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Re: Reinstall Magic Mouse skid -- RESOLVED

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject	Re: Reinstall Magic Mouse skid -- RESOLVED
Date	2018-04-20 21:06 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2018-04-20, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
> On 4/19/18 6:39 PM, Wade Garrett wrote:
>> One of the two black plastic skids on the bottom of my Magic Mouse has 
>> popped off and I can't get it to snap back in. If it matters, it's the 
>> one on the same side as the on/off switch. I don't really see anything 
>> broken off from it or from the mouse itself.
>> 
>> I can one end in and flush or the other- but not both. One end stick up 
>> so it's not parallel to the case bottom.
>> 
>> Any suggestions to fix? I'd hate to shell out $80 for a new one!
>> 
> Under magnification, I saw that the mouse-facing side of the rail has a 
> tiny perpendicular spud at one end and a slot at the other. These match 
> up with a corresponding spud/slot arrangement on the mouse body.
>
> First I tried to just line them up and push on both ends of the rail but 
> the didn't work. Then I tried putting the rail spud into the mouse slot 
> first and then levering the other end-- the rail slot- over the mouse 
> spud but that wouldn't go either.
>
> Finally I tried putting the rail slot over the mouse spud first and then 
> putting serious simultaneous thumb pressure on the rail spud at the 
> other end and they snapped back together fine.
>
> Not having to shell out $80 for a new Magic Mouse now, I'm thinking I 
> can treat myself to a nice bottle of my favorite adult beverage.

Congrats, and thanks for following up. I've got a couple of these in a
box, and this may just come in handy one day.  : )

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JR

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Reinstall Magic Mouse skid Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-04-19 18:39 -0400
  Re: Reinstall Magic Mouse skid -- RESOLVED Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-04-20 13:20 -0400
    Re: Reinstall Magic Mouse skid -- RESOLVED Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-04-20 21:06 +0000
      Re: Reinstall Magic Mouse skid -- RESOLVED Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-04-22 12:58 -0400

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