Helppp!!!! crazy wireless mouse!

Hiii ok so i have a wireless mouse and I turned it on today and all of a sudden the cursor starts to twitch and drift to the right upper corner of the computer screen and it doesnt move just twitch in the corner and then i try and use the mousepad on the computer and it fights with the mouse to move and the wireless mouse just drifts it back to the corner. I dont know what to do! if anyone has any advice or knows what to do please helppp me! thank youu!

Hi,
you need to provide more information. What kind of mouse/mac/OS version are you using? Have the batteries run out of charge? Did you repair permissions or update bluetooth?

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