[DM-MUG] Wireless Mac Mouse Battery Issue

[CW Smith]

Don't forget to close the sliding door on the wireless Mighty Mouse -- this covers the sensor for protection, and breaks the circuit to save battery life.

The new Magic Mouse has a simple switch to break the circuit as well. But there are online rumblings about poor battery life on the new mice as well. Maybe a firmware update will address this soon?

Peace,
CW

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On Dec 13, 2009, at 9:21 AM, Alan Maupin wrote:

> I agree with Matt's assessment.  This past week I gave my wireless bluetooth mighty mouse another chance on my MacPro.  I normally use a USB mighty mouse.  Within a couple of days I had to disconnect the bluetooth mouse for the following reasons.  It's not as responsive or precise as the USB mouse.  The wireless mouse feels awkward because its heavy and such does not move as easy as the much lighter USB mouse.
> 
> 
> On Dec 13, 2009, at 1:55 AM, Matt Stanton wrote:
> 
>> I can't stand the thought of being without my computer for the amount of 
>> time it would take me to find/buy batteries, so I use corded mice 
>> anywhere I don't want to be bothered.  I also prefer corded mice on my 
>> desktop (which is a PC) because they provide better gaming performance 
>> (I would imagine that doing graphics work would also be a task for which 
>> a perfectly responsive mouse would be handy, though).  The only mouse I 
>> have that is cordless is the little travel mouse that I lug around with 
>> my netbook, but it has an off switch, so it hasn't failed me yet (and if 
>> it did, I have the trackpad to use until I get the batteries worked out).
>> 
>> So, my suggestion would be to find a mouse that either has a cord, or 
>> has an off switch.  You don't necessarily need to have a 'Mac' brand 
>> mouse.  At work, both the PC mouse I use to get the context menu (thank 
>> god for the right mouse button) and my wireless mouse work with no 
>> troubles or special configuration (including the mouse wheels on both of 
>> them).  On one of the Macs at work, we are using 10.2.8 (an old blue 
>> G3), and it requires the USB Overdrive helper app to recognize the PC 
>> wireless mouse, but on the new Mac Pro (with 10.5) there is no need for 
>> any extra software/drivers.  I'm not sure which version of OS X they 
>> added the support for PC wireless mice to, so YMMV.  Also, you'll need 
>> it to be a USB mouse (can you even buy a ps/2 mouse anymore?).
>> 
>> mauri booton wrote:
>>> It seems like I'm changing the batteries in my wireless iMac mouse  
>>> quite frequently (every 6-8 weeks). Is there some way to conserve the  
>>> batteries? If not, I'm thinking a corded mouse could be cheaper to run  
>>> and I could live without the "convenience" of the cordless mouse.
>>> 
>>> ~~ mauri ~~
>>> 
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