I came back with the advent of Tiger where it was first reported that the mouse acceleration problem existed.
Somewhere between System 7 and OS X, I stopped using Macs. Back in the days of System 6 (6.1.3 was when I first got my own Mac-a MacSE), the mouse movement was normal. Now before critics slam me for this post, I should point out that this mouse movement wasn’t always a problem. I might add that as good as USB Overdrive is, the movement still doesn’t feel quite right. I struggled long and hard to adapt to the mouse acceleration curve but after a few months, I simply couldn’t handle it anymore and used USB Overdrive to alter the mouse movement behaviour. There are, no doubt, proponents of the movement that will say that this is the proper behaviour and that Apple got it right while everyone else screwed up but I disagree. The mouse acceleration and movement is simply too erratic and not very smooth compared to the Windows and Linux motions. if you have a button that says "Update" and not "Download", barring any other weird glitches that usually means that the App Store is seeing the "iPhoto.app" SOMEWHERE on your hard drive.Ever since Mac OS X 10.4, Apple did a disservice to the computing community by severely crippling the mouse movement behaviour. As of 2 years ago I know they were still able to replace this disc for you with an original for $15 upon request. If your Mac came with an older OS than Snow Leopard and you upgraded after the fact it may not have included these applications to begin with (depending on how old). If you could locate your original discs that came with your Mac, you could reinstall iPhoto from the second disc titled "Applications Install DVD". If you're running Mac OS X 10.6.8 though, Apple outlines that only iPhoto 9.2.3 or lower is compatible, which is not available on the App Store. At this point you could then technically download them on all machines that you owned for free, provided they met system requirements and you remembered your Apple ID and password (no activation key required). With the new Macs that qualified for the free downloads, the first time you signed in to the App Store you would be prompted to "Accept" iPhoto, iMovie and Garageband which would then bind these apps to your Apple ID as purchases (although they were free). There is no way to legally download the latest version of iPhoto for free, as it only came 'free' with brand new Macs for a few years (and has now been replaced on the newest Macs with an app just called "Photos").
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