Nolan:
I purchased a new Macbook with Leopard a couple of weeks ago, and
ordered a cordless mouse which they had working for me before I left
the store. Looking at this mouse it is model A1197.
My mouse still works fine even though I dropped it on a concrete floor
once. It hit hard enough to dislodge the back plate, but I put the
back plate back on, and it still works fine.
The only thing I can think of, is for you to check the little top icon
(top right, toward the spotlight search icon) just to make sure you
have not turned off the bluetooth.
Neal Hammon
On Nov 420, 1120092007, at 11:58 PM, Nolan Porterfield 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
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