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Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard

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In message <mcmurtrie-EBBAFE.22213913012014@c-61-68-245-199.per.connect.net.au> 
  Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> wrote:
> In article <do_ray_me-F9E3D1.15124214012014@news.albasani.net>,
>  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

>> In article <myob476jra.fsf@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU>,
>>  Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu 
>>  <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> > Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>> > 
>> > > In article <do_ray_me-202EDB.11555024122013@news.albasani.net>,
>> > >  dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > > In article <231220131054487236%jimsgibson@gmail.com>,
>> > > >  Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > 
>> > > > > In article <52b52314$0$10286$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>, JF
>> > > > > Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > > To do the install, I booted from the original Snow Leopard install 
>> > > > > > DVD.
>> > > > > > 
>> > > > > > Magic Mouse does not work.  Had to plug in one of the many
>> > > > > > Mighty Mouse I have in a bag (none of which had the ball
>> > > > > > working, but still work as a basic mouse) to get to the menus
>> > > > > > to choose the disk util.
>> > > > > > 
>> > > > > > So, just a word of warning if you are ever in a situation
>> > > > > > where you need to boot off the SL DVD, you need a wired mouse.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Over this past weekend I installed Snow Leopard on a Mac Pro (1,1) 
>> > > > > from
>> > > > > the original disk and had no problem using the Magic Mouse.
>> > > > 
>> > > > The only issue that is a little bothersome with this mouse that I have 
>> > > > found is that when I turn it off (rarely), I seem to need to restart 
>> > > > the OS for the cursor to come back, turning it back on does not do it. 
>> > > > There are perhaps other ways to accomplish this from Sys Prefs but 
>> > > > have not explored this.
>> > > 
>> > > I've been using Magic Mouse with Snow Leopard for years, and never had 
>> > > that problem. After turning the mouse off and on (mostly just when 
>> > > changing the batteries) I have to click it a few times and it will 
>> > > reconnect.
>> > 
>> > Yes, that's the trick.  Click the Magic Mouse after changing batteries.
>> > 
>> > (You can also reconnect from System Prefs/Mouse if you have that open,
>> > but clicking the mouse is easier.)
>> > 
>> > Don't know why that's necessary.  One doesn't have to type on an Apple
>> > wireless keyboard to make it reconnect after the batteries are
>> > changed, so does one have to "click" the Magic Trackpad in that
>> > situation for it to reconnect.  Maybe they managed to avoid the
>> > mouse's issue when they created the keyboard and trackpad....
>> > 
>> 
>> ....
>> 
>> As it happens, today the mouse just stopped working, put in new 
>> batteries, (twice, even measured the voltage and they are all new), no 
>> cursor! Now even restart does not bring it back. The trackpad on MB 
>> still operates fine, so does an old tethered USB Apple Pro which I am 
>> forced now to use again.
>> 
>> The little green light on my MM flashes continuuously for a very few 
>> secs when turned on, then intermittently in regular pattern (I think 
>> this is normal). 
>> 
>> I note that Bluetooth: Not Available is greyed out in the BT icon to 
>> the right top on my screen, also that there is no BT options in my Sys 
>> Prefs? Are the options triggered by a properly transmitting BT device? 
>> If so, some thing seems to have happened to my mouse? Never been 
>> dropped or anything and is not all that old. Before contacted Apple 
>> where I bought it, anyone got any suggestions?

> Apple's Bluetooth drivers are garbage.  That it stops working is the 
> best you can hope for when it fails.  A2DP headsets often cause a kernel 
> panic when they're turned on or off.  The driver fails to avoid 
> frequencies that are in use so throughput stutters near WiFi.  Devices 
> can get into a bad state where pairing becomes mismatched until manually 
> un-paired and re-paired.  Device browsing rarely works on desktop MacOS 
> and mobile MacOS doesn't even support file transfer.

I use a lot of BT devices with my Macs and have never seen anything like
this.

> It's quite possible that you have a sophisticated BT device (phone, 
> headset, mouse, remote control) or interference in the area that's 
> crashing your driver.  I recommend turning off BT and using a wired 
> mouse.  I've tried using a Magic trackpad on two different laptops at 
> work on different OSes.  It was nothing but stuttering, hangs, and 
> panics in Apple's BT driver.

Nope, nothing like that.

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see why we shouldn't change things if it makes the world better,' said
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Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-21 00:11 -0500
  Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard bob <rcp27g@gmail.com> - 2013-12-21 16:19 +0000
    Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-12-21 15:16 -0500
      Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-22 10:10 +1300
        Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-22 11:14 +1300
  Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2013-12-23 10:54 -0800
    Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2013-12-24 11:55 +1100
      Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-12-23 20:36 -0500
        Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2013-12-23 18:54 -0800
          Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-14 15:12 +1100
            Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-01-14 17:47 +1300
              Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-14 17:09 +1100
                Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-14 18:30 +1100
                Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-14 11:35 -0600
                Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-15 07:31 +1100
            Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-01-13 22:21 -0800
              Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-01-14 18:27 +1100
              Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-14 11:32 -0600
              Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-15 17:18 +0000
            Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard erilar <drache@chibardun.net.invalid> - 2014-01-14 11:31 -0600
        Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2013-12-24 14:04 +1100
          Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2013-12-24 00:48 -0500
            Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-12-24 19:07 +1300
            Re: Warning: Magic Mouse on Snow Leopard dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2013-12-24 18:53 +1100

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