I first reviewed SmoothCursor last November, and it immediately found a permanent home on my Mac because it allowed me to adjust the tracking speed of my mouse and Magic Trackpad independently. Unlike most 3rd-party drivers I had tried in the past, SmoothCursor actually worked perfectly for me.

Since then, Troikalabs has updated SmoothCursor to version 2.0.5.

The new version brings a few new features, such as the ability to alternate between two completely separate profiles using a user-definable hotkey. This is fantastic, because now you can not only set the tracking of your mouse and trackpad separately, but you can have two different profiles for doing so. So lets say you want slower more precise movements for Photoshop work, and faster movement for when you’re just surfing the web, and writing emails. You can just tap a key combo and your tracking speeds get updated automatically. You can also set a separate key combo for temporarily switching profiles while holding the keys down.

Another change that came about with the current version of SmoothCursor is that it is no longer free. The additional profile features and Mountain Lion Notification Center support have brought a $2.75 fee with it. A small price to pay for such useful features, in my opinion.

You can buy SmoothCursor directly from the Troikalabs website, and a demo is available.

It seems as far back as I can remember, I’ve never been happy with the tracking speed of any OS version or mouse I had connected to my Mac—or the software to control the speed with which my cursor flies around the screen.

I’ve always wanted to speed up the movement, or slow it down—depending on if it was an Apple mouse or 3rd party one. Almost all 3rd party drivers either lack features, don’t work at all, or are overkill.

Smooth Cursor aims to solve a lot of those problems, and it does so perfectly.

Smooth Cursor for Mac OS X Lion is a simple utility that lives in your menubar which allows you to adjust the tracking speed of any mouse or trackpad you have connected, or the built-in trackpad on your MacBook. That’s all it does. There are no superfluous features to speak of (NICE!), and it basically only has three settings: Off, On, and Enforce—which forces any app to respect your settings if it tries to override them.

I love Smooth Cursor because it can work with a mouse and trackpad independently. This is perfect for me because I prefer to speed-up my Apple Magic Mouse tracking, but slow down the tracking on my attached Magic Trackpad.

Smooth Cursor is a 64-bit application for Mac OS X Lion, and is absolutely free.