Bluetooth mouse suddenly quit pairing

Is anybody else finding problems with bluetooth devices? My Logitech mouse gave up.
Changed the batteries. Tried and retried pairing. Now using old wired mouse and I
hate it.

Since my original post, I got my mouse working again by deleting it and then re-pairing. But the connection is lost when my MacBook Pro is either restarted or cold booted. Further, the mouse is no longer discovered. Took your advice and turned off everything Bluetooth. Still no discovery. So just for yucks I took the Mac where there was no electrical interference. Still no discovery. Then tried my (Apple) Bluetooth keyboard, which was working fine a short time ago. It too is not discovered. At this point I have no connectivity to Mac whatsoever. It is clear that when the machine is restarted, the connections get lost. It's not a mouse, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Keyboard problem. Something has changed in the OS and really wish that Apple would fix it.

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