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PROBLEM WITH MAC MOUSE

Fritz T
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Hi
Can anyone help, I have a problem with my mouse, that I don't know how to rectify. I'm posting this message in the hope that someone has possibly dealt with this issue before, and can point me in the right direction.

The problem is that the mouse pointer will suddenly relocate to another point on the screen, usually in one of the corners. The window that I am working on would then become inactive, and the program below become active, or the desktop. This happens at apparently random intervals, and at present only whilst in AC and Plotmaker. I have not been able to define a pattern to the problem, except that it usually happens while in execution of a command, i.e. editing a fill, extending a line, placing a library part, etc. I usually lose the action and have to start again. This wastes a great amount of time, apart from being very frustrating.

I have not picked up the problem while in other programs, but also do not work much in other programs apart from Safari, Mail and Finder, and in these I do not use a mouse much. Have changed all the possible settings that I can think of, both in System pref's and in AC Preferences. All of this has not been successful.

I'm using the most recent AC9 patch, with OSX 10.3 - updated, an Apple one-button mouse, on a G4 Powerbook 1Ghz with 768mb ram.
This is bruising my mac's reputation of just working without hassles!

Help, I'm slowly losing my sanity!
AC 6, through 27

iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey
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Fritz T
Booster
I suppose the advice from the apple supplier is the old software vs hardware cause of problem..
Thanks will try your advice!
AC 6, through 27

iMac 27' 3,1 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5

500GB OS X12.7.3 Monterey