Pro mouse erratic/curser freeze-up

My Pro Mouse has been jumpy/erratic for some time- using it on a white sheet of paper seems to help but now have new problem; recently downloaded upgrade to 10.4.8. Since doing so the mouse goes erratic then curser freezes on screen - curser does not move (stays an "arrow") and will not respond to keyboard or mouse. Shut down and restart fixes problem, sometimes for hours, sometimes only for a few minutes, then problem returns. Now freezes a half dozen times in a few hours of use. Doesn't make any difference whether/if applications are open.
any suggestions?
thanks

Hi, ojnab -
A couple of other things to consider or try -
• According to Apple KBase Article #58649 - Apple Pro Keyboard: Devices Connected, the keyboard won't handle passing much power through. Try connecting the mouse to a USB port other than one on the keyboard.
• The Apple Pro mouses had a defect - the wires inside the cable can fray at the point the cable leaves the mouse body, causing random open and/or short circuits in the USB bus. One test for that is to use a different, known-good mouse - after restarting with that replacement in use, if the problem disappears the fault is probably with the original mouse.

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