Bluetooth Mighty Mouse won't rename or reset on macOS

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Bluetooth Mighty Mouse won't rename or reset on macOS

I have a bluetooth Mighty Mouse (yes, that old one from when Apple cared at least a little about ergonomics) and I can't rename it on bluetooth preferences; it appears to be successful renamed, but goes back to the name as soon as I left the menu or check it on the system tray.

All the questions to this points reseting the device though the debug menu, but even that doesn't work (reseting the bluetooth module does not, also), it keeps showing the old owner name and I can't rename it.

I wonder if it's an issue of legacy support on macOS, although it doesn't makes much sense to me drop support for one of the only three bluetooth mouses Apple have, while supporting all iPods released.

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 25, 2020 8:50 AM

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dialabrain

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Apr 25, 2020 9:44 AM in response to Sckillfer

FWIW, you can only rename the Mighty Mouse 2 in Catalina. You would have to have access to an earlier version of macOS, and rename it there.

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dialabrain

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Apr 25, 2020 10:01 AM in response to Sckillfer

To clarify, if you have access to a Mac running High Sierra for example you could rename the mouse there.

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leroydouglas

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Apr 25, 2020 9:16 AM in response to Sckillfer

Sckillfer wrote:

I have a bluetooth Mighty Mouse (yes, that old one from when Apple cared at least a little about ergonomics) and I can't rename it on bluetooth preferences; it appears to be successful renamed, but goes back to the name as soon as I left the menu or check it on the system tray.

All the questions to this points reseting the device though the debug menu, but even that doesn't work (reseting the bluetooth module does not, also), it keeps showing the old owner name and I can't rename it.

I wonder if it's an issue of legacy support on macOS, although it doesn't makes much sense to me drop support for one of the only three bluetooth mouses Apple have, while supporting all iPods released.

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dialabrain

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Apr 25, 2020 5:45 PM in response to Sckillfer

Sorry. Now I'm not sure. I actually meant the original Magic Mouse. I guess you'll see if it can be renamed with Mojave.

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Sckillfer Author

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Apr 25, 2020 5:26 PM in response to dialabrain

I hope Mojave can do it too, because I have been downloading it (for the 32-bit support) for some hours already (my connection is bad, but it seems Apple servers are worst). I had High Sierra dualboot till days ago, but I had to wipe my SSD thanks to a system crash (APFS ain't that resilient, apparently).

To clarify, Mighty Mouse is different from Magic Mouse, it's the one that looks like a soap dish and have the 360˚ scroll ball (the nipple), the one that Apple sells nowadays only in the wired form, but had a Bluetooth model till 2009. Since it's that old, I'm afraid only a real old OS will be able to reset and rename it.

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Sckillfer Author

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Apr 25, 2020 4:59 PM in response to dialabrain

Did you mean I can't?

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dialabrain

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Apr 25, 2020 5:04 PM in response to Sckillfer

If you have the original Mighty Mouse that takes batteries that's correct, you can't rename it with a Mac running Catalina. If you have access to a Mac running an earlier version of macOS, say High Sierra, you can pair the mouse to it, rename it, and the new name will be retained even when paired with Catalina.

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