Since upgrading to Mac 10.6.7, The preference window for the magic mouse always shows 100%.
After installing MagicPrefs free drivers, (because Apples' sensitivity settings suck), MagicPrefs show
a more accurate level of 84%. What gives here Apple? Are you letting the competition beat you at
your own game? I'm getting disgusted with Apple's lack of support, fixes and updates to reported problems.
MacBook Pro 15" - May 2010, Mac OS X (10.6.3)
Yeah, that's a bug introduced in 10.6.7. Hopefully it gets fixed on a future release.
Regards,
Captfred
I can tell you that 10.6.8 does not fix this bug. 😟
We'll just have to wait until 10.7 Lion next month.
Interestingly, if you open /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist the battery level is stored correctly.
So it's only the status bar application and the preferences pane that get this wrong.
Just did a check now. That's quite interesting. Thanks for sharing. I now know where iStat Pro is getting its readings from. But the question is where bluetooth status bar application is getting its readings from.
Just another heads-up: Mac OS X 10.7 Lion exhibits the same bloody problem. Nice one, Apple.
The Problem is also in the Lion... .... Very bad
Have you found a solution??????
I confirm the wrong 100% battery level of my Magic Mouse, add me to the list.
Nope. No solution. Sorry. 😟
It looks like we'll have to wait *again* for the next update, ie. 10.7.1. Or you can do what I do and use iStat Pro which is a very informative Dashboard widget: http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/ The widget shows (somehow) the correct % of battery in your wireless devices such as the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad. It doesn't show the % for the wireless keyboard though.
From my troubleshooting, it seems it's specific to the individual mouse.
I have two Magic Mice on my desk, one for a MB Pro and one for an iMac. The "trouble" Magic Mouse, which always shows "100%" AND frequently disconnects, did so in 10.6 and 10.7. on my MB Pro.
I thought maybe the Bluetooth module on my MB Pro was bunk--so I swapped mice and took the "stable" Magic Mouse on the iMac and paired it with my MB Pro--no problems. The "trouble" Magic Mouse, formerly on the MB Pro, now on the iMac--exhibits the exact same problems--it seems to be the specific mouse, not the OS or Bluetooth modules on either host computer. Hope this helps. I guess I'll be making a trip to the Apple Store to see if they can fix/replace my "trouble" Magic Mouse...
Spoke with Apple Care tech today about this issue and was told they are aware of the wireless Mouse always saying it is at 100%. They are working on it, finally. Curious to see if the 10.7.4 update somehow fixes it, but I doubt it or the tech would have told me.
Nothing has changed in 10.7.4 regarding inaccurate Magic Mouse batterylife indication in the bluetooth menu. 😟
Sorry for the confusion.
I meant that I spoke with Apple Care today and they said they are aware of the issue of the Mouse always showing 100% .... and that they are currently working on a fix.
I was just hoping that 10.7.4 would maybe fix it..it did not, so I downloaded a widge called Mighty Monitor ...and..it works great. Tells me the REAL status of my Mouse (also supports keyboard and trackpad, too).
Maybe give Mighty Monitor a shot?🙂
Okay, gotcha. 🙂
Yeah, thanks for the headsup on Might Monitor. I'm currently using iStat Pro:
http://islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
Does the same job plus more.
Magic Mouse battery always shows 100%
