Richard's Notes

My Sennheiser MM50 headphones have died. I haven’t had them all that long either — no more than 9 months.

Like others in this Whirlpool thread, the right channel of my headphones has stopped making sound. It’s super annoying to listen to stereo music with just the left channel.

Mind you, when the headphones are working properly and you have the correct size ear plugs fitted, these headphones sound great. If you think the bass is a bit tinny, try the next size ear plug — it will make an enormous difference.

Syntec International Pty Limited is a distributor of Sennheiser products here in Sydney. They have an Service and Spare Parts e-mail address which I’ll use.

This is very disappointing. Here in Oz, these headphones cost AU$130.00, so I’d expect them to last a lot longer than what they have. Thankfully, they have a two year guarantee, so a replacement set should be at no cost to me.

You’re not going to believe this. My Apple Magic Mouse may have regained its magic.

How? I took the batteries out. I left the batteries out for a few minutes. I put the batteries back in and now it’s recognising right clicks again. Weird.

Now I’m wondering how long the magic is going to last. My Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0 is on standby just in case.

My Apple Magic Mouse has lost its magic.

Last week, my Magic Mouse started playing up. It decided that it was not going to reliably recognise a right-button click. Most of the time it thought I was left-button clicking, even though I was pressing on the far right of the top surface. And no, I had all of my other fingers well away from the mouse. I checked the batteries and they were at 47%, so flat batteries should not have been the cause. I changed the batteries, just in case, but that didn’t resolve the problem.

So, I’m no longer convinced that Apple has built a better mouse.

I’ve reverted to using my old Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0 (no longer available?). At least it works.

I should start looking for another mouse now. The Logitech V470 Bluetooth Mouse is OK, but has too much lag after it has gone into power saving mode. It’s annoying to have the mouse cursor jumping around the screen. I might be better off forgetting about buying a Bluetooth mouse and just get a “normal” wireless mouse with a nano transceiver.

My Mac Mini is running out of USB ports, even though I have two four port USB hubs attached. Might be time for another USB hub too.