not having 10.5 myself, in any of its "flavors", i would recommend deleting the mouse from the bluetooth preferences, and reassigning it, see if that makes a difference.
On 11/20/09, Nolan Porterfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > About a month ago I bought a new MacBook, which as far as I can tell is > more or less the same as my desktop PowerPC, bought last year, except that > it's a bit faster and runs OS 10.5.8 vs. the desktop's OS 10.5.5. > > The MacBook came with Bluetooth installed, of course. My wife bought me a > Bluetooth mouse (I've never used Bluetooth before); and one of her tech-y > students came and set up the laptop so I could get on the Internet. (I've > been with Apple/Mac for 25 years -- since the Apple IIc -- and I still don't > know much about 'em, except to know when to gas 'em up and change the oil. > I buy 'em to write with, not to tinker with.) > > I digress. My problem is that the Bluetooth mouse worked fine with the new > laptop for about a week or so, then the icon mysteriously disappeared from > the menu AND the hard drive. Before I could get around to calling for help, > it miraculously reappeared -- but the mouse still doesn't work. It's > turned on and has new batteries. Bluetooth File Exchange shows in the dock, > the Bluetooth icon is in the menu bar, and when the pull-down drops, it > shows that Bluetooth is turned on and "Discoverable." The rub -- in > addition to the mouse not working -- comes when I go to Setup Assistant, > click on the mouse radio button, click Continue -- and the next window gives > me the whirling-dervish-bicycle-spokes gizmo (as opposed to the deadly > beachball), and tells me it can't find a mouse nowhere, no way. I've gone > through this routine a dozen times, with the same results: nada. Any > suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > Nolan Porterfield > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > >
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