I was using my Magic Mouse from years and, from one day to another, it stopped moving smoothly. The mouse pointer is jiggling in such a way that it's unusable. (Clicking and swiping work well). The batteries are not low and even replacing them with fresh ones didn't change this strange behavior. The optical lens seems to be clean and nothing particular happened to my mouse to give it a reason for this. The most weird thing is that it worked flawlessly since yesterday. Does anyone have any idea on what might have happened to my Magic Mouse? Thanks to everyone who can give me some tips.

⟐ Answered September 14, 2023 at 7:30 MST

⟐ Answered January 30, 2024 at 5:38 MST

⟐ Answer edited October 19, 2019 at 10:37 MST

⟐ Commented October 09, 2017 at 2:50 MST

It sometimes responds to what I did, scrolling, tapping, but usually it’s almost nothing to smoothly control.

I’ve just been expecting this is hardware problem, so what do you think to fix this problem?

Appreciate your help!

⟐ Commented April 26, 2025 at 6:28 MST

⟐ Answer edited September 12, 2024 at 7:00 MST

It doesn’t show up well on camera but it’s there:

Can I safely fix or remove it? Thanks

⟐ Commented January 27, 2021 at 15:27 MST

I have a sweet Magic Mouse (1st gen) but since a week i have a dropping connection. Upon inspection of the mouse i discovered that one of the contacts IN the Magic Mouse is actually loose: i can press it inwards and it even feels like there's a spring behind it to keep in in it's place. But the other one (on the left) is sturdy and i cant push that backwards (to the inside).

I think it's just broken somehow, but is there any way to fix it? I googled for an hour, but no results (also pretty hard to accurately search on this issue).

This is how they look like normally: https://i.imgur.com/YyrD5fh.jpg

This is how the battery contact looks like when i press it, really gently even! As you can see, the bottom presses inwards, compared to the contact on the left that doesnt move when i press it.

https://i.imgur.com/HQVZgvj.jpg

Does anyone have any idea if this is fixable and how?

⟐ Commented November 18, 2020 at 18:23 MST

Thanks

Franco

⟐ Commented November 03, 2020 at 6:02 MST

⟐ Answered June 07, 2020 at 15:44 MST

⟐ Answer unaccepted May 09, 2020 at 17:42 MST

Note: I’ve already done the white vinegar on a Q-tip trick to remove crusty battery acid, but alas my battery acid problem wasn’t resolved.

⟐ Answered April 05, 2019 at 6:49 MST

Anyone know if it would be possible to extract the tracking sensors in a logitech mouse and transpose it into a magic mouse?

I want my mouse to match my mac, but the magic mouse tracking sucks, even after the release of magic mouse 2.

⟐ Answer edited January 19, 2019 at 19:03 MST

⟐ Answer accepted November 04, 2018 at 13:26 MST

⟐ Answered September 09, 2018 at 9:45 MST

⟐ Answer accepted July 24, 2017 at 14:43 MST

⟐ Answer accepted January 01, 2017 at 14:22 MST

The batteries are in the correct way

The mouse is on

The iMac can discover the magic mouse

The 'on' indicator light does not stay on for long.

I can't see any laser when it is switched on and the indicator light shows that it is on and the iMac is saying its connected.

The magic mouse does not show a pointer on the iMac screen.

Any ideas?

⟐ Answered October 04, 2016 at 15:31 MST

My mouse is (partially) not working where it couldn't move the cursor but connects via Bluetooth to my mac.

The green light on my Magic Mouse is turning on when you flick the ON/OFF toggle switch. I tried changing the batteries also but to no avail. The odd thing is all the other functions work fine like scrolling, left+right gestures, clicking and right-clicking!

The product has never been dropped or moved around too much either and no signs of physical damage externally. I checked the sensors for hairs or dirt but nothing.

Can anyone suggest anything else to try and fix it?

⟐ Answer accepted July 26, 2016 at 10:19 MST

I saw somewhere that the battery compartment can be opened and inside are two standard size rechargeable batteries that can easily be replaced.

Is this true? Does anybody have experience with this? Where can I find a small hex shaped screw driver to open the compartment?

⟐ Answered July 06, 2016 at 12:06 MST