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For the past several days, my magic mouse keeps losing connection to my MacBook Pro, and most of the time it won't even connect at all. I thought the batteries needed changing at first, but that didn't help either. I keep going into my Bluetooth settings to try and manually connect it but, again, it didn't work. Can anyone suggest ways to try to fix this problem?
Magic Mouse-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
I had this problem too, turns out a slight design flaw with the mouse is that smaller batteries come loose and power is lost, so the bluetooth dies. You'll probably find that it loses connection when you're moving it around quite a lot, in particular, when you lift it up off of the desk and put it back down again. See, different brands of battery tend to be ever so slightly varied in size, and smaller ones tend to be more 'loose' in the mouse and an be shaken loose when moving the mouse around.
The best solution (the one which worked for me) is to grab a set of Apple's own rechargeable batteries from their store as they are just the right size to fit in the mouse without ever being shaken loose.
If you can't do this, some people find that wedging a bunch of paper between the two batteries and between the batteries and the mouse door can help keep them in place.
I hope this solves your problem as it has mine. 🙂
For us, our mouses (mice?) have
The problem has actually happened to me with 2 magic mice. What do you consider 'appropriate batteries' ? Are Energizer or Duracell not appropriate enough? That is all I have ever used.
Good thought, frankejj, We all treat these things a bit more roughly than we should (though that ought to have been taken into consideration at the design stage).
Thanks - 5 years on and this is still an excellent solution!
Great description too.
Cheers 🙂
Yes the answer is to buy more Apple stuff obviously. How about not buying any more of this crap any more. And this is not the answer to the question clearly! (ie the answer given above)
thank you! i put some paper in between the loose batteries and it is working for me! thanks a lot!!
Greg
Magic Mouse keeps losing connection
