Magic Trackpad has become a battery black hole

Why has my Magic Trackpad suddenly start eating batteries like potato chips? I have been using it for well over a year with only needing to change the batteries about every month and a half. I use Sanyo Eneloop1.2v Ni-MH 2,000 mAH batteries. Yesterday I lost Trackpad connectivity because of a low battery condition, swapped them out with fully charged ones then several hours later the same thing happened. Each time was a different set of batteries. I swapped out the keyboard batteries as well and they are doing fine and registering at 100%. Usage is very light. What is going on?

Same thing here. I had a 2008 iMac for many years with a Magic Track pad, got a new 27" iMac in September with a new trackpad. Running Mavericks and it's eating my batteries like crazy. I go through two a week and i'm only on my computer about 4 hours a week at the most. I used to use my Mac much more than i do now and the batteries would last for almost 4 to 6 months. Alkaline in every case. Something is up. I see lots of people with this problem on the discussion boards.

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