Can I turn off mouse battery low notification

I get these stupid notifications like every 30 minutes when the batteries start getting low and can keep using the devices for a good week... how about OS X stop pestering me when I've got plenty of life left in the batteries?!

I would also like a way to turn off low battery notifications. The indication that my batteries are dead is when my cursor stops moving. I'm not going to change batteries that still power my mouse until they no longer power my mouse. The messages to me are completely useless.

Why should anyone spend money on something they don't need just because Apple can't get their act together? Why not just stop giving false low battery notifications?

That does not work. Don't bother resetting PRAM! In fact, it may mess up other settings you'll then have to reset.

With due respect that is a rather silly answer. Maybe you might have say a Terminal script to change the voltage trigger that Apple seems to have test the charge in batteries because it is set far higher than it needs to be.

Yes - have checked them all and there's nothing to check or uncheck. This is one of those little things that's annoying and turns out it annoys lots of people given the number of requests for solutions in this forum and non-Apple forums. Apparently this issue has become worse with each OS upgrade. I have tested OS identified problem batteries and found plenty of charge. Besides the interval between when the notifications start and when the batteries fail is quite long.

Many suggestions including Terminal scripts suggest simply turning off Notifications completely but that means loss of something useful.

What is wanted is to allow the notification re declining trackpad, mouse, keyboard battery power is to show itself, let it be clicked close, and to stop popping up all the time.

I did go to a Genius Bar for help (bit hard to demonstrate without the iMac being there) and the Genius didn't think there was such a problem. Having had Geniuses give themselves away in never looking at Apple Support Forums, I came prepared with links to this issue raised on this and other posts. Amazed he decided that maybe there is a problem/issue, could not find anyone to suggest a solution, but suggested I put in a feedback form. I think Apple people look at these even less than they look at the Support Forums, and so that is why I was looking to the Apple User community for a solution.

Shiggity123 wrote:

I would also like a way to turn off low battery notifications. The indication that my batteries are dead is when my cursor stops moving. I'm not going to change batteries that still power my mouse until they no longer power my mouse. The messages to me are completely useless.

Sorry but you cannot do that.

I'm not going to change batteries that still power my mouse until they no longer power my mouse.

I change the rechargeable batteries in my keyboard and mouse when they're at about 10 - 20% and while the computer is on; I simply insert newly charged batteries and the computer will pair/recognize it. I prefer this method over not being able to sign in because the batteries are dead and I can't get to the Bluetooth pairing because I can't enter my password.

Rechargeable batteries don't last forever. I use rechargables in my mouse and after a couple years of use they don't charge to 100% and don't report correctly. Replace your rechargables with quality batteries and you'll stop getting false low battery notifications.

I have a similar annoying problem. A few months ago I switched out my original Apple wireless mouse for a wireless mouse I bought at Radio Shack [please, no jokes about the demise of RS]. It has a USB plug. It's worked fine until about a week ago when I started getting a low battery warning. So I immediately changed the one AA battery to a fresh battery from my Costco pack with a "good by" date of 2023. Within an hour or so I got another low battery warning so I changed it again. Same warning. I checked the Mouse utility and it said I had about 24% battery life, which seemed illogical. I changed it again. Same result. Now I started getting a "Very Low Battery" warning which now includes a button for Info. When I click on Info it tells me how to change the batteries on my original Apple mouse, including a diagram, which used two AAA batteries and has a completely different configuration. I don't know (1) why after several months of use this whole process has started; (2) why I'm continually getting the Low Battery Warning (yes, it keeps popping up about every 10 minutes or so); and (3) why it's telling me how to change batteries on a mouse that is no longer operating with my iMac.

If anyone has a reasonable suggestion I'd be happy to listen.

Thanks!

I went into System Preferences.

Then into Bluetooth.

Then unchecked the little box at the bottom of the window that says, "Show Bluetooth in menu bar."

It's been like 10 minutes and no message has popped up whereas before it was every minute.

I find the notification useful but the threshold is set WAY TOO HIGH - for me it alerts when batteries reach about 30%. That a crazy amount of power left. I change or recharge at about 5% to reduce throwing these nasty necessities of life away or recharging batteries too often (they only recharge so many times). For me it takes weeks if not a month for the batteries to get to 5% from the 30% threshold and with it I get the annoying reminders all along the way. I would like to see Apple put either a lower threshold more consistent with battery usage/life, or allow the user to set the threshold. if not a sliding scale, then some key, realistic points, like 5% or 10%. Even the iPhone does not alert until 20%. Or set up the notification to "snooze until 5%" or something like that. Aside from the annoyance, it seems like a greener thing to do to reduce unnecessary charging or discarding of batteries.

No. That is wasteful. As others have said, a mouse will run for days, literally, days meaning 10 12 hours per day for 2 or 3 more days before the batteries die. I've had this every single month since i was forced into using Yosemite. Apple just not paying attention. Totally wasteful to toss (recycle) batteries that have 20-30+ hours of mouse power in them.