Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-21 Thread Reg Whitely
...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 9:38 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter, Yes, I mentioned to Peter (Crisp) that changing the keyboard makes it a special order (same as extra RAM

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-21 Thread Neil Houghton
a numeric pad with a USB wired keyboard. Regards Peter... -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Neil Houghton Sent: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 9:38 AM To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-20 Thread Reg Whitely
Mailing List Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various items and highlight text for editing

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-20 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 20/04/2010, at 11:30 AM, Neil Houghton wrote: Hi Peter, It's no problem to get a full numeric keyboard (instead of the cut-down wireless one) - you just specify that when you place your order - of course this does make it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) so you may

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-20 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Peter, Yes, I mentioned to Peter (Crisp) that changing the keyboard makes it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) - I wanted the i7 processor so it was a special order anyway for me - so changing the keyboard didn't add to the delivery time - which was longer when I placed the

RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-20 Thread Crisp, Peter
To: WAMUG Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter, Yes, I mentioned to Peter (Crisp) that changing the keyboard makes it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) - I wanted the i7 processor so it was a special order anyway for me - so changing the keyboard didn't add

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread KEVIN Lock
Today I bought a Laser brand wireless mouse from RetraVision for $18.00. Works very well. Kev -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe -

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various items and highlight text for editing. A bluetooth keyboard would also be useful in this way. Today I

RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Crisp, Peter
April 2010 5:16 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various items

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 20/04/2010, at 7:37 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Ok, that sounds good Reg. do you turn the mouse off when not in use for those twice a week events? I think if it were to remain on, and in range of the paired Macbook Pro, then it would continue to hunt and remain connected which seems to in

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Graeme Winters
I agree with your comments on the cut down keyboard Peter I realised that when I bought my IMac late last year and asked for a full keyboard with numeric pad because I do a fair amount of data entry That was provided for me at no extra cost I have the original keyboard available if anyone wants

RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Crisp, Peter
Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% On 19/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around to select various

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Martin Hill
In our lounge room at home we use the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse sitting on our coffee table or the arm of the sofa or up on our dining table (still in view of the Plasma) for controlling our Media Centre iMac which drives our 50 Plasma screen on the wall. It works well in that

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Ken Houghton
I would be interested. Could you please let me know when I could pick it up from where. Warm regards Ken 9470 4950 khough...@westnet.com.au On 20/04/2010, at 8:56 AM, Graeme Winters wrote: I agree with your comments on the cut down keyboard Peter I realised that when I bought my IMac late

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-19 Thread Neil Houghton
Mailing List Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% On 19/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Reg Whitely wrote: Hi Peter I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the screen and pass the mouse around

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-18 Thread Steven Knowles
. Regards Peter.. -Original Message- From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Knowles Sent: Sunday, 18 April 2010 4:16 AM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Anyone know why the mouse battery

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-18 Thread Kevin Warner
There must have been a patch recently. I've had two Magic Mice for around a month. One's linked to my 24 iMac and the other is linked to my unibody MacBook Pro. The iMac one is used every day for at least a couple of hours, often for much longer. The MacBook Pro one is used very occasionally.

Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-18 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 18/04/2010, at 9:00 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: Since retiring the MM, I got myself a Logitech Nano VX mouse and it is still on the FIRST set of batteries from then! It is a great wireless mouse despite not having the features of the MM - but it was getting a bit tiring replacing batteries

Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-17 Thread Steven Knowles
Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal when using the Mouse with a Macbook Pro and an iMac,

RE: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61%

2010-04-17 Thread Crisp, Peter
List Subject: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% Anyone know why the mouse battery level in System Preferences Mouse would stay on 61% constantly fr my Magic Mouse, even when the batteries go flat? I'm using Energizer rechargeables in case that makes a difference (OSX 10.6.3). Same deal