Keyboard and touchpad lost after sleep

This seems to be an issue in the OS upgrade that is causing polling of bluetooth keyboards ahead of checking for the installed MacBook keyboard. The workaround that I found was: 1. Open System Preferences - Bluttooth. 2. Click on the Advanced button. Uncheck the first two buttons that refer to the Bluetooth Setup Assistant. This worked for me.

The first line in the new 10.15.7 update description says:

• Resolves an issue where macOS would not automatically connect to Wi-Fi networks

Look forward to hearing if this helps anyone who's seen a correlation between this problem and their WiFi.

I have been following this thread for months now, trying all the suggestions, and still I haven't been able to fix this issue. Apple, would you please fix your software !

I've tried disabling bluetooth, I've tried keeping it plugged in, I've tried changing the bloetooth settings. I don't have an external keyboard (used to) nor an external mouse (used to). The most consistent thing I have noticed is that it happens when VPN is running, but even with that I'm not sure it doesn't also happen when VPN is disconnected before I leave the computer. Today it happened with the lid open, plugged in, screen locked, and VPN connected.

Hmm, I can confirm that problem still persist and it's not connected to VPN.

I just run into it. I had wifi connected (VPN off), but my internet connection was somehow disabled on my wifi router.

So wifi on and connected, internet off/disabled.

Macbook can't find keyboard and touchpad, somehow touchbar was working.

As I can see, my logitech mouse that was connected to usb hub->usb-c was not working...

Macbook pro 15 2018, 10.15.7.

Hi everyone,

I've been following this discussion for months, as I have the same issue with my 2020 MBP 13" 4-port. Not sure if Big Sur will fix this or not, but regardless, I developed a reliable work-around: I wrote an Automator Quick-Action called "Bounce Wi-Fi" and put that on my touchbar. It turns off Wi-Fi, sleeps 1 second, then turns Wi-Fi back on. That causes the system to give up on whatever it's doing to hold up the keyboard/touchpad and it all starts working again.

I placed the "Quick Actions" button on the touchbar where Siri normally sits. Whenever my keyboard hangs upon wake, I tap the Quick Actions, then tap "Bounce Wi-Fi" and I'm back in business.

This takes a small bit of coding, but it's not too bad and definitely remedies the issue.

First, write a bash script and call it "bounce-wifi.sh". I put mine in a "bin" folder under my home directory. Here's the script you can copy/paste into your text editor (TextEdit should work):

#!/bin/bash

port=`/usr/sbin/networksetup -listallhardwareports | grep -A 1 Wi-Fi | tail -n 1 | awk -F': ' '{print $2}'`

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setairportpower $port off

sleep 1

/usr/sbin/networksetup -setairportpower $port on

Next, make the script executable by bringing up Terminal, cd-ing to the directory where you saved the script, and type:

chmod 700 bounce-wifi.sh

You should test the script from Terminal by running it from its directory:

./bounce-wifi.sh

Watch your Wi-Fi icon and you'll see it deactivate and reactivate within a couple of seconds.

Once that script works, next make an Automator button for it. Run Automator, click File->New, and choose Quick Action. Here's a screenshot followed by instructions:

1. Set "Workflow receives" to "no input".
2. For fun, I chose a "Refresh" arrow for the Image.
3. From the left side under Library, scroll down and drag "Run Shell Script" over to the right of your quick action pane.
4. In the shell script window, type the full path to your "bounce-wifi.sh" script. For me, it was /Users/david/bin/bounce-wifi.sh.
5. Save the quick action as "Bounce Wi-Fi" and quit Automator.

Lastly, open System Preferences, go to Keyboard, choose "Customize Control Strip..." and drag the "Quick Actions" button to your touchbar. Here are screenshots, showing my Quick Actions where Siri normally is, and showing "Bounce Wi-Fi" when I tap Quick Actions:

Whenever my keyboard/touchpad hang from sleep, I tap Quick Actions then Bounce Wi-Fi and I'm good to go. I hope this helps.

491 people (so far) have clicked that they have the same problem, as shown under the original post, and that’s just this discussion. So I’d say it’s quite common.

Just happened again to me this evening.

Well this is awful, I mean... I never actually turn my wifi off. Do I have to do that each time I go to sleep now. OMG.

I updated. Problem still exists.

Thanks for that update. Not ideal. But good to know. Cheers

BIg Sur system update has fixed this extremely annoying episode.................... about bloody time, Apple.

Has the Big Sur update fixed this issue with everyone? I haven't updated yet, I will probably wait a month or two.