VMWare won't recognize my wireless mighty mouse

[Braby]

When it boots Windows, the mighty mouse won't even work on OS X either, what do I do?

 

[mchank]

Did you try switching off the mighty mouse and back on? I had this problem occasionally and it corrected it. Also do you have the tools and bluetooth module installed in VMWare also?

 

[micvog]

When it boots Windows, the mighty mouse won't even work on OS X either, what do I do?

Sounds like VMWare/Bluetooth has taken control of your Bluetooth adapter resulting in OS X not seeing your mouse (since it has handed over BT to VMWare) and Windows not knowing what to do with it (I don't think there is a Wireless MM driver for Windows). Let OS X control Bluetooth, and it should pass the mouse inputs over without any special setup.

 

[Braby]

How do I do that?

 

[micvog]

In the bottom of your VMWare window you will have a number of USB icons... make sure the icon for your Bluetooth is not "on". In the attached picture, blue is "on"; gray is "off". The screen capture doesn't show my mouse cursor, but it is hovering over one of the USB icons.

 

[Braby]

I understand, but it won't even let me get to that screen without Windows booting up and it disables my bluetooth mouse.

 

[mchank]

Did you enable Bluetooth in the setup screen of Fusion? If that doesn't work, plug in a usb mouse and enable bluetooth in the Fusion window.