Thanks for that Ronni. The Macbook/mouse is located within 10m (as the crow flies) of the Time Capsule and logistically it is hard in my house to get outside Bluetooth range (>~10m) of the TC. I will move outside Bluetooth range of the TC next time it happens to see if it "frees- up".
"Changing the wireless settings to 5GHz/N" - how do I know if I am or am not on this currently? How do I change this? Is this in the Time Capsule settings? Thanks again. Peter... ________________________________ From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Tuesday, 12 January 2010 12:20 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: Bluetooth Magic Mouse On 12/01/2010, at 11:56 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: I am a recent poster and a Mac newbie so coming up to speed having been PC for many years. I recently purchased a Macbook 13" and with it I have a Time Capsule 1TB and a Magic Mouse. From previous postings on the WAMUG I downloaded the MagicPrefs and see it opens up lots of potential with the Magic Mouse. So far I am using the Magic Mouse as a 'simple' mouse ie pointer moving around and Left and Right click. Occasionally after the Macbook goes to Sleep, wakening it up by wiggling the mouse brings the Macbook back to life, whereupon the Macbook goes into Time Machine backup mode - if it is more than 1 hour since the last backup. While this is happening the mouse works ONLY AS A POINTER. No amount of clicking on the Left or Right side enables any selection to happen - neither does the trackpad during this time enable any selections. I had to resort to a "hard crash" by holding down the power button to kick off again from scratch. Eventually I was able to restore mouse functioning with Left/Right button operation working properly. I tried "Force Quit" of all running programs and using the up/down arrows and Enter, was able to Force Quite everything, but still no joy. Has anyone else had this experience, what are the simple guides for a newbie to undertake to correct this aberration for good? Is this a known phenomenon or am I unique in my experinces here? Thanks for any help Regards Peter Crisp.... Hi Peter, Welcome to WAMUG Mailing List. The problem 'could' be too many wireless traffic.How far away from the Time Capsule are you using the Magic Mouse? Try moving further away from Time Capsule, where you use the mouse, or change the wireless settings to 5Ghz/N (is also a lot faster). Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) ________________________________ -- 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 - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> ***************************** NOTICE - This message from Hatch is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential or proprietary. Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, arrive late or contain viruses. By communicating with us via e-mail, you accept such risks. When addressed to our clients, any information, drawings, opinions or advice (collectively, "information") contained in this e-mail is subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing agreements. Where no such agreement exists, the recipient shall neither rely upon nor disclose to others, such information without our written consent. Unless otherwise agreed, we do not assume any liability with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the information set out in this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and destroy and delete the message from your computer. -- 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 - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
