M1 iMac Magic Mouse keeps highlighting instead of selecting

THIS continues to drive me absolutely crazy. Whenever I left click to just select something the mouse continues to either highlight text or act as a right click at times. I have to continually click the mouse several times to in effect, unlock it from doing this. I have tried all kinds of settings but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a solution to this?

iMac 24″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Feb 26, 2024 01:47 PM

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Feb 26, 2024 04:53 PM in response to Swg1619

So, this still happens in either of the circumstances I mentioned???


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