I just bought a CRT iMac that came with an clear/black Apple Pro Mouse and keyboard. The mouse has a brownish burn on the inside of clear body/cover. I can't see any screws so I assume it snaps together. Can the reverse be done to take it apart? Thanks for any suggestions.
I wouldn't bother. The brownish burn means something is fried. These units are notorious for having wire fatigue problems. Get a USB mouse like a Logitech, then take a sledge hammer to the Apple Mouse. Let us know how it comes apart.
Now, why didn't I think of that. Subtlty wins every time.
Actually, I think they are moulded and bonded in manufacture so that they won't come apart. The thing that got by them was a lack of a strain relief where the cord joins the mouse body.
Good link, ... but WHEW! What a lot of work! I couldn't help but notice he was curiously mute on the subject of putting it all back together. That was particularly alarming since he destroyed the clear oval ring in the take-apart.
I remember a while ago, Macuser UK did a takeapart on the mouse and found it rather tricky? - and putting it back even trickier.
I can't see why anyone would want to repair one when mice are so cheap.
Is it just me. or is the current Pro mouse trigger happy? I mean the one with no adjustment switch on the bottom.
I'm using a white one at the moment (not my normal mouse which is an original hockeypuck) and I find that it clicks itself while I'm moving across the screen (which is immensely annoying and time consuming.)
Is it just me. or is the current Pro mouse trigger happy? I mean the one with no adjustment switch on the bottom.
Actually (mid-year) in 2003 the Apple Pro Mouse was replaced with the Apple Mouse. At the same time, there was the swap between the 108-key Apple Pro Keyboard (deceased) and the 109-key Apple Keyboard.
In my opinion whenever "instructions" mention that something comes apart in pieces it's not usually the correct way of repairing something. I had a dead apple pro mouse around. I started playing with it to see how I could get it apart without breaking anything. Some people mentioned that reassembly was also tricky. Of course it is if you break the thing taking it apart! Anyhow, the first step I did was to take the inner white ring out with a small knife. Easy, came right out. Next I tried to remove the outer black ring like the instructions said but realized that that would result in the same broken ring problem. No Thanks! I went a different way. Where the clear top meets the black base I worked a pocket knife around the whole mouse including under the two finger grips. I was able to remove the clear dome from the top of the mouse. There is no glue there. Now I can access the side of the black ring. I cut along the line where it was glued with an X-acto knife. I cut only from the top (where the wire is) to about 1 inch below the finger grips. Do not cut the ring totally out! Leave the entire bottom curve alone! I was able to remove the mouse from the lower shell by simply poping it with a small screwdriver, bending back the semi attached ring, and sliding it forward towards the wire. I see absolutly no reason why it should not go back together because everything will still snap in. I'll put a little glue back just to be sure.
