HP wireless USB mouse won't connect.

I have an HP wireless mouse that uses a battery and USB to connect. It connects fine with my Windows but can't be found with my Macbook Pro. Any suggestions? Thank you.

Stacey Kilpatrick wrote:
It still doesn't connect. I plug the USB into the port, switch the mouse to "on" and then hit the connect button. Then a light on the mouse, below the scroll wheel, blinks orange.
Have you tried new batteries in the mouse?
Have you tried putting the receiver in the other USB port? Along with new batteries in the mouse?
Could be the USB port you have the receiver plugged into does not properly power the receiver.

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