Bluetooth mighty mouse fixed
April 7, 2007
Update: A reader pointed me to this blog posting: Apple Bungles Bluetooth in Mac Pro Going to try it now! Sounds like exacty what I discovered. The blogger also says it seems to work at 2 feet. Blogs rule!
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WoooooHoooooo:
Yeah baby. That fixed it!!!!!!!!! Now I can go to the farthest point in my office and control the mouse perfectly!!! The blog mentions that there is an unlabeled wire, but mine wasn't unlabled. Here's what I did to fix it. You can kind of tell by the length of the wires which one is the correct wire. There is an unconnected wire labeled "2" which was obviously too short to reach the BT card. But there is a wire labeled "1" that was long and connected to the airport card. The unconnected wire, wire "2", was just the right length to reach the airport card. So I unplugged wire "1" from the airport card and plugged it into the BT card, and connected "2" to the airport card where wire "1" was connected. The wire labeled "BT" is now the unconnected wire. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to remove the connectors. If your planning on doing the fix, make sure you have one. I couldn't remove the wires with my bare hands.--
I fixed my Bluetooth mighty mouse problems. I had my Mac Pro on the left side of my desk, and I'm right handed, so it was about 4 feet away. I decided to try putting the Mac Pro on the right side so it's about 2 feet away and it seems to have resolved the problem.
I didn't realize a 2 feet would make such a huge difference, but I guess that's Bluetooth. It's not like I have some wacky desk configuration. It's just a normal sized desk with the Mac Pro on the floor.
What's weird is that when I first got the mouse, it worked fine, but it seemed that over time it got worse. Maybe I'm just confused. I'm just glad it works.
Is this documented? Is there a maximum distance for bluetooth? I don't know, I don't read docs.
Posted by sgehrman at April 7, 2007 11:51 PMComments
I don't know the distance for sure but yes bluetooth is only short distance.
it's 10 meters for mouse but it can easily be blocked by some surfaces. it's not very powerful.
I am experiencing the same problem on my Mac Pro. It is so bad that I switched back to a wired keyboard & mouse. I did try a brand new wireless keyboard & mouse before switching back to the wired.
Could the bluetooth modules in the Mac Pro's be defective?
Don
Steve, I have to say, I think you've struck gold on this one! Just did it on mine, rebooted, and BAM! - The MM is soooooooo smooth. Noticed it instantly! Went back into the programs I had trouble with, and I'm not experiencing it anymore! Thanks!
My girlfriend found her wireless MM unusable due to the weight and the slow acceleration. I bought her a wired MM and have been using the wireless one for a couple weeks ago. I found the movement very so slow so I tried out SteerMouse and now I'm pretty happy with it. Apple really needs to update their mouse drivers. Some of us use extended desktop!
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It is possible that you are affected by the problem mentioned here: http://www.mcelhearn.com/article.php?story=20060926112812529 . Bluetooth range should be better than 4 feet.