Bluetooth mouse Dies after a few minutes of inactivity

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Bluetooth mouse Dies after a few minutes of inactivity

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The mouse pairs without issues and works flawlessly-until it doesn’t. After about 10 minutes of inactivity (e.g., while watching a show), it stops responding to clicks and movements. Restarting the mouse doesn’t help; the only fix is resetting the Bluetooth service (sudo pkill bluetoothd).

Key observations:

The same issue occurs with Xbox gamepads.
The problem only appears when more than one Bluetooth device is connected to the Mac Mini.
Bluetooth headphones remain unaffected under the same conditions.

Device: Mac Mini M4, macOS Sequoia 15.5

Mac mini, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jul 27, 2025 12:42 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 27, 2025 4:10 PM in response to Eyndjl

Eyndjl wrote:

Details:

The mouse pairs without issues and works flawlessly-until it doesn’t. After about 10 minutes of inactivity (e.g., while watching a show), it stops responding to clicks and movements. Restarting the mouse doesn’t help; the only fix is resetting the Bluetooth service (sudo pkill bluetoothd).

Key observations:

The same issue occurs with Xbox gamepads• .

The problem only appears when more than one• Bluetooth device is connected to the Mac Mini.

Bluetooth headphones remain unaffected• under the same conditions.

Device: Mac Mini M4, macOS Sequoia 15.5

what exact mouse...Apple branded or some third party you do not say?

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Answer 2

Eyndjl Author

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Aug 2, 2025 10:32 PM in response to leroydouglas

Same issue with every third party mouse(and xbox controllers as i said before), i forgot to say.

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