Connecting Your Apple Magic Mouse to Windows 7

Having trouble connecting your Apple Bluetooth Magic Mouse to your new Windows 7 installation? I think I can help…

Scoured the net on how to connect my new Magic Mouse via Bluetooth to Windows 7. I knew the drivers existed for Boot Camp 3.1 but the bluetooth radio was not connecting to my mouse. There was one little hidden option that was preventing the mouse from connecting and installing properly. If you are having problems connecting your Apple Wireless Keyboard as well this should also work.

Take a look at the screenshot below. You’ll want to right click on the device you attempting to add and click on properties.

After clicking on properties, you’ll want to navigate to the ‘Services’ tab and you should see ‘Drivers for Keyboard, Mice, etc. (HID)’ unchecked. Make sure this box is checked! Click Apply and you should be good to go!

You’ll also want to make sure your mouse doesn’t fall asleep every 10 seconds. To avoid this you’ll want to head to your device manager and right-click on your Apple Built-In Bluetooth properties. Then you’ll want to click on the ‘Power Management’ tab and uncheck ‘Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.’ Otherwise you’ll have to click your mouse every time you let it sit there for more than 10 seconds.

Hope this helped! Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions.