What is USB Overdrive X?

Welcome to the USB Overdrive! This release is only for Mac OS 10.2 and later, and comes with full support for both mouse and gaming devices. You will find technical support and all the latest information online at:

Historical: http://www.usboverdrive.com

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Introduction

• The USB Overdrive is a universal USB driver that handles all USB mice, trackballs, joysticks and gamepads from any manufacturer and lets you configure them either globally or on an application-specific basis. It reads all kinds of wheels, buttons, switches and controls and supports scrolling, keyboard emulation, launching as well as all the usual stuff like clicking, control-clicking and so forth. The USB Overdrive can easily handle several USB devices at once- I have two mice, one trackball, two joysticks and one gamepad connected to the same iMac, and each of them comes from a different manufacturer.

• Because each control in each device can be fully configured, the USB Overdrive lets you use any joystick or gamepad with any game, including the ones that don't support Apple's InputSprocket. You can map your joystick movements and buttons to the keyboard and mouse to make the game believe you're playing on the keyboard, and you can do this mapping separately for each game so that it's immediately available as soon as the game is launched.

• The mouse settings allow you to speed up your daily tasks by assigning useful actions to all the extra buttons and wheels in your USB mouse. You'll typically want to assign a control-click to the right button for easy contextual menu acces, and enable document scrolling if your mouse has a scrolling wheel.

• The Control Panel includes an active help feature that explains each command and option as you move the cursor around.

See also: USB Overdrive 1.4 (for Mac OS Classic)

Download USB Overdrive X for Mac

Architecture

IBM PowerPC

System Requirements

From Mac OS 10.1 up to Mac OS 10.4

Compatibility notes

System requirements

The USB Overdrive will run on any USB Mac running Mac OS X 10.2 or later, but all Mac users should make sure that their firmware and system software is up to date.

 

Installation

The USB Overdrive installer package installs the following files:

   - USBOverdrive.kext kernel extension in the /System/Library/Extensions folder;

   - USB Overdrive X.prefPane in the /Library/PreferencePanes/ folder;

   - a link to the USBOverdriveHelper application in the Login section of the System Preferences.

If you need to uninstall the USB Overdrive from your system, launch the Terminal, type "sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/USBOverdrive.kext", then type your administrator password. Please be aware that errors in typing the above command can be extremely destructive, so use it with caution.

Emulating this? It could probably run under: QEMU