Mac Mini M1 - Bluetooth Drops & Wake Thunderbolt Display

Looks like it solved to me. My Mac mini is now able to keep the bluetooth devices connected and unlock with my Apple Watch. I have shielded a usb cable from a external HDD using aluminum foil that seemed to help on the drop connections between bluetooth devices. It's ugly but I have put the Mac under the table for now.

Hello, I have some bad news for you regarding the LED Cinema Display problem. I have the same monitor and chatted with Apple support. They pointed me to this technical spec page about the Mac mini. It shows that the Mini DisplayPort is not supported on the Mac mini. I am constantly unplugging and plugging back in the monitor.

(UPDATE) Hey gang. I bought a cheap $100 HDMI monitor plugging directly into the Mini's (M1) HDMI port and have had zero issues so far with waking it waking up. I currently have it set to 15 minutes till it goes to sleep. Just puting it out there.

Also, the Lock Screen may help with Wake issues but it doesn't resolve the Bluetooth Drops which are so frustrating. Just had another one where keyboard and trackpad both stop working. They work if you plug in the lightning cable to re-establish connection but once you unplug cable they stop working. Requires a restart to get them stable again.

Same I experienced the same issue , pixels on the screen , I switched over to my gaming HDMI to see if it would fix it and it was still the same thing . When ever my Mac goes to sleep , it doesn’t wake up the display after taping the screen and moving the mouse . I had to return it and will purchase a new one to see if that fixes it. It could either be a hardware or software issue , I just hope they are able to rectify what the issue is

This may not be an ideal long-term solution given your dock connections but see if you can try connecting the Dell directly to the Mini via HDMI 2.1 - this worked for me and I have had zero problems in the past 12 hours including overnight sleeping of the system/display. I am not sure why this fixed it versus the trouble I was having with TB3 but it may be worth a try for troubleshooting purposes.

Yes. Same here. Was using USB-C to DP that came with my LG 4K monitor. As a last resort tried using HDMI cable that came with the monitor and haven't had a problem since (fingers crossed).

I just got my old Apple Cinema HD (23") display working by using an Apple DVI to HDMI adapter to a Apple HDMI to USB-C adapter, but I'm now experiencing the display not waking from sleep either. Keystrokes or mouse movement doesn't wake the screen. Grr.

I was just using what Apple sets as default out of the box for Energy Saver and adjusted to 3 hours.

I will try the Lock Screen approach and see if that works as a workaround, just one of those things don't always remember to Lock Screen if you walk away.

Regardless, it's still an issue Apple will have to address.

Hi,

Not exactly the same... but...

Just bought a base model MacBook Air m1 chip.

when I connect my MacBook Air, with m1 chip, with an usb-c to HDMI adapter (no matter the model and or make of the adapter tested 5) the wifi falls ... does not turn off just fails (wifi signal keeps high but no connection to web) a few seconds after web connection resumes....

This does not happen with neither of my other MacBooks (air or pros intel version).

Hope a fix soon!

I am experiencing the same issues out of the box with a brand-new M1 Mac Mini. I have been unable to wake the computer a single time since setting it up without having to do a hard reboot. I also had the bluetooth issue with my Magic track pad 2 - it was stuttering all over the place until I hard wired it. Keyboard appears to work fine.

I also experience long boot times which is preceded by a strange green screen before seeing the Apple logo which I have never had happen before with any Apple product.

Seems like this forum combined with many reports across the web indicate the new M1 Mini is "not ready for prime time." What's worse is I just experienced the worst Apple support chat I've ever had where "Step 1" of troubleshooting was the guy asking me to re-install Big Sur. I told him this was a documented issue on the community forums and I don't have several hours on a Monday morning to try re-installing OS as the "first step" of troubleshooting this issue and he basically told me "oh well, I guess I can't help you then."

I was told "if this was a "known issue" there may be an update at a later time but until then we can troubleshoot. Would you like to continue to troubleshoot?" Then every time I asked about why they can't replace my brand-new BROKEN computer with a new WORKING computer I was told "we do not send replacements. Would you like to continue to troubleshoot?"

Next response: "Would you like to continue to troubleshoot?" Next response "Would you like to continue to troubleshoot?" So infuriating to have to go through this with a new $1000 computer. It just doesn't work.

So I will give this problem 48 hours or so to try and debug and work itself out, otherwise the M1 is getting returned and I'll try Silicone again next year I guess.

I am extremely disappointed to have to go around and around with support with this when this is a brand-new computer that should turn on and work out of the box. I guess that is too much to ask these days.