"Magic Mouse" barely works

Could my Magic Mouse be defective after only a few months? It barely tracks and has been getting worse for a few weeks. Is there a way to reboot it. I did to restart my computer several times and messed with the preferences and Buetooth. Its just that it has gooton so bad I need to go buy a new mouse.

Gnarlodious wrote:
Could my Magic Mouse be defective after only a few months? It barely tracks and has been getting worse for a few weeks.
By barely tracks do you mean it tracks slow. Like you have to physically move the mouse a great distance to get it to move across the screen?
If so, I remedied that by installing the free pref pane called [MouseZoom|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/12205]. I haven't had any problems using it with one exception. I have 2 mice, one at work and one at home. I have to change the settings in MZoom back and forth to use the different mice. The speed up for the Magic Mouse is way to quick for the RocketFish Bluetooth at work.
I'm hoping that some day Apple will address the issue so I don't need the extra speed boost.

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