Logitech caused its mice to freak out by not renewing a certificate

If you’re among the macOS users experiencing immoderate weird issues pinch your Logitech mouse, past bully news: Logitech has now released a fix. This comes aft multiple Reddit users reported yesterday that Logi Options Plus — the app required to negociate and configure the controls connected Logitech accessories — had stopped working, preventing them from utilizing customized scrolling features, fastener actions, and gestures.

One Reddit user said that the scroll directions and other buttons connected their Logitech rodent “were not moving arsenic I intended,” and that the Logi Options Plus app became stuck successful a footwear loop upon opening it to place the cause. Logitech has since acknowledged the situation and said that its G Hub app — a akin guidance package for gaming devices nether the Logitech G marque — was besides affected.

According to Logitech’s support page, the problem was caused by “an expired certificate” required for the apps to run. Windows users were unaffected. The issues only impacted Mac users because macOS prevents definite applications from moving if it doesn’t detect a valid Developer ID certificate, thing that has affected different apps successful the past.

A spot has now been released to hole the issue, which needs to beryllium manually installed “because the certificate besides affected the in‑app updater.” Logitech says that the instrumentality settings, customizations, and profiles for impacted users will stay intact aft installing the patch. This hole is disposable for devices moving connected macOS 26 Tahoe, macOS 15 Sequoia, macOS 14 Sonoma, and macOS 13 Ventura, pinch a hole for older versions of macOS coming “at a later time.”

“We dropped the shot here. This is an inexcusable mistake,” Logitech spokesperson ATXsantucci said in consequence to personification complaints connected Reddit. “We’re highly sorry for the inconvenience caused.”