I bought a new Mac with OS 14.4.1 and I uploaded SketchUp 2024. In a way this makes things much more simple & means that I will not be contacting the forum as often. It also means I may have some major questions created by the differences.
For instance, with my old system I would hold down the scrolling wheel and move my mouse to rotate my screen. With the new wireless mouse, I cannot rotate my screen by holding down the centre of the mouse. So, how do I rotate my screen with the wireless mouse?
I will leave it to the mac users to help you further, but I will point out that your issues in all your previous posts are not hardware related. You would advance more quickly if you invested the hardware money in an actual skin and bone teacher. You need someone to poke you in the ribs and say, no, this way not that way. Many of us have tried repeatedlyâŚ
if so, you got the worst mouse you could ever get for CAD software. because it has no wheel and you canât click on it.
it looks great, for most office and day to day stuff itâs ok, but 3d modelling isnât day to day stuff, itâs pro use. and for that youâll need a mouse with an actual wheel.
so you have 3 options.
keep using this one, and learn the shortcut for orbit (o) and panorama (h) because you canât get them through the wheel anymore.
next time youâre at the supermarket or a cheap store, look for a 10⏠mouse. nothing fancy, just make sure it has a wheel you can click. and use it when you do 3d stuff.
your apple mouse is brand new, you can certainly resell it. and buy a proper mouse. logitech is a quality brand that many around here use, there are more. for years I had a simple microsoft one. must have cost me 20-30âŹ
off course, if you still have your old mouse that had the wheel, use it.
Thank you for your comments. The âCtrl+Cmd while pressing left click buttonâ thing works. I think Iâll use that for a while. However, I will keep my old mouse on top of my desk in case I have more problems with 3D animation.
When I bough my iMac 24" in 2006, it came with a magic mouse.
As soon as I installed SketchUp on this Mac, I bough a Logitech 3 buttons bluetooth mouse with a dongle that I plugged in a USB port.
I used that mouse later on my 2011 16" Macbook Pro without problem.
Then, for my 2017 Macbook Pro, I upgraded that old mouse with a Logitech MX Master 3 for Mac. It uses Bluetooth without any dongle. This mouse works superbly with SketchUp.
I donât do any advertisement for Logitech but after discovering this mouse, I can only write that it is the perfect companion for SketchUp.
One of the problems with my new iMac is that there are only 2 ports in the back.
I need one with Time Machine. Because every computer eventually wears out, Time Machine is an essential item.
That leaves one port. If Iâm working with SketchUp, I need my old keyboard. Itâs twice as fast as their minimalist wireless keyboard.
That leaves me with no more ports. Iâm dependent upon my Magic Mouse. It works okay in SketchUp. Itâs a lot better than having to use my wireless keyboard.
