Connecting a new Magic Mouse to a sleeping iMac

I'm in the processing of migrating to a new Mac, was backing up some data on the old mac and disconnected the mouse and keyboard from the old one to pair with the new.  Now, the data has finished backing up (I think) and I'd like to reconnect a new Magic Mouse with the old computer.  Is there anyway to do this?  I don't just simply turn it off and then on because I'm not sure if the data is done or not (the Mac is sleeping with a black screen).
Thanks,
Matt

The news is not good based on what I have been able to find:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/2914651#2914651
This may not be definitive.  This may be a fools errand, but connect them and see if on SYSTEM PREFERENCES>DISPLAYS the iMac is recognized as a monitor.
Perhaps a post in the iMac forum might prove useful.
Ciao.

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