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I've had an Intel iMac since January and have been using a bluetooth Mighty Mouse with it. Recently, whenever I restarted my computer, my mouse wouldn't pair with it. I had to restart it multiple times in order to get it to pair. Now, it won't pair at all. OS X will see that my mouse is there, but when it tries to connect and pair it fails.

I've tried replacing the batteries and have got the same result. Does anybody know how to fix this problem? Is there a way for me to 'reset' my mouse?

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Use the switch on the bottom of your Mighty Mouse to turn it off, remove the batteries, wait 5 minutes, put the batteries back in, and then switch it back on. If this doesn't work, contact Apple as there is a 1 year warranty on the Mighty Mouse, they can send you a new one if they determine that yours is defective.

I've had an Intel iMac since January and have been using a bluetooth Mighty Mouse with it. Recently, whenever I restarted my computer, my mouse wouldn't pair with it. I had to restart it multiple times in order to get it to pair. Now, it won't pair at all. OS X will see that my mouse is there, but when it tries to connect and pair it fails.

I've tried replacing the batteries and have got the same result. Does anybody know how to fix this problem? Is there a way for me to 'reset' my mouse?

If possible take the Mighty Mouse to your local Apple Retail Store, sounds like a case of a Bluetooth Transmitter going bad and should be covered under your computer's 1 year Factory Warranty.

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is there a third party mouse for mac with the side buttons?

i had the wired MM and always annoyed me when trying to make a right click will do the left instead LOL

other than that i am ok with it, then started to hunt down another mouse a wireless one but couldn't find any with those extra buttons and i am very used to them, so ended up buying a Wireless MM from ebay, so far i am happy with it, but still wondered if there was any alternative Bluetooth mouse.

I have been using a wireless might mouse for the past 2 days and I really like it. It sleeps with my macbook and wakes with it and works great. I don't see why it gets such bad reviews.

Mainly because people have persistent issues with the scroll ball getting clogged with dirt and not working, and Apple has yet to remedy the situation. They either need to redesign how the scroll ball works or make the mouse easy to take apart to clean. Right now, you literally have to break apart the mouse to get inside it.

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