I switched about a year ago. After about two days of trying it, I was throwing money at them. It's sooooo much better than Logitech's enormous blob, and actually looks/acts/feels like a Mac app. It was totally worth the small price.

SteerMouse really is an amazing focused piece of software. I’ve had it for a decade now and it’s up there with Alfred as a must have. It used to have issues with BTT and Karabiner but it’s been very smooth since it switched to a full app recently.

I paid for bettermouse to replace the atrocious logi drivers.

I tried all the Logi alternatives for MacOS two years ago and found Steermouse the best. Has been solid through OS updates and has many great features I live by, especially chords.

Corporate "Offline" version. Yeah it is not: https://pasteboard.co/RN7nDiZfHztb.png - but hey there is also Upgrade Agent that lunches after install, also "Offline" ;P

Do you have problem with your left button after guarantee expires? Here you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/logitech/comments/15yl9ix/fixed_my_...

I just did not figured out how to fix side scroll wheal which does not work on web pages in any browser... and how to fix Logi Agent preventing Windows shutdown each time I shutdown my PC.

Ower 700 MB of crap to spy on you. Can we call this scamware?

Sorry. Can't comment for the Windows version. At least it doesn't require input logging permission on Mac. I'm OK with upgrade checks but don't want a keylogger. Which is allegedly not.