Wireless mouse paint underneath rubbing off

I use a wireless mouse with my macbook pro so im posting here.
Anyone have a problem with the coating underneath rubbing off? i have a smooth desk surface and the metal look of the underneath is rubbing off...it gets on my fingers too. It better not have lead in it. Im calling Apple for a warranty issue on it too.

Hi and welcome to the forums!
How long have you had this mouse, and how much do you use it? Does it have regular batteries or rechargeable. The batteries may just need changing. If you poke around in this forum, you will find LOTS of folks having similar problems.
And/or, it may have lost contact with your Mac. Hope you have another mouse! If so, try going to the Bluetooth menu and try to re-pair it.
If not, there are a couple of things that might work.
1. Do a restart. See if the mouse is found. If not, do a complete powerdown and try again.
2. There IS a way to use the numeric pad keys on the keyboard instead of the mouse, but the feature has to be turned-on. If yours is off, you'll need a mouse to turn it on (catch-22 anyone?).
If it's on, press the Option key 5 times. You'll hear a clicking noise, and then the numeric keys will move the cursor, and the 5 will make a mouse-click.
Then you can get to the Bluetooth menu to try to re-pair your mouse.
This feature is in System Preferences, Universal Access, Mouse. There are two radio buttons that turn the mouse keys on or off (and makes the numeric keys act mouse-like or not).
Below the radio buttons is a check box allowing the 5-time press of Option to turn the keys on or off. I believe this is NOT checked by default.
Good luck!

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