Occasionally, not always, after the Catalina upgrade, whenever my macbook sleeps, I lose the keyboard and the touchpad.
I must use my fingerprint to log in and once I do, I have no touchpad nor keyboard. I need to reboot everytime this happens.
Ok, I can confirm that 10.15.5 released today does not fix this issue.
For all the troubled souls like myself in this forum and beyond, here is a temporary workaround I figured out yesterday to get this gremlin out of your sight, until Apple officially fixes this.
Since the bug only occurs when Wi-Fi is on, we can create a process that automatically turns off Wi-Fi upon sleeping and turns it back on from waking up.
Copy this line to Terminal and hit Enter.
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"
brew install sleepwatcher
to install Sleepwatcher.
touch ~/.sleep && chmod 700 ~/.sleep
touch ~/.wakeup && chmod 700 ~/.wakeup
For .sleep
#!/bin/bash
networksetup setairportpower en0 off
For .wakeup
#!/bin/bash
networksetup setairportpower en0 on
cp /usr/local/Cellar/sleepwatcher/2.2.1/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher-20compatibility-localuser.plist
Now everything is set, go on and close the lid, wait awhile and reopen it, notice the Wi-Fi icon is off and quickly turns back on.
Although this is not the most elegant solution, it eases me from the paranoia that makes my blood frozen every time I suspect to see a yet again frozen computer. A moment of idea and inspiration just can't wait an extra 15 seconds.
I'm not an expert in these, if anyone would spot a mistake or suggest a better solution please post here, thank you.
I learned from these sources:
https://www.kodiakskorner.com/log/258
https://gist.github.com/ziadoz/7bddcf346adb89da1e990126c9f82429
https://github.com/wujunchuan/wujunchuan.github.io/issues/9
Yes, that might work. Pls keep us posted on that.
The issue for me is completely gone now. Hope it might help people who have config like mine.
Btw Im using 2.4GHz wifi band if that info is useful for you
Same issue. Brand new MacBook Air latest version. I've been maybe using it for a month now and ever since the Catalina update the trackpad does not respond for a few seconds after waking from sleep. The delay in trackpad response seems to be increasing as well. I hope apple notices this. Please fix it!!
This makes sense, but what affect might this have if there is a bluetooth keyboard or mouse being used? My Macbook has not been consistent enough with this problem to establish that "doing this one thing" fixes it 100%. This weekend, I've not had it occur one time, and I've closed it to sleep, then opened it later many times, never having the issue one so far. To my knowledge, I haven't done anything that should change the behavior. Very curious why it's so intermittent, at least for some of us.
I have the exact same problem with the VPN it's drives me crazy, i work a lot with VPN connections and sometimes i forget to disconnect and i know it will bite me back when ill return from sleep mode...so annoying!!
I hope apple is reading this issue and trying to release a bug fix!
On my old Macbook Air 2014 i didn't had any issue even with Catalina, this happens only on my new Macbook Pro 2019.
Clearly I'm not the only one with this issue. For me my keyboard and touchpad stopped working. Every morning it's a surprise whether or not they will be responsive. Sometimes they suddenly start working again, sometimes they suddenly stop for a few days.
For me this problem started to occur after I've updated to Big Sure (it started 3 days after the update).
Apple told me that the wire to the keyboard and touchpad isn't working anymore or I've to replace my whole keyboard and touchpad?! Quite strange it does work some days but stops suddenly on other days... Very happy (sorry for you guys still experiencing this problem) that this seems to happen more often. Strangely the problem started for me AFTER the Big Sure update.
I haven't been able to find a way to solve it. I'm just taking an external mouse and keyboard everywhere I go.
Quite frustrating!
Same here, Late 2018 15" MBP with Catalina. I'm wondering if this is something to do with the T2 chips.
Doesn't make any difference whether the laptop is on Mesh or regular wifi.
Yes. It seems to be related to VMware only in my case. It only happens when I use vmware fusion and I have vms turned on.
I am having this issue as well on MacOS 10.15.3 on a MBP 13 (2019). The delay can take anywhere from 10-30 seconds.
im still having this problem and it occurs very often, only when i have vmware vms open.
I too have the latest macos 10.15.3, and latest fusion.
Same same. Brand New MacBook Pro. Clean install. latest os. No 3rd party apps running. Trackpad and mouse not responding for at least 30 seconds after waking up from sleepmode. please fix it.
This is a very helpful workaround. I will try it as well.
I won't mark your answer though because I don't want apple to think it's resolved. It's just a workaround.
Thanks!
Thank you. What to you mean? Attach the sleep mode to Touch Bar. When MacBook wakes up press the sleep mode button to unlock the keyboard which should be unlocked by default?
Yes, this is what I understood.
I haven't tried it yet though because I 'm not using any vms right now.
Thank you. Will give it a try. I'll give apple a call in the next days as my Book is brandnew. They should care.
Keyboard and touchpad lost after sleep
