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Douglashh
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Jul 12, 2009, 07:31 PM
 
My original bluetooth mighty mouse broke so I bought a new Logitech V470 bluetooth mouse.

I deleted my Mighty Mouse from the BlueTooth Preference panel and the V470 showed up and seems to work fine but it doesn't show a name or battery life in the Keyboard/Mouse Preference panel. Does this just work with Apple Products or did I miss something or set it up wrong?

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StarCross
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Jul 12, 2009, 09:23 PM
 
I'm not sure about Logitech bluetooth mice, but I do have a Logitech LX7 wireless mouse so perhaps this solution might work similarly.

I have to use the latest version Logitech Control Center in order to get battery life info and to configure any additional buttons. That software has improved to the point that I am able to replace USB Overdrive. Side-scrolling now works flawlessly, although you still can't fine-tune that function.
     
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Jul 13, 2009, 12:51 AM
 
Yes, LCC is required for any Logitech specific features or information.

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Douglashh  (op)
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Jul 13, 2009, 01:16 AM
 
StarCross, are you saying that if LCC is installed the battery info will show up in the Apple Keyboard/Mouse Preference panel? I initially installed LCC, 2.6 and since deleted, and it just showed a green light saying battery is OK which is no more useful than the battery indicator light on the mouse itself.
     
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Jul 20, 2009, 12:49 AM
 
More than likely the Logitech bluetooth battery level won't show on the Apple Keyboard/Mouse preference panel since it is a non-Apple product, even if LCC is installed. But again, I don't have a non-Apple bluetooth wireless to make sure, though I have been tempted to buy one for the past year.

What I meant to say that at least for my non-bluetooth wireless mouse, my battery level will be displayed as a tiny indicator on the top right of the image of my mouse in the Logitech Control Center preference panel. I have about 75% remaining, but I'm not all too worried since I use it home. Even with the older Apple Wireless Keyboard I hardly ever check my battery level.
     
   
 
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