Comments on: How-To: Work Around Magic Mouse Disconnecting From Bluetooth

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 30 May 2010 07:50:08 +0000

I found that cleaning the battery contacts of both the magic mouse and the batteries themselves has eliminated my disconnect problems. I used a pencil eraser and rubbed the contacts with the eraser, then blew the crumbs out with canned air. Before doing this, I rubbed the pencil eraser on paper to get fresh, clean rubber.

By: Wyremunc

Wyremunc — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:03:50 +0000

Having problems with my Magic Mouse disconnecting too… and a bit jittery. My daughter took the back cover off and it works just fine. It started acting up a couple days after I got it, thought it was due to booting into 64 bit mode, but that may have been coincidence.
Could it be the hole on the back cover is too small for the optics? Perhaps the cover is blocking the laser pickup. At full battery power the laser might be strong enough to overcome a partially blocked pickup, but as the batteries weaken, the problem would become more pronounced… causing the mouse to disconnect.
Havn’t had the back off long enough to be sure, but this would make sense, right?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:35:34 +0000

I think it’s the mouse software for bluetooth. I have a magic mouse and an older Apple wireless and both of them have had a “signal lost” notice. And, yes, clicking either mouse makes it come back.