My bluetooth mouse behaves strangely

My bluetooth mac mouse sometimes doesn´t work as configured, for a left-hand user, so that when I press the primary click it displays the secondary click menu. Particularly when moving from the primary display to the secondary display.

AirPort and Bluetooth: Potential sources of wireless interference

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After waking from sleep bluetooth mouse behaves strangely

Hello
I have this issue . First of all i have Allow bluetooth to wake from sleep but it doesn't happen but i don't really care about that.
Most important thing is that after waking up from sleep my mouse has lag when moving , the mouse behaves strangely and movement of mouse is not natural .Restarting or shutting down doesn't fix it .
Anyone knows why this happens?

Try resetting the PRAM and SMC.
Barry

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Bluetooth mouse movement and tracking is a bit strange. The pointer overshoots the target and 'hugs' the edge of the screen. It's not a problem with one particular mouse - two different manufacturers behave in exactly the same way. Both mice work fine on my PPC machines. Any ideas or solutions?

I use a Logitech MX900 Bluetooth mouse with my PowerBook and for the most part it works fine. There are times when it just loses the plot and behaves like yours. I don't think it is a case of insufficient bandwith as Michael suspects but more a problem with intereference. I do notice that when there is a high use of my Airport connection the erratic behaviour is more prevalent.
If you use both Airprt ans Bluetooth concurrently you might want to switch off Airport off to see if your mouse goes any better.
Either way though you will find that a wireless USB mouse to perform better under most, if not all, situations.

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Hi I'm looking for a bluetooth mouse with a scroll wheel and a button to navigate backwards in browsers. I'm thinking about the microsoft one but I heard it requires the dongle in order to work and I'd prefer to use the built in mac bluetooth.
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How strange - I just posted a comment on the BT Mighty Mouse in the Tiger Discussions -
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3611508#3611508
I don't know whether it will flavor your thoughts on it or not, but it hasn't been all what's cracked up to be for me so far.
The trackpad and the stupid keystroke/clicks of the MacBook are beginning to look attractive again.

Why is my MacBook display behaving strangely?

I am using an alumin(i)um MacBook (13", late 2008 model with multi-function glass trackpad). In the past couple of weeks, the display has started to behave strangely. The screen seems to freeze (meaning any mouse movements or keystrokes do not display), and then the screen begins to fade to grey. It seems to be resolved by tilting the display until the MacBook "wakes". There has also been some occasional flickering of the display, although far less frequent. Could someone help me with this? Is it something like a loose connection, and, if so, how should I deal with it? (The MacBook is now out of warranty, so my next step would be my local Apple store). Thanks in advance!

Same thing happening to me - began about four weeks ago, two weeks after warranty expired. Has gotten to the point where it's difficult to use the computer - don't get through composing an e-mail before it starts to fade - now know that even though computer display is frozen, the keystrokes are still getting through, so be careful what keys you press trying to get it to pay attention!
I believe it's going to turn out to be a connection problem between the computer and the display in the hinge area. I found out yesterday that as it freezes, and I start to pick it up off my lap and put it aside, if I pick it up with my left hand near the lower left of the keyboard and my right hand behind the display, down low near then hinge, and pulling slightly towards me, this fixes it (for a while), and this is (for me) the most reliable way to wake it back up. I've seen references elsewhere to this being a simple problem where a connection is maintained with a black foam pad to provide pressure to the connection. I think the foam must degrade or lose resiliency (apparently at 12.5 months from purchase!) and there may be a simple solution available. When I figure it out for this particular model, I'll post my conclusions.

Tracking problem with Bluetooth mouse..

I recently changed batteries in my Bluetooth wireless mouse... I've done that many times in the past without incident... But this time something strange happened... I used to run the tracking speed setting at the second notch up from slow but now that is lightning fast. Even the next setting down, the first notch up from slow, is too fast... And the slowest setting is ironically too slow which means if I try to move the mouse across the screen at what I would consider a normal speed, the mouse jumps back left as I move right, meaning I am overwhelming the control system... The point is something changed and I can't imagine what... These new batteries are now down a notch from top power meaning they are not new anymore but still the lowest notch is too slow and the next one up is too fast... My real question is what could have changed?? I am running 10.4.6 and I don't believe I had changed anything other than the batteries from before to after the problem started... Any thoughts???? thanks... bob..

Today I received a letter from Apple, a very strange letter that had no heading or address and didn't say "Apple", all it had was the Apple logo. But from the postmark on the envelope I could see it was posted in Cork, Ireland.
The letter confirmed that they had received my proof of purchase and that they would arrange for me to be send a replacement.
The letter said they had tried to call me but could not get through. This is FALSE. Anyone who ever calls me can always get through (although at times, they may get my voicemail). Nobody from Apple left any messages on my voicemail.
The letter gave me a Case Number and said to call their "Technical Support Team".
When I called the number they gave 0870 8760753 I was offered a number of options, NONE OF WHICH covered my reason for calling, so I chose the seemingly nearest option to it.
I found myself talking to something with an Indian accent so thick and heavy that I could barely understand him, and I am used to Indian accents.
He seemed very tired or sleepy; certainly on taking my call he seemed to be settling himself in for some kind of long haul.
Very slowly and hesitantly he started asking me for all kinds of details about me. As I gave him each piece of information he asked me for, he kept interrupting during the process that that I had to repeat myself several times. I had to interrupt him to tell him I had a Case Number (he had not asked me for one).
He took my Case Number , and paused for a long time, then said "well....Mr. -, this is about a Bluetooth Mouse, yes?"
Brilliant.
He seemed to think the pair of us were going to spend a long time negotiating about something.
He said he would need to go and speak to his supervisor. I waited on the line for 10 (repeat TEN) minutes.
He came back "Well, Mr. -....I need to check all your details".. including all my credit card details....very slowly and repeating everything twice.
Several exasperating minutes later I THINK I had convinced him that he had all my details and that he needed to have a new mouse sent to me.
He said that when the new mouse comes (THINKS...if it comes) via UPS, I must send the dead one back to them within 10 days or they will charge me for the new one. I said what happens if I don't (because this is the summer and I might be out of the country on holiday).
"That is the procedure".
I replied "so you have all the information you need now and you are going to send me the mouse, yes?"
"yes".
---long silence---
I said "IS that the end of the telephone conversation?"
"yes."
"OK thanks, goodbye"-
MORAL OF THIS STORY:
If you buy an Apple wireless mouse and it dies on you, consider if you really badly need to have it replaced by Apple. HOw much time do you have to waste?

Crashes with different bluetooth mouse

I bought a Macally bluetooth mouse (BTMOUSEJR) a while ago for my iMac. Whenever I use it with the builtin bluetooth module, the system has suspend issues and either eventually crashes, or hangs in 'sleep mode' when shutting down.
The mouse works fine with a separate bluetooth module (usb), but this doesn't work as convenient in general (i.e. no wake from usb device, finding keyboard/mouse takes al long time, etc)
I've tried everything I could think of, I've even consulted the online support chat twice without success.
My guess is that there's an issue with the builtin bluetooth module, either firmware, hardware, or kernel driver.
I have noticed that the imac wakes when the mouse itself goes to sleep and disconnects, something the Apple BT mouse doesn't seem to do.

Yes, our mouse behaves exactly the same way. I've gone back to an RF mouse.
Webb

Bluetooth Mouse X7500 on MAC OSX

I bought an X7500 bluetooth mouse for my Mac. There is a MAC logo on the box, but I am not able to find the driver for MAC anywhere. (OSX 10.9.4).
The mouse has been paired to the lap-top, and functions very well, as it is decently sized. The left and right buttons are good, and the scroll-wheel scrolls with two speeds. I may also push the wheel to move the page around.
The scroll-wheel may be tilted left and right, and I assume that this is supposed to cause the current object moving left/right but nothing happens. I also assume that the two buttons on the top left-hand side are for back and forward. When I push one of them, it has the same action as pushing the scroll-wheel.
Is there a driver for this mouse somewhere?

I use a Logitech MX900 Bluetooth mouse with my PowerBook and for the most part it works fine. There are times when it just loses the plot and behaves like yours. I don't think it is a case of insufficient bandwith as Michael suspects but more a problem with intereference. I do notice that when there is a high use of my Airport connection the erratic behaviour is more prevalent.
If you use both Airprt ans Bluetooth concurrently you might want to switch off Airport off to see if your mouse goes any better.
Either way though you will find that a wireless USB mouse to perform better under most, if not all, situations.

Qosmio X500 Bluetooth mouse stops responding

Hi,
I have the latest bluetooth stack / drivers installed. (Yes, I downloaded the latest from http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/bluetooth/index.php?page=download-toshiba) All drivers are always updated to the latest including the wireless drivers as well.
Problem: About every 20 - 40 minutes my Logitech bluetooth mouse stops responding. The cursor gets stuck and it won't move at all.
I tried unpairing / pairing the mouse, that helped, but, then again after 1 hour it stuck again. I re-installed the BT stack and that did not help as well.
The only way I can use my mouse again when stuck is when I click "Disable Bluetooth Function" and then I "Enable Bluetooth function".
I do this about 10 times a day and you have no idea how annoying it can get.
I bought a new Logitech Bluetooth mouse (Logitech M555b) and that did not help as well.
If anyone could help me out here I would deeply appreciate it.
Thanks,
Mike

Thats strange but unfortunately; I dont have right solution for you but just some advices.
First of all I googled for this Logitech M555b BT mouse and found several threads about the issues with this mouse.
The connection issue happens with other computers running windows 7 or XP or iOS (Macbook).
So it seems that this issue is not related to Toshiba BT stack.
A friend of mine use other BT mouse from Logitech and it works fine all the time using the Bluetooth stack.
I recommend checking the Logitech forum to get further details:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=M555b#message-list

Apple Bluetooth Mouse

Since restarting after installing security update 2006-007 my mouse refuses to work even though,according to Bluetooth Preferences,it is Configured,Paired,Favourite and Connected.Choosing Set up new device from either the Bluetooth icon in the Menu Bar,or Keyboard and Mouse Preferences,or Bluetooth preferences makes no difference,even after an hour or so of watching the icon moving to the Disconnected state,bringing it back to Connected by either clicking the mouse or Recycling its switch it still refuses to work.It has new batteries.I have noticed that in the Bluetooth section of Apple Profiler,against the sub-section "Services","Apple core Services" is not assigned as it would be were the Mouse behaving properly.Relocating the Bluetooth module in another USB Port makes no difference.I am using Apple Bluetooth Software version 1.7.8f2.Does anybody have a solution to this ?

Since restarting after installing security update
2006-007 my mouse refuses to work even
though,according to Bluetooth Preferences,it is
Configured,Paired,Favourite and Connected.Choosing
Set up new device from either the Bluetooth icon in
the Menu Bar,or Keyboard and Mouse Preferences,or
Bluetooth preferences makes no difference,even after
an hour or so of watching the icon moving to the
Disconnected state,bringing it back to Connected by
either clicking the mouse or Recycling its switch it
still refuses to work.It has new batteries.I have
noticed that in the Bluetooth section of Apple
Profiler,against the sub-section "Services","Apple
core Services" is not assigned as it would be were
the Mouse behaving properly.Relocating the Bluetooth
module in another USB Port makes no difference.I am
using Apple Bluetooth Software version 1.7.8f2.Does
anybody have a solution to this ?
Problem solved by downloading and reinstalling Mac OS 10.4.8 Combo Updater

Bluetooth mouse dropping out. . .

Finally it seems they fixed the wifi issue with safari.
Now it seems my apple bluetooth mouse drops out quite a lot.
Batteries showing above 75%.
Hmmmm.
Anyone else?

And you've all of the updates for 10.8.2? Strange - I've never had Bluetooth problems or issues... I know that there was a problem, early on, with wifi and Bluetooth on the Retina machines but, as far as I know, that has all been 'fixed' with updates... haven't heard of that problem in a long, long time.
I don't know what else to tell you to try - you might want to make an appointment at your local Apple STore and see if they can come up with a fix...
Clinton

Choppy bluetooth mouse/keyboard

Hi everyone,
I frequently experience choppy bluetooth mouse and keyboard activity. Sometimes repeats keystrokes, and more often will have choppy mouse movements. I am using an Apple Bluetooth keyboard an a microsoft wireless laser mouse (8000). I used both of these on my previous revision mbp (before the video died) and they worked perfectly.
Does anyone have any hints on how to fix this?
Eric

(Copied from another thread where I have just posted the same):
I'd say it's rather obvious that this is an interference problem:
Bluetooth and WLAN use the same 2.4 GHz band, and the more traffic there is the more likely problems will occur. Therefore, in particular while there is heavy traffic e.g. while using TimeMachine over WLAN or downloading huge files, the mouse movement may become sluggish.
Strangely, I have been using a PC laptop until now with the same configuration without a problem. But with my new iMac, the mouse becomes unusable once there is traffic on the WLAN band (ie there is a delay of up to a second for any movement, and sometimes the mouse curser even moves in erratic directions), and it remains sluggish even if there is none.
For all other having problems here: If you have a recent Mac and a recent router, switching both to the 5 GHz band should solve the problem (at least it does in my case). Unfortunately, I cannot do that because the iPod Touch doesn't support the 5 GHz band.

Re: Logitech Travel Bluetooth mouse stopped working with my Satellite A300/

Whilst happily using my Logitech Travel Bluetooth mouse, suddenly it stopped working, thinking it was a mouse problem, I first put a new battery in, but still not working. Had a look in the Bluetooth settings and it was still showing in there, at this point the computer was still in warranty. Later I tried to connect my mobile and that worked ok, so I was now convinced that it was the mouse. Rang the shop where I bought it, tough luck mate, we are not interested in helping you...thanks!
Some time later I got a chance to try the mouse on another computer, hey presto it worked fine....yippee maybe it will now work on mine...no such luck. So now I am thinking that there must be a problem with my laptop...and of course the warranty is now run out!
I have now deleted the Laser mouse in the Bluetooth settings, thinking being that maybe a new search and install could solve the issue, but now whilst it sees my phone it cannot connect to it and it does not even see the Laser mouse at all.
The driver version it is using is 5.0.2518 which is probably what came with the computer. As far as I know I have never updated it.
This all seems strange to me that one moment it is working and the next it is not...anyway is it worth trying to update the driver software> or am I barking up the wrong tree.
Any help would be appreciated.
JD

Thanks for your reply hammer.
I have now installed the latest bluetooth drivers, the only thing that has happened is that it can now connect to my mobile phone. the mouse is still a no goer.
All the drivers seem to be there and I took a note of the versions prior to the update, they have all been updated ok, there are no crosses against any item in the Device Manager.
Hmm hardware issue could be a bit difficult. But as it is now out of warranty maybe I will need to take it apart myself and see if I can find out the problem.
Must say that I am slightly disapointed to have this happen....I bought Toshiba cos from all accounts it is supposed to be the best out there, but next time I think it may be a different brand.
cheers.

Lost HP bluetooth mouse

Hello,
I use hp bluetooth mouse. Yesterday, I upgraded the system to 10.7.2, then the mouse worked OK. Today I tried to pair apple mouse to another mac in the same room. My computer suddenly picked up the signal earlier. I did not pair the apple mouse with my mac. However, my hp mouse stopped responding. I have deleted it from a list of paired devices.
I have tried numerous times pair it again. It does not work.
Since mouse does not have its own keyboard I select no passcode option.
The result message is below.
The strange thing is that when choosing a passcode 0000 the mouse appears for a couple of secconds in the paired devices list, but the connection is not done and the message is:
I have tried connecting the same mouse to Windows bootcamped to my mac and it works, I can delete and the mouse from the list of devices and and add it as many times as I want. My mobile phone connects to mac in Mac OS no problem, I dare not deleting it from the paired devices list though.
Please help.

Managed to solve the problem myself. In the Bluetooth section of the System Preferences I have selected Update Services under the knob with a gear. It did the trick and the mouse is connected and paired.

No bluetooth mouse or keyboard on login on MacBook

Dear experts,
Over the weekend I made a fresh SL install (plus update to 10.6.1) onto a new harddisk on my white MacBook2,1. Imported my old users from the old 10.5.8 harddisk. So far things have been fine except for one:
At the login screen my bluetooth Mighty Mouse and Apple bluetooth keyboard do not work. I have to use the MacBook's built-in trackpad and keyboard. After login both bluetooth keyboard and mouse will work fine. Over time it is annoying as I normally work with an external HD display and the MacBook is positioned across the desk.
I have already tried enabling and disabling the "wake from sleep" and "open assistant if no bt mouse/keyboard is found at startup" options in the bleuthooth preferences. No assistant will come up. As stated above, once I log in the bluetooth devices will work after a few seconds.
Under Leopard 10.5.8 the bluetooth peripherals worked for login as well.
It seems like the bt driver is only loaded after login. Is this a "feature" in SL or can it be helped?
Your help and advice is appreciated.

Yes, I already tried re-pairing twice: Once using the bluetooth assistant and the second time the options provided in the mouse and keyboard preferences (configure bluetooth mouse). Neither did solve the problem. I should have written that in my initial post, sorry.
When I searched the discussions for my problem before posting I did see that some users have bt problems. But my devices work fine, they do not "disappear" in normal operation. They are only not reacting at the login screen.
Is maybe anybody else using a portable Mac together with bt mouse & kb? I was already thinking that if Snow Leopard detects the internal trackpad and keyboard it does not try to connect the bt ones (as you only need one strictly speaking). But then once I log in they work both and also in parallel (internal and bt) as they did in Leopard (sans Snow).

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