EUASOO Mouse Mice Z-7900 on MacOS
Last week I purchased a new gaming mouse EUASOO Mouse Mice Z-7900 4000 DPI Metal Base MMO/FPS High Precision Optical Gaming Mouse from Amazon. I have been looking for some replacement for my Logitech Mx 518 mouse. The mouse is several years old and I wanted to see if there was another mouse that might be more comfortable to use.
There's two reasons's why I wanted to investigate a new mouse:
- Logitech Mx 518 is old, it first shipped on August 2, 2005.
- The Logitech Gaming Software is very limited and doesn't have the ability to assign commands to the keys.
Why Use a Gaming Mouse on Daily bases?
A gaming mouse has a couple of advantages over the standard "Magic Mouse" that ships with every Apple product:
- Game Mouse are better Ergonomically fit - If your doing a lot of work on the computer, you want something that feels comfortable to hold all day.
- Extra Buttons and functionality - Gaming Mouse have extra buttons to do more work. In the 1990's having a two button mouse was good. Developers today have a need to simplify their workflow and a two button mouse just doesn't cut it. Yes, the "Magic Mouse" has various swipe settings, but who wants to remember if it the functionality is 3 swipes or 4?
Initial Impression
The mouse does have a nice soft feel whereas the Logitech MX 514 mouse doesn't have a soft top.
The light on the top of the mouse is pretty cool.
There are no drivers or MacOS software that comes with Z-7900. The standard mouse functions will work out of the box, but you'll need to purchase a third party driver to use the extra mouse functions, speed and acceleration.
The mouse is seen as a "USB Gaming Mouse," Vendor ID: 0x04d9 (Holtek Semiconductor, Inc.)
Here are some options and my experiences with getting the extra buttons to work on the Mac out of the box:
USB Overdrive
- Only Supports the extra Button 4 and Button 5 (Buttons in front of the thumb and behind the thumb)
- Ability to assign AppleScript to key clicks. (Which meets my needs)
Keyboard Maestro
- Only Supports the extra Button 4 and Button 5
- Awesome ability to assign functions to the extra buttons.
Better Touch Tool
- No control over the extra buttons.
- Can only control the main click and double click.
SteerMouse
- Can control 4,5,6,7 Buttons. (Those are the buttons around where the thumb is.)
- Doesn't have access to the buttons at the top of the mouse.
- No support for assigning command keys
ControllerMate
- Can control 4,5 Buttons.
- Very complicated to use and learn, it may have more power than Keyboard Maestro. I may re-visit in the future.
Driver Hack
I have read that there is a way to hack the driver to get all the buttons to work. This will involve me reinstalling Parallels to get it working. I haven't installed the application since my computer crashed last month.
I'll be sure to post my experience soon.