How to change the tracking speed of a trackpad or mouse on Mac

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MacBook user changing cursor tracking speed for trackpad

The cursor is the main way to interact with the screen of your Mac. If the cursor speed is too slow or too fast, can spoil your experience. Next, Here's how to change the tracking speed of your trackpad and mouse on Mac.

macOS has independent tracking speed controls for the trackpad and mouse. We will cover both methods below.

Change the tracking speed of a trackpad on Mac

When you set it up for the first time, MacBook's built-in trackpad may seem a bit slow. You can increase or decrease the tracking speed of the trackpad from System Preferences.

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To start, click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen and choose the option “System preferences”.

Select System Preferences from the Apple menu in Big Sur

Next, go to section “Trackpad”.

Go to the Trackpad from System Preferences

Here, switch to tab “Point and click” at the top, and then use the slider in the section “Tracking speed” to increase or decrease the tracking speed.

Change mouse tracking speed on Mac

By default, the tracking speed is set to the level 4, but it can take her up to the level 10.

Change the tracking speed of a mouse on Mac

When you use an external mouse with your Mac (It can be the Magic Mouse or a third party mouse.), the tracking speed is likely to be quite slow. You can increase this from System Preferences.

First, connect your mouse to your Mac using Bluetooth or USB. Subsequently, click on the Apple icon in the upper left corner of the screen and choose the option “System preferences”.

Select System Preferences from the Apple menu in Big Sur

Here, go to section “Mouse”.

Go to Mouse from System Preferences

From the tab “Point and click”, use the slider in the section “Tracking speed” to increase or decrease mouse tracking speed.

Change mouse tracking speed on Mac


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