Bluetooth keyboard and mouse stop responding

Situation: Brand new MacBook Pro 17" unibody, 2.93GHz, 4GB RAM, glossy display. I have paired an Apple wireless keyboard (older model, white plastic not aluminium) and Apple wireless mouse with the MBP. Accounts, applications and files migrated with Migration Assistant from older MBP 17".

Problem: Keyboard and mouse become unresponsive very often. Bluetooth indicates that both devices are still paired and connected but nether mouse nor keyboard activity registers with the MBP. Turning Bluetooth off, then back on seems to re-establish the working connection.

Has anybody else been experiencing this problem. I know, on the previous MBP and on an MB that I still use, if the keyboard batteries become very low, connection with the mouse is sometimes lost. This is not the case here, though. The batteries in both devices still display green.

MacBook Core 2 Duo 2 GHz, MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.93 GHz 17" glossy screen, Mac OS X (10.5.6), 4GB RAM

Posted on Mar 14, 2009 6:04 AM

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