Magic Mouse Batteries drain in 2 days

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Magic Mouse Batteries drain in 2 days

Hello folks,

I own a Mid 2011 iMac since Feb 2012. The Magic Mouse that comes shipped with it never gave me problems until up to a few weeks ago, where it drains my batteries literally in one or two days! At first I thought it was some faulty batteries, but now I already had about 6 replacements hoping it will be okay. Yesterday I bought new batteries, and today the level is at 38% - how do I troubleshoot it?

(I do not use rechargeable batteries. Lithium and Alkaline only)

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 6, 2015 7:30 AM

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Answer 1

MichelPM

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Mar 6, 2015 7:47 AM in response to EdNKh

Hmmmmm.....

The Magic Mouse is really notorious for eating up batteries.

I returned mine for this very reason. Even high priced lithium and nickel-metal hydride batteries lasted me only about two weeks of my use and that's shutting the Magic Mouse off when I was away from my Mac for any prolonged length of time.

Try turning it off when not in regular use.

Maybe look into purchasing one of these.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/H4825ZM/B/mobee-magic-charger-for-apple-magic- mouse

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Answer 2

Rudegar

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Mar 6, 2015 7:49 AM in response to EdNKh

one suspect could be the microSwitces under the plastic shell being full of dirt and because of that activating a bit now and then making the mouse keep waking up that would drain it pretty quickly

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Answer 3

Mar 6, 2015 9:57 AM in response to EdNKh

Although one would not suspect the mouse to go bad after 3 years,

it could happen. It could be as Rudegar said, just a collection of

gunk after 3 years of use.

Personally, the one that came with my iMac I got last summer gets

2-3 weeks or so out of my Eveready Energizer re-charchables, depending

on intensity of use.

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Answer 4

Old Toad

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Mar 6, 2015 10:11 AM in response to EdNKh

Magic Mice can die. Mine, from the same iMac model as yours just went belly up a couple months ago. It as also using up batteries pretty quick but not as fast as yours. Even the Genius Bar veterinarian couldn't revive it. As Forrest Gump once said: "It happens".

The replacement with regular batteries is getting about 13 weeks between batteries at about 8 hrs per day (turn it off at night).

Just give it a decent burial.

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