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Mouse Lag with External Display

I got an external 4K monitor to use as a secondary monitor for my 27" iMac. Since hooking up the secondary monitor my mouse will lag on the iMac. How do I fix this issue.

iMac 27" 5K, macOS 10.14

Posted on Mar 27, 2019 8:49 PM

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The mouse is using one of those little dongles and it is possible/likely that the display is emitting interference. Try moving the dongle. Back when I was using a Microsoft mouse with a dongle I couldn't get it to work reliably when it was connected to the back of my computer so I put it on my hub which solved the problem.

Posted on Mar 28, 2019 9:58 AM

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Mar 28, 2019 9:58 AM in response to Joel_Stern

The mouse is using one of those little dongles and it is possible/likely that the display is emitting interference. Try moving the dongle. Back when I was using a Microsoft mouse with a dongle I couldn't get it to work reliably when it was connected to the back of my computer so I put it on my hub which solved the problem.

Mouse Lag with External Display

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