4th Gen 2020 M1 Mac mini bluetooth issues with Magic Mouse2

It didn't really work until I used the terminal command and I'm very very sorry I didn't save it. I will keep looking for it and post if I can find. The issues were severe but they really have disappeared

Yes, I agree but like I said, I used the reset utility , then this command and then I think I deleted the Plist again manually. Not sure what was responsible but all I know is I have been free of Bluetooth issues for a while now

Good work.

It's been my experience with Apple over the years that bugs tend to get resolved, either somewhat magically or by updates. I don't think I've ever experienced a single issue that persisted for very long. At the moment every single part of my apple ecosystem is working perfectly which is really something compare with my PC experience of many years ago..

I'm having the same issues and its driving me crazy! Thanks for some of the help here. I'm about to get on phone with apple this needs to get resolved I'm a teacher and am powerless when this happens with my kids.

Hey David-

Your story parallels mine form the start. The watch has never done the unlock and nothing succeeds in getting it noticed by the comp-macminM1.. It worked fine on my 2014 MBA but nothing here. Also my bluetooth generally is the worst. I'm returning for a mbpro. Cheers

I'm using an LG 33" TV (via a hub with HDMI) as a monitor ... the M1 under About This Mac, shows the monitor as a 73.5 inch (1920 x 1080) LG TV Display. Upon every reboot the edges of the monitor are hidden in the bezel (half menu bar and half dock and edges not visible). I need to go into system settings / displays and underscan the resolution 1.5 clicks to make it fit. Yes, it can be undersacnned but it resets after each reboot. I have not tried other ways of connecting.

Good decision. I spent an un-succesful hour with an Apple rep on this issue ... said I missed the 14 day return window by a few days so I'm stuck with the cutting edge M1 Mac Mini with wires all over to use it.

I get that same issue with mousepads, but it has happened with every Mac and OS version. It’s not all the time for me, but a few times a month it will get very laggy on mousepad but fine directly on the desk.

While I feel your pain, I cannot agree that Apple products are not reliable. As I have written earlier, I have a brand new M1 MacMini, iPhone 12, a full sized and a mini HomePod, Powerbeats wireless, and an IPad mini. Everything is working more or less flawlessly despite some initial Bluetooth hiccups with the Mac mini, now disappeared. Based on my long experience with Apple, I have no doubt that the majority of people experiencing issues will see these problems fixed. That’s not to take away from anybody’s bad experience but I do not believe this is representative of the vast majority of users like myself.

mmulet3 wrote:

Alas, that lasted about 10 minutes...just had my first disconnect/reconnect/disconnect/reconnect with my Magic Mouse 2, so Big Sur 11.2 beta 2 does not address the problem :(

Ahh that's a shame. I am not that surprised given that the beta was probably way past the point of getting any fixes discussed with the tech support advisors this past week or two included.... The next beta perhaps.....

sgmerley wrote:

But at the moment everyone of my devices is working perfectly. That said, I occasionally get a brief disconnect in the trackpad but it only lasts a couple of seconds.

Well this is exactly the point. A trackpad should never disconnect occasionally. Ive got one on a 2012 iMac, that's been running since then, and it's never disconnected, ever. So for my M1 mini, it's random and impossible to diagnose here. Sometimes my AirPods work perfectly, sometimes not. Never if I walk away a few feet. Yet on the other hand, a Harmon/Kardon Aura 2 works flawlessly. Go figure. (maybe because I have that bubble speaker sitting right on top of the mini?)

"trackpad should never disconnect occasionally"

Well I'm talking about a one second disconnect maybe every three days if that often. In the grand scheme of things I'm not gonna get very worked up about that sorry. Yes it would be nice if they fixed it but if they never do every single other thing about my M1 Mac and every other Apple device I have is working beautifully. I consider that a success

You’re correct not to get too upset about the infrequent and short disconnects you’ve experienced.

Most of us here have had much more frequent and lengthier disconnects that affect productivity and cause us to consider finding new computers. Apple’s response has been so slow that we need to consider it to be a reflection of overall quality.

It was not my intent to minimize yours or anybody else's experience. If this was happening to me, as it was earlier, I would be very freaked out as it was getting impossible to work.

That said however, it's very difficult to say how widespread this issue is since they've undoubtedly sold many millions of M1 units. Fortunately, I don't spend all that much time on user forms but I would suspect that every time there is a new hardware there was some kind of issue like this affecting some subset of users..

I know it's upsetting to be one of those impacted but personally, I've been using Apple products for 25 years and I have never experience a single serious bug that would cause me for one second to consider returning any piece of hardware. Those problems I have experienced inevitably get fixed within different time frames.

But not be able to reliably use a trackpad mouse or keyboard is particularly severe and personally I have no doubt that they're doing the best they can to resolve the issue because it's not in their interest to do anything else. Easy for me to say I know.

Good luck.

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I didn’t mean to imply you were minimizing our plight. You just seemed to be saying you weren’t affected very seriously by whatever is messing up BT. I was agreeing that you can do well with minimal interruptions. I’d gladly have what you’re having.