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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by whywhywhywhy on Thursday June 28, 2018 @06:45AM (#17415716)
> Microsoft Surface Bluetooth mouse and keyboard don't work anymore after an idle period of maybe 10 minutes

Go into device manager and disable their power saving settings. I had disconnection issues once or twice a week with my MS Designer Mouse and this fixed it.

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by m_st on Thursday June 28, 2018 @07:57AM (#17416111)
Or dear! I tried about everything possible but didn't think it could be related to such a generic setting!

Found this article that shows where it is: https://www.howtogeek.com/189856/ask-htg-how-can-i-keep-my-b...

I searched the web, updated Dell drivers, found some Reddit thread where they explained cryptic settings in the device manager... All of that didn't help. I gave up when I found yet another blog post where a guy even replaces the internal bluetooth kit of his XPS 15!

In the hope that this fixes it once and for all: Thank you so much!

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by eumenides1 on Thursday June 28, 2018 @09:12AM (#17416543)
Make sure you return and tell us if it that fixed your issue.

https://xkcd.com/979/

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Re:Apple Engineers Its Own Downfall with the Macbook Pro Key... by m_st on Thursday June 28, 2018 @09:54AM (#17416841)
Looks good so far. The Microsoft Surface Precision mouse still works in Bluetooth mode. Now I can definitely recommend this mouse.

Tomorrow I'll test the Microsoft Surface mouse, AKA Microsoft Modern mouse.

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