Is my Magic Mouse Dead?

I tried doing what IB Retired posted in the first page, worked like a charm 🙂 Thank you!

The post immediately above yours gives one interesting option.

I did what he said, and the mouse appeared in the list and paired again. But it's not working well, it's erratic and difficult to handle.

Thank you for your message.

ok so i had duracell batteries in the mouse and no green light. i just cleaned the contacts (the negative ones) and the green light came on. 😀

*I meant SHIFT+CTRL+OPTION+POWER BUTTON. Sorry. Long morning...

Yes! cleaining the terminal of battery chamber and control + Option+ Command then power on your mouse

It worked to me. Thank you very much

Apple should take care to solve the problems with this mouse. How canwe deal with a peripheral that need cheats to work? I gave up. I went back to using the wired mouse. I can not believe!

This solved my problem. Legend. There was an oxidised buildup on the mettalic bits that connect to batteries. Thanks.

...and the worst problem is that with Mavericks the battery lasts half the time it lasted with earlier systems. So I went back to my wired mouse.

Thanks Dave Lord -- back to working! Phew! 🙂

Your post really saved me. Thank you so very much for sharing it with me.

Same as others, a quick clean of the terminals with an emery board nail file got it working again. Can only assume that the terminals build up some oxidation through time.

Thanks for sharing this trick. It works like a charm! 🙂

I always found that an old fashioned pencil eraser twirled around on the contacts removed most of the build up.