MY MAGIC MOUSE HAS CONKED OUT, FOR NO APPARENT REASON.  IS IT WORTH TAKING IT IN FOR ANALYSIS/REPAIR?

My Magic Mouse has stopped functioning.  Batteries are fresh, green light on, but the computer can't find it. Is it worth taking in for analysis and/or repair?

Hello Angler42,
Yosemite has proved a problem for many people as far as the Magic mouse is concerned.  It appears to apply more often to older computers that have been upgraded.    Here is an Apple document which is worth studying and putting on file for future reference.  I can't commit to it solving your problem but let us know how you get on. 
OS X Yosemite:   http://support.apple.com/kb/PH18396
Thank you for the star.

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