Has my Magic Mouse gone bad

Thanks for the help. I will replace it, but I still think something else is going on, as it worked fine before the batteries died.

I've been having another issue with my iMac late 2009 10,1. My screen goes black every so often and can't get the Desktop back without restarting. Restarting always resolves it until the next time. The iMac 10,1 was part of a hard drive recall and I've been thinking the heat sensor was not put in place properly after the HD replacement. One of the symptoms of the black screen was not responding to the mouse, in terms of waking from the black screen. But now I wonder if the black screen and mouse may be part of the same issue.

I'll get the new mouse and see what happens. Thanks again.

The only other bluetooth device is the Apple keyboard.

I cleaned all the contacts and the lens, that didn't seem to help. This is a very weird problem. Even in this discussion, I can move the pointer to live links, the links light up, but clicking them does nothing. The other strange thing is if I hover over your user name, seventy one, the information window will open. But if I hover on the link just below your username, the link lights up, but clicking it does nothing.

So it seems more like a tracking issue than Bluetooth.

Clicking the red button will not quit the screen. Just tried both matte black and white paper, did not help.

Can a mouse go bad by working for some things but not for others. Or does it just stop working completely. Guess I should just by a new one and see if it works.

Hi seventy one,

Replaced the mouse and all is fine again. I forgot how responsive a mouse is suppose to be. The laser tracking must have been going bad over time and the dead batteries sent it over the cliff, I guess.