CursorSense For Mac

Until we get the option to disable cursor acceleration in macOS Sonoma, the only way to do it is via a Terminal command, which has its own issues, or a third-party app. Of course, tweaking acceleration is also impossible.

CursorSense helps with that, and it also provides more accessible customization for your mouse settings. It lets you set acceleration and sensitivity to specific values for each device, save favorites, and even snap the cursor to specific UI elements for different applications.

To turn off cursor acceleration in macOS without an app, you can use a Terminal command. However, this causes the sensitivity to be set to an unusually low value, and any sensitivity adjustment will re-enable acceleration. If your mouse lacks DPI customization, this makes it practically unusable.

With CursorSense, you can set the acceleration to 0, or just disable acceleration and sensitivity adjustments altogether. If you just disable acceleration, you can still adjust the sensitivity freely.

The app comes with a pretty useful graph that shows you how much the cursor will accelerate over a given distance with your current settings. If acceleration is disabled, you’ll just get a straight line.

Each mouse can have up to five different profiles, and you switch between them with ⌘ + 1-5. They’re all represented using different colors in the graph, so they’re easy to identify.

While I may not have a use case for the feature myself, there are scenarios when you might want to instantly move the cursor to a specific UI element when bringing up a window. Maybe a confirmation button, or any other repetitive action.

You can set up behaviors for specific applications, or just have a default action for every app. You can’t go too in-depth, with only a few buttons able to be recognized, but it will still be helpful in many situations.

When it comes to customizing acceleration and sensitivity, there are free apps that can do the job just as well, such as LinearMouse. CursorSense does have an interesting graph visualization and favorites system, and it has the advantage of running as a Settings Pane, out of sight. The auto snapping feature might convince you to get this app, but it’s not going to be for everyone.