Why Is My Magic Mouse battery life draining rapidly?

I am using the mouse with a apple wireless keyboard which is 100% (battery) but the magic mouse is 83%.

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Ive got 2 mac mini
the magic mouse is a tad of a battery hog.
My magic mouse (both of them) use batts. about 3X as fast or more than keyboard, for obvious reasons.
Mouse is perpetually sending signal when moving and gets a lot more transmission output than typing by a long shot.
Magic mouse is transmitting about 20X as much as a keyboard is, why would you wonder why its using more batteries?

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Why does the magic mouse battery level drop suddenly?

I typically get, oh, about 3 weeks off of a pair of AA alkaline 1.5V batteries on my magic mouse.
What I don't understand though is not really being able to track the battery level in the bluetooth menu on my iMac 21.5".
The battery level even now is at 100%. What happens is is that it stays at 100% for several weeks and then all of a sudden drops to 7% or so, and I get a low battery warning. Then after a couple of days the battery will drain out.
After it drops down to 7% I can usually track the battery drain in the menu. But I never see it at 90% or 80% or 50%, etc. It just drops down suddenly near the end of the battery life.
Do other people see more continuous changes of the battery level?
The same thing happens with my bluetooth Apple keyboard that came with the iMac. Right now it is showing a level of 100%. It typically lasts for months instead of weeks, but I will never see an in-between battery level value until I get a low-battery warning.
I'm thinking of rechargeable batteries for my magic mouse. But I see too many negatives posted here in the forums about that, so I am hesitant about investing in those batteries and a charger if it's not going to work well.
Thanks,
doug

Maybe it's a Mac model issue? I'm running the late 2009 model, purchased in February 2010, and running Lion.
But I've never seen the battery level display in-between values.
Here's what it is showing now and I replaced the batteries over a week ago.
Do your batteries also last a few weeks in the magic mouse?
Thanks,
doug

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For me the late 2009 Aluminium Keyboard firmware update seems to have had a positive effect on the battery life of the Magic Mouse as well. Anyone else noticed this?
I actually didn't have problems with my keyboard battery life - still showing 72% on the first set after nearly 4 months, but I was guzzling batteries with the Magic Mouse - about 6 sets in the same period. Now a week after doing the update I've still got 100% on my Magic Mouse - woohoo!

Good to hear. I still have the same batteries in my keyboard since I bought the iMac on Dec. 28. Almost 2 months and they're at 58%. I obviously did the update so I don't know how its affected the battery life. I put lithium batteries in the mouse a week ago and they're still at 100%. Looking forward to seeing how long they will last. I was getting a month with alkalines before the update and I was fine with that but this should blow that away.

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Four months with a magic mouse. Not a hope. Here are a few notes I made a while ago that may be of some guidance. ***** Whether you use regular or rechargeable batteries you should buy the best. Discounted or unbranded batteries are more likely to give a depleted performance and may be of irregular size, often leading to connection problems. Apple’s own brand, Eneloop and Energiser appear to be the best. Rechargeable batteries for the standard Magic mouse are unlikely to exceed eighteen days before needing a recharge although the mouse itself can be a limiting factor. I have seen reports that some Logitech mice vastly exceed this. Apple may suggest more in their sales blurb but this is a realistic expectation. The benefit (if you are organised) is that you can always have charged batteries available. Regular batteries will give you between 25 and 35 days before they need to be replaced. Note. Never mix old and new batteries or rechargeable and regular. The notes above are based on my personal experience, not shutting down my machine and using it for around four hours per day. Note. Monitors do not always faithfully report battery strength, particularly the rechargeable ones. When checking your mouse or keyboard batteries ... Turn off the device. Remove the batteries, Clean the terminals both inside the battery compartment and the batteries themselves. Replace or renew both batteries. Turn on the device. You should get a blinking green light if the device is paired. Click the mouse to activate it. The green light becomes steady.

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I'm using Duracell, Ultra Advanced AA batteries and I'm finding they last approximately on average 21 days.
Is anyone else seeing the same type of battery life on their Magic Mice?
Thanks!

Hello m:
21 days - if you use the computer quite a bit - is pretty good.
I stopped using regular batteries quite awhile ago. I use 2650 mAh Duracells and a 15 minute Duracell charger. I bought all of them on eBay (new) at a very reasonable price. Your overall cost when using rechargeables is lower and they are environmentally friendly. Rechargeables do not last as long as regular batteries (different voltage) but 15 minutes is as long as I am out of service.
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WZZZ,
If you're still there, I'm sorry I got back to to this topic so late. A month ago, I started using rechargeable batteries and I'm happy to say that they last anywhere from 4 to 6 weeks depending on computer usage. This compares to regular alkaline which I was replacing every 2 weeks or so. Apple sells them but I use the rechargeable batteries from my digital camera.
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After updating to 10.6.7, I got one message which I had never seen before. While the Permissions were repaired by Disk Utility, one message said,"Warning: SUID file System/Library/Core Service" has been modified and will not be repaired. While this has never happened before, I have been informed that this sometimes happens and is normal and that I should not be concerned. Any thoughts on this?
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I've used my mouse for ~20 hours and its life has dropped from 100% to 85%. I've read other posts about buying lithium-ion AAs but is 133 hours of mouse life normal? My keyboard is still at 100% for the same 20 hours of work.
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Lithium batteries definitely last the longest in a MM but they're not cheap, and they're also not good for the environment when they end up in a landfill either. I suggest acquiring a set of high capacity NiMh rechargeables - four ought to be enough. Each pair wont last anywhere near as long as the disposables, and due to the way the MM measures the remaining charge wont even start at 100% when you first put them in either, but they'll save you tons of money in the long run, as well as being a lot greener. I keep a pair lightly trickling in the charger to avoid self-discharge, ready to swap over the moment they're needed. Works a treat.

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Ian

Hello Ian, I know it sounds simplistic but you will have to check the battery situation. Here are a few notes I recently made. It is true that Mavericks needx more memory support but probably it's not much more of a drain on the mouse batteries.
Whether you use regular or rechargeable batteries you should buy the best. Discounted or unbranded batteries are more likely to give a depleted performance and may be of irregular size, often leading to connection problems. Apple’s own brand, Eneloop and Energiser appear to be the best.
Rechargeable batteries for the standard Magic mouse are unlikely to exceed eighteen days before needing a recharge although the mouse itself can be a limiting factor. I have seen reports that some Logitech mice vastly exceed this. Apple may suggest more in their sales blurb but this is a realistic expectation. The benefit (if you are organised) is that you can always have charged batteries available. Regular batteries will give you between 25 and 35 days before they need to be replaced. Note. Never mix old and new batteries or rechargeable and regular.
The notes above are based on my personal experience, not shutting down my machine and using it for around four hours per day. Note. Monitors do not always faithfully report battery strength, particularly the rechargeable ones.
When checking your mouse or keyboard batteries ... Turn off the device. Remove the batteries, Clean the terminals both inside the battery compartment and the batteries themselves. Replace or renew both batteries. Turn on the device. You should get a blinking green light if the device is paired. Click the mouse to activate it. The green light becomes steady.
Regards, 71

Magic Mouse battery only lasts 30 days?

I bought my new 21" iMac back in October and today got a message from Magic Mouse that batteries need to be replaced.
What kind of battery life other folks are getting from MM? Is there anything can be done to increase battery life of MM?

Hi Kenichi Watanabe:
Would seem some Apple reference reported the Magic Mouse batteries should last four months. I've only found items that report the reference (have not located the reference itself). Clips below are cross posted, but if you search the Internet for the terms ["Magic Mouse" four months] (without the brackets), you'll find a whole series of early reviews and comments containing the same reference to four month battery life.
Perhaps inquire directly of Apple Care. Gizmodo's review (http://gizmodo.com/5386202/apple-magic-mouse-review ) relays a claim about the Magic Mouse battery life saying, "it's powered by two AA batteries, which get up to four months of use per charge, according to Apple."
Engadget's preview (link follows) included the same reference, the related headline read, "Apple's Magic Mouse: one button, multitouch gestures, Bluetooth, four-month battery life."
http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/20/apples-magic-mouse-multitouch-gestures-blueto oth-four-month/
Finding support for Gizmodo's reference ("according to Apple") and Engadget's headline may be a little more difficult. Perhaps I haven't read the press release carefully enough. Clip below, from that Apple press release:
"Apple Introduces Magic Mouse," press release, 20 Oct 2009, Apple.com (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/10/20magicmouse.html : accessed 24 Nov 2009), in part, "Magic Mouse uses Bluetooth wireless capabilities to create a clean, cable-free desk top and its secure wireless connection works from up to 10 meters away. To extend battery performance, Magic Mouse includes an advanced power management system that works with Mac OS® X to automatically switch to low power modes during periods of inactivity. The wireless Magic Mouse is powered by two AA batteries which are included."
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Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup. See:
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- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
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A third-party place like the following isless. Google for more.
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Magic Mouse battery usage

I've come to the conclusion that the problem wt the magic mouse battery usage is not completely that it uses to much power (scrollng seems to kill it), but that it instead warns you way to early about shutoff. When it does shutoff, by just clicking the mouse, it will come back on. If my battery was truly departed, then how could it come back to life, show 5% power, and then operate for literally hours, before going off again. Off course you have to hear that annoying ping, and then have to click on the message stating that your mouse will soon turn off. I love my magic mouse except for this technical glitch. What I would like to do, is write a script, to remove all battery warnings, and possibly make it so the mouse doesn't turn off, until it is truly at 0% power, but I am not very technically oriented.

chillvisio wrote:
Hello Apple Discussions,
I am a brand new Magic Trackapd user (since 13th of August 2010), but I already noticed something strange. My battery power dropped from 100% to 89% for less than 4 days of continuous usage. My trackpad has been delivered with Energizer Alkaline batteries.
Here's my battery life story.
Obviously, days between battery changes depend on use. I started with Alkaline batteries (Duracell) when I got the MT (Magic Trackpad) working. Battery life was about a month on the first set. I use the trackpad exclusively (of my three different devices- Magic Trackpad, Wacom tablet, Logitech S530 wireless mouse+keyboard) now, on my desktop MacPro.
I am now trying the Sanyo brand Eneloop batteries to compare. I didn't even notice the battery warnings until the screen flashed a battery low indicator. I also have been using two Eneloop's in my Logitech keyboard, with I think, excellent results (about three months of constant use, and the charge indicator does gradually falls off in that time until blinking a warning).
When I first inserted the rechargeable batteries their charge level said 83%. So I don't know if the life expectancy of the rechargeables will be close to that of alkaline (which said 98% when first started). Certainly it's more economical to use rechargeables. I use the mouse a lot. I see in this thread that results vary from a week or two to months.
Questions:
Does turning off the Trackpad make a big difference compared with leaving it set unused?
Does a rechargeable give way lower life than an alkaline?
What is the comparable battery life between the types of power sources- Alkaline, Eneloop, NIMH, Lithium?
Is there an app for archiving battery life information on the MT? There is one for the laptop and there is history in Profiler, so it seems there could be a way to get the data. Has anyone done it?
Is the low battery indicator (1.0V??) a false indication?
Henry
about the battery indicator...Message was edited by: HenryS

Why has my magic mouse suddenly stopped working? I'm using 10.6.8

Why has my magic mouse suddenly stopped working? I'm using 10.6.8

We can't know. You have not told us what exactly the problem is. If there are any warnings, you need to provide them along with other info like the crash logs. If not you have to explain the situation in more detail. Just saying that it doesn't work anymore is not particularly useful.
Mylenium

Magic Trackpad Battery Life

I'm adding this question to the group in spite of the several existing inquiries that have been submitted over the year or so since the TrackPad has been introduced by Apple because none of them have received a suitable response to the original question.
There appears to be a common theme and after my 3rd TrackPad (yes three), I have drawn the conclusion that this is a design and not a manufacturing defect causing these TrackPads to consume battery life very rapidly. In the past there was a firmware update that I thought would fix the issue but it never really did. I can't seem to find any other details on this from the Apple site and hope someone from Apple are reviewing this to provide further guidance.
Here's what I'm wondering:
Is there some way to help those of us who really enjoy using the TrackPad, to change some settings, or perhaps some CLI in Terminal to help reduce the rapid consumption of power by the TrackPad?
Is there an unadvertised firmware update that maybe we're missing?
Fortunately I had to move to rechargeable batteries because I just couldn't afford to keep regular batteries in the TrackPad. But that said, has anyone have recommendations for a great rechargeable battery that maybe holds a charge longer than others?
Thanks in advance for your responses.
Regards

Happens all the time. The various means of reading battery strength are notorious for their inaccuracy. I put a new pair of rechargeable batteries in (100%) this morning and they are already down to 80% after about four hours work. But that of course is the value of the rechargeable batteries; you take out the expired ones and re-charge them immediately, so you always have batteries available.
If you have a few £s/$s/€s on hand, why not buy a respectable battery reader and compare the differences.

Bluetooth magic mouse battery

My magic mouse battery hasn't lasted long, are you supposed to switch off the mouse underneath when not in use?

Hi s:
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I never shut my BT devices off unless I am going to be away for an extended time. Apple BT devices go into a very low power mode after a brief period of non-use.
As a thought, you might want to consider using rechargeable batteries. I have a drawer full of Duracell 2650 mAh batteries and a 15 minute Duracell charger. I got both new on E-bay at a very reasonable price. Rechargeables do not last as long as Lithium batteries (lower voltage, I think) but they are environmentally friendly and you are only 15 minutes from fresh power.
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