Hi Peter No I never turn it off and while I am in the office its in continual use, I just checked the battery level and its down to 15% so not bad for at least 8 weeks heavy use !
Roger On Thu Feb 11 9:31 , 'Crisp, Peter' <[email protected]> sent: > >I donât ever turn off the switch >underneath the mouse and maybe I could as a control experiment but I donât >think that is a long term solution. Roger, do you ever turn off your mouse? How >can I ascertain if the âsleepâ function is working for the mouse? The >Macbook screen certainly goes into Sleep mode and is it therefore implied that >the mouse goes to sleep at the same time? > > > >My old Logitech wireless mouse which I use >with the old faithful PC, just works every time and so I am lulled into not >having to turn off a mouse when its not in use. > > > > > > > >Kind >Regards, > > > >Peter Crisp, Associate, BE Mech > >HATCH > >(Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 > >2Fax + 61 8 9428 5555 > >ÃMob 0402 001 019 > >?E-mail [email protected] > >Website <http://www.hatch.com.au/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From: >[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ronda >Brown > >Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2010 >9:11 AM > >To: WAMUG > Mailing List > >Subject: Re: Magic Mouse battery >appetite > > > > > > > > > > > >On 11/02/2010, at 8:43 AM, Crisp, Peter wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi all, my Magic Mouse has been quite uncooperative since I >got it a month ago (at the same time as I got a Macbook and Time Capsule >â my first foray into the Apple world). I took it back to the supplier >and he agreed it was faulty and replaced it with another one. The replacement >one it seems is no better and my guess is the first one was probably ok and >that something else is going on. It seems that it is very battery hungry and >perhaps there is supposed to be a routine which puts the mouse to sleep when >not >in use hence preserving battery life. I have done all Software updates and even >downloaded a specific update for eth Magic Mouse form the Apple site. I have >MagicPrefs installed too and maybe that is responsible but I suspect not. Ronni >indicated a while back there is a Mac OSX 10.6.3 coming soon and maybe I have >to just wait till then, but I need a pair of AA batteries every 4 days >currently â SuperDuty ones too! This seems to be the only way to wake up >the sleepy mouse. > > > > > > > > > > > >In the interim while I wait for 10.6.3, does anyone have any >experiences like this or can you point me to some other updates for this? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Hi Peter, > > > > > > > > > > > >The mouse should go to sleep fairly quickly I believe and is certainly >sleeping when the computer is sleeping given the few minutes it might >take independently to fall asleep. > > > > > >Of course if this isn't functioning properly that might cause the >battery to drain as it looks for activity when there's no need. > > > > > > > >Do you turn off MagicMouse from the little switch at the bottom, or do you turn >it off with the computer at night or when you are not going to be using it for >awhile? > > > > > > > > > > > >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:[email protected]> > > > > > > > > > > >  > N O T I C E - 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. 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