Magic Mouse takes 2 - 4 secs to react on scrolling

Hi there!
Oftentimes, my Magic Mouse does not react to scrolling (up/down) gestures in a scrollable window, in apps as well as webpages, until I have made those gestures for at least a couple seconds. Feels like it falls asleep on me. Far from always, just often enough to be annoying. Any ideas what that's about, and how to resolve it?
Best regards, Ole

Barry Hemphill wrote:
Did you reset the PRAM as I suggested quite sometime ago?
I would also make the mouse a favorite.
Barry
Hi Barry!
Actually, I did not at that time, because this issue has been present with my earlier MacBook as well as now with my new one, and I have made the reset previously due to other issues. But I did it just now, just in case it makes a difference this time.
How do I set the mouse as favorite?
In appreciation - Ole

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Among other problems, the vertcal scroling didn't work and I thought it was a mouse problem.
So, I'm very surprised to notice that this function doesn't work on my new mouse.
Searching in the help, I only find a reserve when using BootCamp for Windows, what I don't use.
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