Magic mouse sticks as it tracks

My Magic Mouse "sticks" as it tracks. As I roll from left to right, it will stop in the middle of the screen and will only move up and down in the same place.
Anyone else have this problem?

Yes, there is dust in there!±
How to really clean your Mighty Mouse (with caution!):
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1537
and:
http://web.mac.com/karelgil/iWeb/MacWebSite/MightyMEng.html

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Magic mouse sticks/freezes

Anyone else noticed a problem with the Magic Mouse in that it seems to get stuck for a few seconds at time?
It'll work perfectly, then I can't move it left or right (only barely), you can click, it'll move up and down more than left or right but still not much, and then after about 10 seconds it'll work perfectly.
If you pick the mouse up and bang it down very lightly it comes back to life too.
Is it just mine?

There are several of us that have been having similar problems with bluetooth mice on the mac for at least a year now. If you look under jumpy mouse or erratic mouse or selectively slow in the bluetooth forums you will see hundreds of us with similar problems.
We have discovered that bluetooth mice seem to be selectively slow when downloading a large file or copying a large file or if a program is demanding significant resources. This slowness in slow motion looks like a jumpy mouse - no response and then an overly large response.
I have posted a video of the problem on Youtube. You can read additional comments there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBzisliiVpg
My advice is to contact Apple Care and notify them of the problem. Don't be surprised if they claim not to know about it. This seems to be a common response. In addition, notify Apple by going to Apple.com/feedback and sending them an email. Eventually, Apple will figure out the source of this problem.
Finally, the problems don't exist in Bootcamp - Bluetooth mice are perfectly smooth in Windows. The problem exists in OSX - Amazing!

Magic Mouse Sticks Constantly

This problem is widespread and Apple is not addressing the issue anywhere I can see. I paid a lot of money to buy four Magic Mice in recent times and every single one of these displays this same issue; while they have always had “sticking” issues, a new wrinkle has been introduced, seemingly with the recent 10.8.4 updates to Mountain Lion, or perhaps with some other recent system update: The mouse cursor sticks in one spot and refuses to budge, it will only click and right-click in one place. It will randomly stop/start working constantly. I don’t know if it’s a Bluetooth connectivity option or something else.
Can someone please explain? I’ve deleted mouse preferences, Bluetooth preferences, reset the PRAM, tried another boot disk (with a slightly older operating system). The only solution that consistently works is using another mouse (non-Bluetooth) entirely.
Help! I truly use the advanced gestures in my daily life and it is a serious productivity issue to not have these features that I paid for!
Mahalo.

I'm having the same issue here and I think it's related to my wireless network. The lagging occurs only when the following are in place:
A- Using the Airport Express in the Kitchen
B- Using the Apple TV 2 in the living room (previously, on my 1st apple TV, synching was doing the same thing)
C- Doing a back-up on my Time capsule
D- Anything related to home sharing makes the MM lag
One weird thing is that I'm also having the magic track pad and it's not as nearly as bad and it makes me wonder if the issue is the mouse bluetooth connection.
One thing I've heard that may actually change that is to switch your network to 5Ghz band. My problem is that my wife use and old Macbook and my old iPhone 3 which doesn't work on a 5Ghz band.
Someone else suggested the following but it didn't worked for me:
1- hold down Shift-Control-Option, and press the power button ONCE. (don't start the computer, just quick press the power button).
2- let go of keypresses and start computer again.
if anyone has a solution to make my MM stop lagging, I would appreciate

Apple Track Pad vs. Magic Mouse?

I have been using a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic 4000 keyboard ever since getting my Intel iMac 24 back in late 2006. When I got it, I also continued to use my MS Wireless Lazer 5000 mouse as well. In mid year 2010 I got a macbook and also a Magic Mouse which I use exclusively with the laptop over using the on-board track pad.
Recently, I have a need to replace the lazer mouse due to mechanical problems and am wondering what sort of feedback has been coming in regarding the newer Wireless Track Pad and whether or not users still have use for the magic mouse and/or the track pad and vice versa. I'd buy another magic mouse for the iMac as the one I currently own is set up to be used on the road in my vehicle with the laptop. In replacing my lazer mouse I just would like to know the feedback regarding the newer track pad. Thank you in advance!

Thanks to everyone for their responses.
Unfortunately, my laser mouse died, and I replaced it with the TrackPad hoping to upgrade without the need for another mouse. Although I like most features of the trackpad, like for my MacBook, I find the need for a mouse to add to the onboard track pad.
Same thing applies for the iMac, the trackpad works for most applications, but I got a wireless mouse again. So I find that I use both.
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Why is the mouse 'sticking' and it switches between windows?

Hello,
So this morning my mac has had a few issues, all within about a minute of each other:
-mouse 'sticking', not totally frozen but isn't moving smoothly
- will switch between open windows and even just fly over to the dashboard randomly
-open random windows
for ex. the little window that would open if I right clicked on something, (except I was just typing) and it's happened multiple times today, and never before.
* I had Pages '09 and Safari open.
* I've restarted my computer and only launched Safari and the problem seems to have gone away, making me think there might be a corrupted file or something in Pages.
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The mouse (at least the Magic Mouse) sticking and flying are well known problems for which there seems to be no cure in sight. Just grit your teeth and try to think something complimentary about Apple.

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If I boot directly from the BootCamp partition, MagicMouse is NOT recognized and no driver seems to be installed. If I run Win7 with VMWare Fusion from the BootCamp partition, MagicMouse runs just fine.
I have installed the BootCamp 3.1 update and a driver for the MagicMouse does not seem to have been installed. I would really like to see a standalone Windows Installer for the MagicMouse driver.
Apple's KB Article: TS3039 does not mention anything about Win7. "When using an Apple Magic Mouse with Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, vertical scrolling and two-finger swiping may not work."

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Suddenly my magic mouse won't track around the screen properly, can anyone help? It was working fine then it started sticking. It scrolls from top to bottom fine just the on screen movement is effected. The battery is showing 100%, I've changed the fast/slow slider all the way to the right which has helped a little and unpaired it from bluetooth then re-paired it, did an SMC shut-down, cleaned ball, battery points but it still does not feel totally right? Am I missing something?

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Thank you I had that program installed and the tracking speed in that application was set slower and was overriding the mouse preference. Simple Fix. Thanks again!

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First check your settings. If all is as it should be, reset the PRAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14222?viewlocale=en_US
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Magic mouse wont track

magic mouse will connect and click and scroll functions work but wont track. The senses are clean and the batteries are showing at 93%?
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Magic mouse, about a year old, stopped tracking recently. Its bluetooth connection is there just fine, is discoverable etc. Its power light shows (the little green one). It scrolls, clicks, right-clicks. But it doesn't track. The light sensor area under the mouse doesn't show a red light when I flip it over.
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What to do - visit the geniuses?

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Agreed. My bluetooth keyboard works fine with iMac and Lion. Not so for my magic mouse. It will work for a while and then clicking and scrolling become unresponsive. Sometimes a complete shutdown and start up will solve the problem for a little while (not always), but then mouse becomes unresponsive again.
Speaking of unresponsive, that is Apple on this subject. Many, many complaints, but no action.
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I'm back to using my USB mouse. I'll see if Apple Store will accept return of magic mouse. Doubt it.

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OK...it's all pretty and shiny so I bought it. Installed the mouse software update to Snow Leopard and though it appears to be installed just fine, the tracking rate is SLOWWWWWWW, even though I have it set to the highest tracking setting.
With my Wireless Mighty Mouse on a new 24" LED Cinema it takes no more than two inches of mouse travel on the pad to go from one side of the monitor to the other with the pointer. With the Magic Mouse my mouse pad isn't wide enough! Seriously, with the tracking set to maximum for both mice the Magic Mouse moves about 3/4 way across my monitor when traveling the entire nine inches of my mouse pad.
The Mighty Mouse was already bad enough at this (it had to be on the max tracking setting) but this isn't right. Unless someone has a fix this goes back to the store (it's already out of use). Thanks.

Yes...fully understand the concept of acceleration, but it's still not working properly for me. It is definitely better after I changed the tracking limit to "5" in Terminal, but the left-right distance on my 24" monitor is still nearly all the width of my mouse pad, where it is about two inches with the Mighty Mouse.
I use SteerMouse only for it's Snap-To feature (something Apple simply has never done in all these years) but it's a pref pane and I've completely uninstalled it trying to make a difference, but it doesn't. In fact, it also has a tracking increase feature that also helps a little...but just not enough.

Magic mouse jerky tracking

My Magic Mouse has for some time not been tracking well. It is a bit temperamental sometimes being fine, but most of the time is unusable to the point that I end up using the trackpad on my 2012 15" Macbook Pro.
Overall the movement is just a bit jerky and laggy. Clicking can sometimes also be a bit unresponsive, while scrolling is a bit better.
It's not a problem with the Mouse as I've tried using another MagicMouse and had the same issue.
I've also tried all the normal fixes, cleaned the sensor, changed batteries etc... but still having issues.
I don't tend to have many USB things plugged in but do almost always have a second display plugged in via the thunderbolt port.
It does seem to be a problem with the computer, so any suggestions would be welcomed!
P.S. I have a bluetooth keyboard which works well

Try resetting the PRAM.
Barry

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