No low battery alerts for Magic Mouse after macOS 26.0.1 update

That 6% low battery alert has existed prior to Tahoe, so 26.1 has nothing to do with it.

I also wrote a LaunchAgent a few years back where I could determine how frequently it would automatically check for a low battery condition and the actual percentage threshold where I wanted a vivid dialog to pop onto the screen. I have not tested it recently though, and I only have Tahoe installed on my M4 Mac Mini Pro. It might work on Sequoia and Tahoe…

> To use the analogy

> Does one wait for the car to run out of fuel before they check the Fuel Gauge ?

To turn that around - most cars have an indicator light on their dashboard that illuminates when gas is low. Many people use (rely on?) that light as a trigger to refuel.

Additionally, every car I've ever driven has a permanently-visible fuel gauge so you can always see your fuel level.

The mouse dying with no warning, and you having to jump through hoops to find out its current charge is undeniably wrong. Add to that the brain-dead approach to the charge port which renders the mouse unusable during charging, and the advance warning is absolutely necessary.

$0.02

I also stopped getting low battery alerts on the Magic Mouse I use with my iPad Pro on the Magic Keyboard. I have to do it the old fashioned way now ... lol. I put the widget on my desktop and keep an eye on it.

LauraLee86 wrote:

I think some responses are missing the point. Sure there can be workarounds. The issue is - prior to upgrading to Tahoe 26.1, the battery level always displayed for bluetooth devices when you clicked on the bluetooth icon in the top menu.

Now, it doesn't, also for me.

If Apple removed that, it seems to be a step backwards when they are a supposed to be one of the top tech companies. For making the investment in a Macbook, one would think one wouldn't have to then add more apps to monitor something like bluetooth device battery levels when the OS versions prior all did that.

Yes we can check it often to see where the battery level is, but that is how we did it before when the battery percentage displayed when clicking the bluetooth icon in the menu.

Apple didn't remove that. I see the battery levels for all my connected Bluetooth devices when I click the Bluetooth icon in the menu bar.



ivanfromshippagan wrote:

My car does issue a warning when my tank is low on fuel...

In 2025, having a low alert battery seems like a no brainer. Suggesting we regularly need to check battery level is not very helpful.

Then learn to live with it.

LauraLee86 wrote:

I think some responses are missing the point. Sure there can be workarounds. The issue is - prior to upgrading to Tahoe 26.1, the battery level always displayed for bluetooth devices when you clicked on the bluetooth icon in the top menu.

Now, it doesn't, also for me.

And they still do for me as well as @neuroanatomist apparently.

perhaps that's why. If Tahoe moved that to widgets, I don't have widgets 'on' as it was taking up my desktop real estate. I'll play with that to see if that helps.

My laptop battery level icon though is still visible on the top menu.

That's good to know they didn't remove it, that would have made no sense. Though the issue is still present that after upgrading to Tahoe, some users like yourself still have that available and others of us no longer do. Same OS, different results. Thanks for the info.

Have you found a solution?mouse just suddenly stopped working and have to recharge it, AND the charging port is at the bottom!

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I've reconnected a Magic Mouse 2 to my iMac to see how long it takes to get to 6%. Personally, I don't think I've ever let a keyboard or mouse fall below 50%. And I only check them every week or so.

My car does issue a warning when my tank is low on fuel...

In 2025, having a low alert battery seems like a no brainer. Suggesting we regularly need to check battery level is not very helpful.

True. If you have 100 devices they won't all show. Thanks for pointing that out.