Remote control / magic mouse wont respond

Hi there,
I was wondering if anyone out there can please help?
(I know that this issue has been widely discussed in online forums, but after spending hours trying to find a solution online, I thought I come here and ask directly!!)
Last week I purchased the latest iMac 27" quadcore.
A very nice bit of kit,.....but I'm having a real headache with lost connection problems with my Magic Mouse. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't....
For no apparent reason, it just suddenly loses connection (and I have to resort to using my wired mouse..... until the Magic Mouse decides it wants to play ball again!).
And now, in a similar fashion, my shiny new Apple remote control has decided it doesn't work either.
I was flicking through the latest movie trailers this morning (using the remote). All was fine.....until it decided it didn't want to work anymore! And now it won't work at all......
(By the way, I'm pleased to announce that, so far, I haven't had any issues with the wireless keyboard).
This iMac is by far the most expensive purchase I have ever made - and this experience has greatly annoyed me......and somewhat taken the shine off of it!!
Can anyone please offer any advice / help?
Many thanks (in anticipation...)

Hi David, just to give you a quick update, I've restarted my iMac - and now the remote seems to be working okay.
Upon restarting my iMac I noticed that I'd accidentally set up 2 user accounts: one had my OLD user name (which I imported from my old Mac using migration assistant), and one was the NEW user account I set up.
Earlier today I was unknowingly logged into my NEW user account - and it MAY be that my new user account didn't have my Little Snitch preferences set up in the same way as my old one....and was possibly blocking me from using the remote...
(However, that doesn't explain how it WAS temporarily working this morning..... and then not!)
Anyway, I've deleted the new user account I'd set up - so at least that takes any further confusion out of the picture!
My Magic Mouse is currently working...... but I'm keeping an eye on it!
I've read this posting somewhere else on this forum:
"Trash a preference file and restart (com.apple.bluetooth.plist)
Make the mouse a favorite:
System preferences>bluetooth. Highlight the mouse and click on the little gear thing and select show more options. Click on the gear again and make the mouse a favorite."
If I continue to have a problem with my mouse's lost connection, is this a course of action that you would recommend?
Or is it best avoided??!!

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