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Snow Leopard: Get your Logitech mouse & keyboard working again

by Megan Lavey (RSS feed) on Sep 1st, 2009

Alan over with iPhoneXpert.com sent us in a tip on getting your Logitech mouse to work again after installing Snow Leopard. I didn't get a chance to try this out until my copy of Snow Leopard arrived last night. My keyboard/mouse combo of choice is the Logitech Wave Cordless Desktop (a fantastic combo that is well-suited for Mac users), and the OS upgrade did break the specialized configuration set up for them.

Logitech has not updated its drivers -- usually bundled with its Logitech Control Center application -- for Snow Leopard yet, and an upgrade to the software will take some time, Alan reports. In the meantime, you can work around this issue by doing the following:

Re-download Logitech Control Center 3.0 if you do not still have the installation package on your machine.
Unzip the download, then right-click on the installer package. Select "Show All Contents."
Navigate through the package to the Contents folder, then the Resources folder. There, you'll find the Logitech Control Center.mkpg. Double-click on it and install it.

Once your system has rebooted, you'll find that you regain full access to customizing your Logitech mouse (and it works for keyboards as well.) It even carried over all of my customized keyboard button settings from Leopard, so you shouldn't have to go through much hassle to reconfigure your equipment. The only thing I had to readjust was the scroll speed on my mouse.

If you have Exposé as one of your mouse/keyboard button settings, copy (do not move) the Expose.app file from /Applications/Utilities to the /Applications folder. Then Exposé will work properly again.

Thanks for the tip, Alan!

Tags: keyboard, logitech, mouse, snow leopard, SnowLeopard

Filed under: Hardware, Video

Logitech releases Mac-only webcam; cats, dogs reported living together

by Michael Rose (RSS feed) on Jun 24th, 2008

Apologies to Dr. Peter Venkman, but it's hard to believe that it's taken this long for a webcam vendor to encroach on the vacuum left by the discontinued iSight, even though we have hints that a new model of the Apple camera might be on the HD horizon. Logitech has now announced the QuickCam Vision Pro for Mac, featuring "premium autofocus technology and Carl Zeiss® optics." No word on whether the camera will feature fine Corinthian leather or Posi-traction, but there's hope.

Seriously, though, the camera does offer a voice coil motor for autofocus, RightLight exposure technology and a 2 megapixel sensor; this should allow for VGA-quality (640x480) videoconferencing and 720p HD (960x720) local video recording. Snazzy! Logitech expects to ship the unit in July for an SRP of $130.

Update: Commenters point out that the product is quite similar to the QuickCam Pro 9000, which isn't billed as Mac-compatible but actually works just fine with Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5; it's also list-priced $30 cheaper. Hrm.

[via Engadget]

Tags: isight, logitech, tweet-this, webcam

Filed under: Peripherals, Software, Features, Reviews

TUAW Review: Logitech Harmony remote and the Mac

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Feb 11th, 2008

I recently obtained a Logitech Harmony universal IR remote control, and while the Harmony series is not that new, I thought it would be worth taking a look at here on TUAW. I haven't seen that much about using the Harmony with Macs, so in the following review I'll go over setting up a Logitech Harmony with the included Mac software.

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Tags: harmony, logitech, remote

Filed under: Peripherals, Software

Logitech mouse control in Leopard

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Oct 31st, 2007

We've mentioned the problems folks have had with the Leopard upgrade with unsanity's APE installed. As Gruber points out, however, the same problem can affect people who have installed the Logitech Control Center software that comes with Logitech mice and keyboards, because LCC apparently uses APE behind the scenes. While some finger wagging is due to Logitech for this, the question now comes up as to what to use instead of LCC to gain access to all the buttons. It turns out that there are at least three options: USB Overdrive ($20), SteerMouse ($20), and ControllerMate ($15), all of which are now Leopard compatible. Of the three, I've only used ControllerMate myself and would recommend it. However, any of the three should give you back control of your Logitech mouse -- it's just a shame you have to spend extra money to get this kind of functionality.

[via Daring Fireball]

Tags: controllermate, logitech, mouse, steermouse, usb-overdrive

Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Peripherals, Beta Beat

SpaceNavigator: Beta Driver for OS X

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jan 11th, 2007

The SpaceNavigator from 3Dconnexion is a tres cool USB peripheral for navigating in 3 dimensions in certain 3D software. Until now the SpaceNavigtor was Windows only, but 3Dconnexion has announced beta OS X support at Macworld.

Unfortunately, the SpaceNavigtor will only initially support "Google SketchUp 6.0, Autodesk® Maya® 7 and above (with MelScripts available from 3Dconnexion) and auto•des•sys form.Z© 6.1 (must have 3DxMacWare plus the downloadable plug-in from the form.Z Web site). Additional Mac-based 3D applications will be added as the beta program progresses." What is striking is what is missing from that list: the just out of beta, Google Earth 4. As you can see from the Windows videos, with the SpaceNavigtor you can smoothly and continuously "fly" around, instead of grabbing and zooming with a mouse. Hopefully, support will be coming to Google Earth in the near future, so I guess I'll have to wait until then.

The SpaceNavigtor comes in two versions: one at $99 for commercial use and one at $59 for non-commercial use.

[Edit: Fixed spelling of '3Dconnexion']

Tags: logitech, SpaceNavigator, usb

Filed under: Audio, iPod Family, Multimedia

Logitech announces X-240 computer speakers with iPod cradle

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Jan 4th, 2007

Looks like Logitech has another set of computer speakers in the works. No surprise there, right? But the X-240 speaker system is more than just speakers. This time they've added a "control center" that includes audio controls and a headphone jack as well as a charge/sync/play cradle for your iPod, PDA, mobile phone or other DAP. The X-240 also includes specialized adapters for both the iPod and the Zune to provide a custom fit as well as to help manage cable clutter.

Of course you can still use the speakers without connecting an iPod or anything else to them, but why would you want to? Look for them to ship this spring for under $50.

Tags: computer speakers, ComputerSpeakers, ipod speakers, IpodSpeakers, logitech, x-240

Filed under: Hardware, Multimedia, Hacks, Odds and ends, Open Source

LogitechLCDTool - homegrown Mac support for Logitech Z-10 speakers

by Mat Lu (RSS feed) on Jan 3rd, 2007

The Logitech Z-10 Speaker system is a cool set of USB speakers that features a little LCD panel that displays track information from iTunes along with touch sensitive controls. Cool, that is, if you're running Windows. Fortunately, Marc Liyanage was not going to stand for this raving injustice and has cooked up his LogitechLCDTool OS X interface for the Z-10. As if that weren't enough, though, Marc notes that "under the hood LogitechLCDTool provides a fully user-programmable platform based on HTML, CSS, JavaScript and AppleScript. Basically the LCD screen is a tiny web page and the buttons can execute JavaScript and AppleScript code." This means in principle the Z-10 screen could be used for other purposes as well, so long as you can do it on a "black-and-white web page with 160x43 pixels." In any case, a hearty TUAW attaboy to Marc for delivering us from a bit of Windows bondage.

I also found this interview with the developer at MacDevCenter.

[Via MacVolPlace]

Tags: logitech, LogitechLCDTool, usb speakers, UsbSpeakers, z-10

Filed under: Hardware, Software

Logitech Control Center 2.1.2

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Dec 29th, 2006

Attention Logitech mouse and keyboard users: the Logitech Control Center has been updated to version 2.1.2. This system preference pane enables you to program special features of various Logitech mouse and keyboard combinations. Above are the setting for my Logitech MX Revolution. Some have reported problems with this upgrade, but there has been nothing but smooth sailing on my MacBook.

The Logitech Control Center is free and supports OS X 10.2.8 through 10.4.8 on both Intel and PPC Macs.

Tags: keyboard, logitech, mouse, USB

Filed under: Audio, Hardware

Logitech snaps up Slim Devices

by Laurie A. Duncan (RSS feed) on Oct 19th, 2006

Logitech announced today that they are acquiring Slim Devices, Inc - the fine folks who brought us Squeezebox and Transporter - for a cool 20 mil in cash. Why, you ask? Guerrino De Luca, Logitech CEO responds: "With the acquisition of Slim Devices, Logitech is building on our foundation of innovation in digital music and home-entertainment control to address an emerging market. Our focus is on people who want to listen to and control their digital music, anywhere in the home. Slim Devices brings expertise in both network-based music delivery and high-quality audio, and a committed community of developers. Slim Devices complements Logitech's existing technology and human-interface strengths, helping to ensure that we can deliver to music lovers the promise of the digital home."

The last time Logitech bought one of the companies whose products I use and like, Harmony - makers of the awesome Harmony universal remotes, I was nervous. But they've done a good job with Harmony and the Harmony products just keep getting better so let's hope the future of Slim Devices is just as promising. They certainly didn't waste any time updating their logo!

Tags: logitech, slim devices, SlimDevices, squeezebox, transporter

Filed under: Hardware, iPod Family, Wireless

Logitech offers bluetooth headphones for iPod

by Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jun 22nd, 2005

Today Logitech introduced their bluetooth headphones for iPod. A wireless adapter is plugged into the top of the iPod and transmits to the headphones, which feature volume, select, play and pause controls. Logitech states you can expect a 30 foot range between adapter and headset, and up to eight hours of life from the headset's rechargable batteries. The headset is available for iPod and iPod Mini.

I've been wanting a wireless headset for my iPod for a long time now. The advent of Airport and bluetooth technologies has caused me to loathe cumbersome wires (I know, I'm spoiled). But, I have to say, $150 seems kind of pricey.

Tags: bluetooth, headphones, ipod, logitech

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