HT201806: Bluetooth: How to set up your Apple Wireless Mouse or Magic Trackpad

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shairos
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Q: How to prevent a mouse to connect to a different Mac in the room?

I have 3 different Mac in the room. Each have a magic mouse paired via bluetooth.

My problem is, the mouse i currently working with, connects to a different Mac in the room.


Is there a way to lock the pairings so every Mac will have it's own mouse ?


 

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Jun 17, 2015 6:15 AM

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Q: How to prevent a mouse to connect to a different Mac in the room?

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  • by KiltedTim,

    KiltedTim KiltedTim Jun 17, 2015 6:18 AM in response to shairos
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    Jun 17, 2015 6:18 AM in response to shairos

    Are you saying that your mouse connects to both computers simultaneously, or that it's paired with the wrong computer?

  • by Lars-Iver Kruse,

    Lars-Iver Kruse Lars-Iver Kruse Jun 17, 2015 6:32 AM in response to shairos
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    Jun 17, 2015 6:32 AM in response to shairos

    Sounds strange. We've four Macs here, each one paired with it's own Magic Mouse and do not face such a problem.

     

    First of all, I would do the pairings of each Mac-Magic Mouse-combination again, meaning delete the existing pairing and renew it for each pair of decives. Should not take too much time and guarantees a proper setup. I think, after that procedure everything will be ok.

     

     

    Regards, Lars

  • by shairos,

    shairos shairos Jun 17, 2015 6:36 AM in response to KiltedTim
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    Jun 17, 2015 6:36 AM in response to KiltedTim

    Not simultaneously.

    While i am working on one Mac, the mouse stops response and i see the "Connection Lost" on screen. But then realized it automatically paired with another Mac.


    It happens frequently.

  • by Umberto Uno,

    Umberto Uno Umberto Uno Nov 2, 2015 5:35 PM in response to shairos
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    Nov 2, 2015 5:35 PM in response to shairos

    Shairos, I have exactly that problem.  Have you found a solution?

  • by AxeBox360,

    AxeBox360 AxeBox360 May 30, 2016 1:06 PM in response to shairos
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    May 30, 2016 1:06 PM in response to shairos

    t same thing happens to me . I just moved my MacBook and it's accessories to another room and when I turned it on i could not get to magic pad to work. The pad has paired with the headless Mac mini in my living room that I use as a media server. My only solution is to use Remote Desktop/Vic to turn bluetooth off on the Mac mini and then cycle power on the magic pad.

     

    The Mac mini doesn't do Anything beyond media serving , so it's rare that I need a mouse or keyboard connected to it.