Mouse slow to wake up

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Mouse slow to wake up

My mighty mouse (not wireless) is now very slow to wake up after my Mac awakes from sleep. It may take 30 seconds for the mouse to be recognized after my Mac wakes up, and, of course, the Mac will not awake with mouse movement or click.

I tried zapping the PRAM, but this did not help.

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iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 24", Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on May 7, 2010 1:21 AM

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Carolyn Samit

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May 7, 2010 3:13 AM in response to Fred L Johnson

HI,

Try cleaning your mouse. How to clean Mac products

Also, try a different USB port. See if that makes a difference.

Carolyn 🙂

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May 7, 2010 4:48 AM in response to Fred L Johnson

Hello Fred:

Try making the mouse a favorite.

Go to system preferences>bluetooth. Highlight the mouse and then click on the little gear>show more info. Make it a favorite.

Barry

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May 7, 2010 9:46 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Cleaning the mouse? Huh? What could this possibly do to help the Mac detect it?

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May 7, 2010 9:47 AM in response to Barry Hemphill

This is NOT a wireless mouse.

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May 7, 2010 8:49 PM in response to Fred L Johnson

This is NOT a wireless mouse.

Sorry, Fred. I completely skipped by your parenthetical notation to that effect.

Barry

P.S. The USB port suggestion from Carolyn is worth trying. If you want to try to locate the cause of the problem, take a look at the console and system logs to see if anything is going on at system wake. There is no software setting that I am aware of that would cause what you describe.

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May 9, 2010 6:15 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I swapped my keyboard/mouse USB port with the USB port holding a Griffin sound card, and so far the mouse becomes active immediately upon the Mac's waking.

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