Magic Mouse makes wireless (white) keyboard unusable
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From: Hugh Browton on 4 Jan 2010 13:12 Dear All � Just put my Apple Magic Mouse back in the box - it interferes with my white wireless keyboard making the keyboard send long strings of repeated letters and keystrokes. Anyone have any ideas? A little light Googling suggests WiFi interference. -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002)
From: Peter Ashby on 5 Jan 2010 03:47 Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > Dear All ? > > Just put my Apple Magic Mouse back in the box - it interferes with my white > wireless keyboard making the keyboard send long strings of repeated letters > and keystrokes. > > Anyone have any ideas? A little light Googling suggests WiFi interference. Well since both connect to the computer with Bluetooth that seems unlikely. Did you properly and formally pair them with the computer? Open the Bluetooth Pref Pane and go from there. Peter -- Add my middle initial to email me. It has become attached to a country www.the-brights.net
From: Jim on 5 Jan 2010 03:56 On 2010-01-05, Peter Ashby <pashby(a)blueyonder.co.ruk> wrote: > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > >> Dear All ? >> >> Just put my Apple Magic Mouse back in the box - it interferes with my white >> wireless keyboard making the keyboard send long strings of repeated letters >> and keystrokes. >> >> Anyone have any ideas? A little light Googling suggests WiFi interference. > > Well since both connect to the computer with Bluetooth that seems > unlikely. Did you properly and formally pair them with the computer? > Open the Bluetooth Pref Pane and go from there. There _does_ seem to be an issue with Magic Mice and Bluetooth keyboards in some situations: <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/02/magic-mouse-draining-bluetooth-keyboard-batteries/> Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK "Get over here. Now. Might be advisable to wear brown trousers and a shirt the colour of blood." Malcolm Tucker, "The Thick of It"
From: Hugh Browton on 5 Jan 2010 05:22 On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:56:38 +0000, Jim wrote (in article <slrnhk5vm6.2u7n.jim(a)wotan.magrathea.local>): > On 2010-01-05, Peter Ashby <pashby(a)blueyonder.co.ruk> wrote: >> Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: >> >>> Dear All ? >>> >>> Just put my Apple Magic Mouse back in the box - it interferes with my white >>> wireless keyboard making the keyboard send long strings of repeated letters >>> and keystrokes. >>> >>> Anyone have any ideas? A little light Googling suggests WiFi interference. >> >> Well since both connect to the computer with Bluetooth that seems >> unlikely. Did you properly and formally pair them with the computer? >> Open the Bluetooth Pref Pane and go from there. > > There _does_ seem to be an issue with Magic Mice and Bluetooth keyboards in > some situations: > > <http://www.tuaw.com/2010/01/02/magic-mouse-draining-bluetooth-keyboard- batter > ies/> > That (and other references) seem to refer to the newer Al keyboard. -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002)
From: Hugh Browton on 5 Jan 2010 05:24
On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:47:50 +0000, Peter Ashby wrote (in article <1jbu8di.ip0rfo1a24kzsN%pashby(a)blueyonder.co.ruk>): > Hugh Browton <useneth@**.not.uk> wrote: > >> Dear All ? >> >> Just put my Apple Magic Mouse back in the box - it interferes with my white >> wireless keyboard making the keyboard send long strings of repeated letters >> and keystrokes. >> >> Anyone have any ideas? A little light Googling suggests WiFi interference. > > Well since both connect to the computer with Bluetooth that seems > unlikely. Did you properly and formally pair them with the computer? > Open the Bluetooth Pref Pane and go from there. > This is worth pursuing as I notice that according to my menu bar BT icon there is no BT service, and yet I'm typing this on a BT keyboard! -- regards hugh hugh at clarity point uk point co (by the sea) (using Hogwasher) "The question of whether Machines Can Think... is about as relevant as the question of whether Submarines Can Swim." Edsger Dijkstra (1930-2002) |