Lenovo Thinkpad Bluetooth Laser Mouse Drivers For Mac

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This has been asked, and answered, a million times before. And I think I've read almost all those questions and answers, and tried as many of the solutions as I can. However, I still can't get the mouse to automatically reconnect after a sleep, or a shutdown, or any cessation of use.

Lenovo ThinkPad Bluetooth Laser Mouse (MOBTC9LA); ›; Customer reviews. I have updated the Bluetooth driver on the computer and the mouse and it still happens once in awhile. I'm going to try it on my Mac and see if it works out better. To get the information from the Lenovo Mouse drivers Download the keywords most. Lenovo bluetooth laser mouse driver. Lenovo thinkpad bluetooth mouse driver.

I'm using a Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse under Kubuntu 14.04, 64bit. I can connect manually, of course. My latest effort was to add the lines

The mouse still has to be manually paired. And just now, after trying a few hcitool commands - the mouse won't connect at all!

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All I now get are timeout messages. I don't know what I've done, but as of now the mouse refuses to connect at all. I'm a bit confused here.

Try it again but remove this part name='Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse' If it's not that then you probably have the wrong OUI. I believe it's the first half of your bluetooth mouse's address. OUI stands for Organizational Unique Identifier. Basically the first half of your MAC address says it's made by Microsoft, though mice from the same company may have different OUIs for whatever reason. For this step start from scratch and lets start the process of elimination. Uninstall/purge blueman-manager or any extra bluetooth software.

Go vanilla and just leave the original Ubuntu bluetooth software to rule out any conflicts. Press the bluetooth mouse's discovery mode. Open a terminal and type the command hcitool scan. Then paste the first half of your bluetooth address as the OUI. Make sure to include the last colon like so oui='xx:xx:xx:' So if your bluetooth mouse's address is AB:CD:EF:GH:IJ:KL It would look like this: Insert that line with the rest of the entries in /usr/share/gnome-bluetooth/pin-code-database.xml IMPORTANT: Insert at the beginning of the file, just below the starting tag - because the entries match in the order of appearance! I'd restart after this just to make sure everything's in order.

This should solve most reconnection issues because Ubuntu doesn't know or store the PIN # when you pair the first time when it tries to reconnect. NOTE: In other Linux distros, the path of the file pin-code-database.xml may be different! I am sure if you are pairing your mouse incorrectly it wont work. I was having the exact same issue. My Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse paired fine and then I left the computer for the day. The screensaver came on and a few hours later I came back to use my computer and my mouse was not working. I probably paired it incorrectly the first time as well.

So, I searched through the internet and tried multiple things from the Ubuntu community including removing and repairing my mouse at which point it would not repair. I figured out that I was not actually pairing it correctly each time I paired. The correct steps to pair this mouse that worked are below:.

Open Bluetooth manager (should work with any manager, but I used specifically Bluetooth manager). Press and hold down the pairing button on the bottom of the mouse until you get a solid flashing blue light (slowly flashing about 1 flash per second). Click search in Bluetooth manager. Click the Microsoft Sculpt Comfort Mouse, and then click the key icon (pairing icon).

Once the mouse pairs, click the golden star icon within the Bluetooth Manager so the mouse is trusted. Now that the mouse is paired and trusted, click setup, choose input service and then click 'forward'. When you see 'Device added and connected successfully' click close.

It works on Ubuntu 17.10 I think every distro with bluetoothctl is supported:. Run in terminal bluetoothctl In $bluetooth command line type devices. You will see list of available devices. Type trust 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX Where number started with 00: is a divice you wish to connect. Type ctrl+d or quit to exit. If You want to automatically connect Your device on startup, open Startup Applications and add new one.

Press Add. Name launcher like My startup BT connection. In command type bash -c 'echo -e 'connect 00:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX nquit' bluetoothctl' You can also setup a keyboard shortcut with same command to lunch, and connect You device with press of a button.

Hello, I recently received a ThinkPad X1 Wireless Touch Mouse from Lenovo for review purposes, and thought I would share my impressions and opinions with my fellow Neowinians. Design, Aesthetics and Packaging The ThinkPad X1 Wireless Touch Mouse (which I will hereafter refer to as 'mouse') is a wireless presentation mouse (2.4GHz USB dongle and Bluetooth 4.0) that is the latest in a line of wireless mouses from Lenovo (, ) tailored to match the design of their ThinkPad business laptops. This mouse, however, is meant to be paired with Lenovo's, which is the company's high-end Ultrabook® model. The mouse will work with any other computer, of course, but it is pretty clear they come from the same design family. All of the ThinkPads, plus parts and accessories I've ever bought from Lenovo came in brown cardboard packaging with labels filled with part numbers and bar codes. Since they are geared for business use, this is not too surprising. So, I was a bit surprised when I opened the package from Lenovo and found the mouse in a logoed presentation box with a design faintly reminiscent of Japanese bento box, which is a to the ThinkPad design.

It reminded me of the box my Microsoft came in. Box Shots:Opening the box reveals a note from Lenovo's Chief Design Officer, with a couple of sentences about Lenovo's design ethos. While Lenovo (and IBM before it) have long been chided for the ThinkPad's boxy look, it is pretty clear there is a strong design language there, and the note hammers this home. It is pretty clear the mouse is meant to be an aspirational accessory, just like Microsoft's own Surface line of or Apple's Mac.

Shots:Removing the card and a sheet of foam rubber gives you the mouse, which is nestled in a foam rubber cut-out. In the photo the mouse looks more dark gray than black, however, this is more due to the awesome fluorescent lights above and my smartphone's flash. The slightly-raised red touch strip is used for scrolling and as acts as the border between mouse button one and mouse button two. In the upper left corner, you can see four gray dots. These are white LEDs which light up when the mouse is charging, to let you know battery status, Bluetooth pairing and other indicators. Shot:Beneath the foam rubber and some card stock is a slim USB charging cable for the mouse and instructions for use.

The USB charging cable is about 39 inches 99cm long from end-to-end, with a USB Type-A connector at one end for power, and a USB Type Micro-B connector at the other for plugging into the mouse for charging. The Micro-B connector is as a right angle and the edges of the connector beveled to make it easier to remove.

The slimness of the cable is likely due to the fact that is only has to supply USB 1.1 levels of power to the mouse for charging (+5VDC, 500mAh). You can use any USB cable with a Micro-B connector to the charge the mouse, so if you already keep one near your computer, you don't need to use the Lenovo-supplied one. There is no driver disc in the box, but given its dimensions, plus the fact this is meant to be used with an Ultrabook®, this is not too surprising. Drivers can be downloaded from Lenovo's support web site. Shots:Once out of the box, it's easy to see (and feel) that the mouse is a combination of straight and curved lines, with a mixture of rounded and chamfered edges to minimize any sharp angles from cutting into your hand when in use as either a traditional mouse on a flat surface, or upside-down while presenting. Lenovo lists the dimensions as 3.7×2.2×0.8 inches 95×56.8×20.4 mm LWH.

To give you an idea of how diminutive that is, I have taken a shot with a U.S. Quarter for scale. Shots:Turning the mouse over, you can see the power switch, a strip with page forward and backwards buttons for advancing your presentation, while the lower half functions as a TrackPad. The assembly for the mouse's optics is not visible because it is covered by the power switch when closed. Turning on the mouse reveals the optics.

Shots:Having looked at both the top and bottom of the mouse, you may have noticed that there is no USB charging port visible, not to mention other issues or import such as a way to toggle between 2.4GHz and Bluetooth modes, or even the 2.4GHz radio USB dongle. That is because they are stored cleverly inside the mouse!

The mouse actually slides apart by about 0.7 inches 18mm, revealing a mode select switch, dongle storage and Micro-B USB charging port on the now-visible underside of the top half. The dongle is held in place via magnet, which is (1) the first time I can recall seeing this; and (2) I already like much better than clips or friction since those can eventually wear out. Not to waste any space, the newly-visible top portion of the bottom half contains yet even more regulatory notices. Testing and Usability So, I've spent an inordinate amount of time talking about the design of the Lenovo X1 Wireless Touch Mouse and the philosophy behind it. But you shouldn’t buy a mouse for how it looks, you should buy it for how well it works. So, with that in mind, how was my experience using the mouse?

To investigate this, I initially began testing the mouse with a Lenovo ThinkPad P50, which is a workstation laptop, using both the 2.4 GHz radio USB dongle and Bluetooth. It occurred to me, though, that this might not be an ideal platform for testing what is supposed to be a wireless mouse for presentations, so I switched to a Lenovo ThinkPad X250, which is an Ultrabook® laptop and more likely to be used for presentations. Because the mouse isn’t just for Lenovo ThinkPads, I expanded the testing to include a couple of desktop systems as well:. desktop based on motherboard. desktop based on motherboard As it turns out, there was no functional difference between using any of the laptops or desktops, all of which ran Windows 10.

Both desktops have on-board Bluetooth, however, the ASUS motherboard’s is based on the older Bluetooth 2.1 specification and was not compatible, leaving the radio dongle as the sole connectivity option. There seemed to be no difference in behavior regardless of which wireless interface was used from as far away as ten (10) feet about three (3) meters. I let the mouse charge overnight, and used it for about fifteen (15) hours over the course of three weeks.

I am unsure of the capacity of the internal battery, but it did not need to be recharged during this time. The mouse was identified as a generic mouse and started working immediately when the dongle was plugged in or paired via Bluetooth, and seemed to work fine as a regular two-button mouse in this fashion. As previously noted, downloading the drivers from Lenovo’s web site installs the Lenovo Mouse Suite, which allows further customization of the mouse’s functionality. As the ThinkPad X1 Wireless Touch Mouse is geared towards presentations, some of the features are specific to Microsoft PowerPoint.

Shots:I used the mouse on a variety of surfaces, and found that it worked as expected in various environments such as the white plastic counter of a conference booth, desks (wood, beige and black plastic), a white tablecloth, and even a beige metal filing cabinet. It did not work on transparent plastic or glass desks, but this is a limitation of all laser mouses. In both cases, using a generic mouse pad or even a blank sheet of copier/laser printer paper solved that problem. For business software, I tested the mouse using Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Office 2016.

I used Microsoft Outlook to answer email, Microsoft PowerPoint to edit an existing presentation and present it, and Microsoft Word, where I typed up this review. At no time did I experience any problems with input lag, mouse pointer accuracy or button-clicking.

When I switched to wireless presenting mode with the mouse help upside-down, I did accidentally hit the Page Forward button several times when I first began presenting before getting used to the mouse. For gaming, I tried playing ARK Survival Evolved, Borderlands 2, and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Again, the mouse performed flawlessly. I did, however, notice some discomfort in my hand after about 45 minutes’ worth of gameplay due to the mouse’s size small size and chamfered edges.

Closing Thoughts It is important to remember that at 3.7×2.2×0.8 inches, the Lenovo X1 Wireless Touch Mouse is one of the smallest travel mouses on the market, let alone one with integrated presentation features. As such, it occupies something of a niche market and is priced accordingly (about $65, street).

It works equally well with all computers, not just ThinkPads, provided your computer supports Bluetooth 4.0 or via the included 2.4GHz radio dongle. If you need a very small, very lightweight mouse for travel that includes presenting, it would be hard to beat the Lenovo X1 Wireless Touch Mouse. However, users with larger hands may find it difficult to use because of its size and shape, including the relatively small control surface areas when the mouse is used in wireless presentation mode. Likewise, it’s size and shape do not lend itself to prolonged gaming. But, that said, this is a device designed for professionals and not gamers, which have very different needs when it comes to mouses. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Wireless Touch Mouse web pages and documentation:.

(driver software). (driver changelog). (English) Purchase links (non-affiliate):. (currently $65.50). (currently $59.99) NOTE: This mouse was provided to me by Lenovo. The opinions expressed are 100% my own.

Regards, Aryeh Goretsky Edited February 27, 2017 by goretsky embedded all the linked images.