I have Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse, which has a dedicated Bluetooth receiver USB dongle. When I plug it in on the left-hand side of the laptop and the mouse is physically on the right-hand side of the laptop, there is some kind of interference and the mouse does not work, it only works when the mouse is physically on the left-hand side of the laptop, closer to the dongle. Is there a way to pair the mouse directly with the built-in Bluetooth in the Macbook Air so I don't have to use the USB dongle? It is Macbook Air 13" 2020, and Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Mouse.
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It does not work when plugged in on the left, but works when plugged in on the left??? Must change what I smoke.– Solar MikeNov 17, 2020 at 5:21
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The USB dongle can be only plugged on the left-hand side of the laptop. If the mouse is physically on the left-hand side of the laptop too, it works. If the mouse is physically on the right-hand side of the laptop, the mouse does not work.– ChrisNov 17, 2020 at 6:14
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- The mouse has a fixed connection to the dongle, you can not use a normal bluetooth connection
- Once the bluetooth dongle fails or you lose it, you can't simply buy a new dongle, since you are unable to pair the mouse to it again. This means once you will end up with a useless mouse
Note: You have to dig a little deeper into the reviews/questions for example here on Amazon to verify that you can not buy dongle replacements
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I have found that (at least) Logitech sell replacement dongles that work with any of their mice or keyboards. That may indicate that Microsoft might also sell replacement dongles. Just guessing here. Nov 17, 2020 at 14:22
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2I am aware of that since I actually had to buy a new dongle for my MX Master after losing the original one. Yet, as I clearly state, you can not do this with this Microsoft mouse. I will add a source.– X_841Nov 17, 2020 at 14:46