Peter
I had the same problem with battery consumption on both my Apple
mice. The Apple/Bluetooth mouse seemed to use batteries much more
quickly (a few weeks admittedly) than the old Microsoft/Infrared one
(that lasted months).
After exploring all the possibilities, as a simple solution I bought a
couple of extra Varta rechargeable batteries that I can recharge in a
few hours, usually overnight, or swap when urgent.
Warwick
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On 11/02/2010, at 8:43 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote:
Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I got it a
month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule – my
first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier
and he agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The
replacement one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one
was probably ok and that something else is going on. It seems that
it is very battery hungry and perhaps there is supposed to be a
routine which puts the mouse to sleep when not in use hence
preserving battery life. I have done all Software updates and even
downloaded a specific update for eth Magic Mouse form the Apple
site. I have MagicPrefs installed too and maybe that is responsible
but I suspect not. Ronni indicated a while back there is a Mac OSX
10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have to just wait till then, but I
need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days currently – SuperDuty ones
too! This seems to be the only way to wake up the sleepy mouse.
In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any
experiences like this or can you point me to some other updates for
this?
Kind Regards,
Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech
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