Comments on: Pairing Microsoft Presenter Mouse 8000 on Mac OS X

By: wkk

wkk — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:52:50 +0000

This works. The instruction gets the mouse into the favourite list. After which, you can try to let the mouse wizard search for the mouse (as if starting from new) and it connects.

By: J C Green

J C Green — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:22:40 +0000

Fantastic! I have tried to fix my bluetooth mouse pairing problem for weeks with no success. This worked instantly. Thanks for posting!!

By: cdc

cdc — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:02:59 +0000

Hey all, i’ve got the Presenter Mouse, any news on a failproof way to get this to work? Running Snow Leapard 10.6.4 and I’m still having trouble. On occasions my internal bluetooth will detect the mouse, but shortly after the connection will be lost – very erratic! Also noticed that even if i turn the mouse upside down to check if the lights are flashing it will trigger the connection to be lost.

Pairing with the included dongle is also not an option. I lost it somewhere along the 3 years i’ve had this mouse – on a side note, does anyone know of a place where I could purchase it again if need be?

Someone please help, losing all hope for this mouse that was once awesome

By: Vetteguy99

Vetteguy99 — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:57:50 +0000

Great instructions.
Thanks for the help!

By: joolzey

joolzey — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:03:02 +0000

The easiest thing I found was just to remove the pairing connection and re-establish it all over again. It worked.

By: Synchroniser votre Microsoft Wireless Mouse 8000 avec Snow Leopard « The Simple Blog

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:32:52 +0000

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By: sdvdsv

sdvdsv — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:23:29 +0000

Noch einmal:

Ich bin so vorgegangen: Systemeinstellungen -> Bluetooth -> “+” (der Bluetooth-Assistent öffnet sich) -> findet das Gerät -> dann auf “fortfahren” (im anderen “Bluetooth” Fenster erscheint die Maus kurz, dann die Maus dort markieren, schnell auf das Rädchen neben “+” und “-” gehen -> “Weitere Infos
anzeigen” -> Rechts im Fenster “als Favorit” anwählen (das alles muss schnell gehen, weil er im “Bluetooth-Assistenten” Fenster einen Fehler ausgibt (kann wiederholt werden)

die Maus müsste noch blinken

wieder auf dieses “Rädchen” und Gerätenamen aktualisieren” und im Anschluss “Dienste für GEräte aktualisieren” und dabei die Maus bewegen, dann dürfte das Blinken aufhören & die MAus eigentlich gehen. Es kann aber sein dass die Maus dann noch 2x kurz aussetzt…

By: ugly_joe

ugly_joe — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:46:23 +0000

sdvdsv,

following your description step by step doesn’t work on my MacMini (10.6.2). Although the last step finally results in an “active connection” shown in Preferences, the Mouse does not start flashing red/green and do not work. Any idea?

Thanks…from germany, too

By: sdvdsv

sdvdsv — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:05:40 +0000

btw. works under snow leopard 10.6.2 and really perfect (!)

greetz from ger_manY

By: sdvdsv

sdvdsv — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:02:47 +0000

SOLUTION!!

delete “/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Bluetooth.plist” then restart to reset it back

Turn on the mouse
Press or hold down connect button until light flashes alternating red and green
Click Bluetooth tray icon; Browse Device…
If the device “Mouse” is not in the list click search, then click browse.
Next to search button it will say “Device does not have the necessary services.”
Click Cancel; Quit Bluetooth File Exchange
Open System Preferences; Bluetooth; Devices section
Settings section; Click the device ID in the list of your mouse, Add to Favorites
Turn Bluetooth Off, Turn Bluetooth On

NOW:
go to your bluetooth settings in system preferences
then “preferences” -> “show more info” than a 2nd time “preferences” -> “update device name” 1st and “update devise services” 2nd and then your device should work

(done with microsoft laser mouse 2008 – [2006] )

By: b

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:21:24 +0000

good idea–sale on ebay. I gotta do the same.

This is evidence of the unfortunate thing with the mac. They think only one right way to do something–their way.

By: Shaney

Shaney — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:07:34 +0000

Well I’ve followed the instruction, I’m using OSX 10.6.2 on an iMac & can not get it to pair. It sees it in the device list & I have it selected as a favorite. Unless someone can offer a solution I reckon it will go up for sale on ebay…….aaaaarrrgh

By: Toastman

Toastman — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:18:22 +0000

Seriously where did they put the “Other Device” pair option in Snow Leopard? The assistant doesnt allow custom device type selection anymore! I’m screwed ARRRRGH!

By: b

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:10:34 +0000

I upgraded to Snow Leopard (Mac OS 10.6) months ago, and my mouse was working fine. Then all of a sudden (new OS upgrades?) it stopped linking up this week. Any other suggestions? Unfortunately, this trick isn’t working for me?

Thanks

By: Murali

Murali — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:43:47 +0000

Thanks for the pressing the connect button.. No documentation from Microsoft on that in the package.

By: Howgie

Howgie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:26:04 +0000

Same problem here Gp, Mouse works great without the stupid drivers (I just hate the slow speed even on max settings in the microsoft driver). Just the back and forth buttons are not working as they should under snow leopard. Any ideas how to get this working? Volume control works perfectly fine.

By: Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 8000 & Snow Leopard @ Strotos Communications Blog

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:43:09 +0000

[...] the above trick does not work for you, try whats on this blog post http://www.derekhat.com/pairing-microsoft-presenter-mouse-8000-on-mac-os-x/. For me the above steps work and other times Derek Hat’s steps work. To be honest this whole [...]

By: Gp

Gp — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:53:18 +0000

It works ok with or without the intellimouse drivers installed, the only problem I have is with the presenter button. With Leopard was working great, it was managed and it was switching to the presenter mode even under mac os… now it doesn’t work anymore.. your presenter switch button works ok?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:25:57 +0000

Thank you so much!

After talking to Apple for over an hour (pointless!) I was just about to say goodbye to my last Microsoft relict forever. You saved it! The Wireless Laser Mouse 8000 now works great on OS X 1.6.1 Snow Leopard. Finally.

Cheers!

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:52:02 +0000

I tried this steps on my MacBook Pro with Snow Leopard and it connected easily without any hassle! Although, it says “Paired: No” “Connected: Yes” – but it still seems to work just fine. I noticed though that there’s a bit of a lag time with the response, but it’s not a big deal to me – I’m just hoping to use it as an advancer for my Keynote presentation! Hope it works…