VMware Fusion is finicky about reporting the true hardware device details to the OS so the mouse just appeared as a generic HID device that the SetPoint software would not recognize. I tried getting this to work in my Windows VM but no such luck. As such, after changing that setting and connecting it to a Mac it should work properly at low speeds. The G500 and other high-end Logitech mice have internal memory and will store this setting and use it natively regardless of the host OS. Until Apple releases some kind of fix for this, a pseudo-fix that lessens the effect currently appears to be connecting the mouse to a Windows PC running the Logitech SetPoint software and lowering the polling rate there. A simple test is trying to draw a diagonal line in Photoshop at low speed. What happens is that at low speeds, the cursor becomes jumpy and feels like it moves erratically 3-4 pixels at a time in various directions. OS X feels more comfortable with a polling rate of around 125Hz. The G500 natively reports 1000 times per second. Mac OS X does not deal well with high resolution mice and their respective high USB polling rates. I realized the issue lies with OS X instead. Unfortunately, the G500 is giving me issues too.
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