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Wanted to confirm this does work.
We have had a couple mice here that we've tossed in our box o' mice because the scrollball didn't work. Putting pressure on the ball when rolling did dislodge it... for about a week or two. It got to the point that we went back to our other generic mice with scroll wheels, which I still had to use anyway since I have a KVM on my desk and the ((IMO) not-so-)mighty mouse's scroll ball ONLY works when plugged straight into the powerbook.
OK, rantings aside, I did this to a mouse and it's working great so far. I guess see how long this method works. Closest I've tried prior to this was taking a piece of scotch tape, laying it on the table sticky side up, and with the mouse upside down, roll the ball on tape. If you recall, that's always been the recommended way of cleaning the tracking ball on mice, prior to led/laser mice *shudders at the thought*.
It took a few times before I could get the tape to feed in correctly. Like the author, nothing noticeable was on the tape. I was able to slowly rotate the tape around so I could move the tape in all directions. I was able to do this, moving it back and forth and rotating around (was able to go 180º in this time) for about 30 seconds before the tape started to rip and I had to feed it out.

I find a sightly wet finger works the best.
Dip your finger in water, roll it over the ball, and your mighty mouse will be back to work in a few seconds. No need to unplug, no need to dry. (just don't pour water on it.)
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A completely SANE Canadian.

Most importantly, make sure your three-year-old doesn't drool on it.

Lately I've found a good way to clean the ball, and now I do it every week or so to keep it healthy:
Take a wet wipe and moisten the ball a little, around it (roll and wipe), than place the mouse upside down on a piece of paper, that the ball will touch the paper, and gently roll the ball on that paper. Don't do it too hard because you might break something inside or disform the ball, but you'll see lines of dirt on the paper.
Now it'll be fine!

to add, that with the same wetwipe - you can clean the rest of the mouse, from the rest of day to day dirt... :)

I found that returning it worked well.
By the end mine wasn't scrolling in either direction, tried cleaning it, did nothing, just returned it and got a cheap $5 optical mouse with a scroll wheel.

I am a big fan of blu tac it cleans my keybord and I have used it to my Mighty Mouse scroll ball. it works fine just get a bit and and dab it on the ball jobs done.

blue-tack did the trick - well actually it was Patafix! So frustrating when you can only scroll in one direction :)

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Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your tape 'thing' did the trick. It was not easy to do. But, once I got the tape threaded through; it dislodged big clumps of gunk. Afterwards, I wiped the scroll ball down with alcohol; and now my mouse works fine! Thanks, again!!!

Thanks - my scroll wheel would not work in one direction, but the wet finger trick worked great!

i use some rubbing alcohol on a cotton pad and really roll it around.

This was sent in by Anonymous as a hint, but it belongs here as another solution to the same problem... I am the proud owner of an Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse, and while so far it's treated me well, one problem has persisted for a long time - the scroll ball sometimes ceases to scroll at all. It was so frustrating, and I tried every remedy I could think of, i.e. canned air, dry/wet cloth, alcohol and the like, yet nothing worked for more than an hour or so. I was just about ready to just buy a new mouse when a friend mentioned to me how he cleans the little trackball on his Blackberry - Printer paper.
It may sound strange, but it's the surprising miracle cure for a sticky Mighty Mouse scroll ball. Here's how to go about the procedure:

1. Find a completely blank, completely clean sheet of ordinary white printer paper. Any brand will do.
2. Lay the paper on any hard, flat surface. Unplug the mouse (or turn it off, in the case of wireless MM users), turn it upside down, and make sure the ball can still roll somewhat freely.
3. Press the scroll ball firmly against the sheet of paper, making sure that is the ONLY part of the mouse that touches the paper, and vigorously rub in all directions (up/down, side to side, figure eights, spirals, all that jazz) for one to three minutes. I recommend at least 90 seconds if the ball won't scroll at all in at least one direction, three or more minutes of it just won't budge, period.
4. Reconnect the mouse and test the scrolling by opening anything that has both a horizontal and vertical scroll bar, like iTunes. If it still feels like it's grinding or if it still won't scroll, repeat steps 2 and 3 until you get the desired result.

And there you go! You just protected your $40+ investment with an ordinary piece of paper! I haven't tested this method.
-rob.

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I tried the alcohol and it did not work for me. I tried the printer paper and it worked. Thanks a lot.