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

"Apple, your careless and arrogant ignorance is deplorable."

The thing is that this is not a universal, and probably not a widespread issue. For example, my and one Mac mini has been working flawlessly for weeks now others have reported the same thing. So either it is a hardware flaw in a small number of Bluetooth hardware devices or it is some kind of software issue that only affects a subset of users.

That's not in anyway meant to minimize whatever issues you are having but my feeling is that the vast majority of M1 Mini users are satisfied. For me it's by far and away the best computer I have ever owned.

Many of us have had these issues and we've been very concerned while waiting for a fix from Apple. It seems that — as you wrote — apple did help with a macOS update that resolved the issues for the large majority of us. I appreciate what they did, and I also appreciate your very comprehensive description of this process.

While it's true many of us who are early adopters had issues, it's important to keep in mind that Apple has been responsive and that we now have one of the most amazing new Macs ever released. We need to keep in mind, as well, that there is currently no other manufacturer of home computers that is so innovative and working as hard to resolve any early release issues.

I'd also like to ask those who have problems with their Macs to read what has been written above, try to use the fixes that have been released, and if they still have issues, then to reach out to Apple and or this community for further support.

This is probably not the correct forum to post this in:

1) Not an M1 Mac Mini

2) A wired mouse, not bluetooth.

I found another thread for you on the Apple Discussion forums that might be more appropriate:

Mouse lag Big Sur

Hope that helps!

While my Bluetooth Matias keyboard now works ok, Bluetooth headsets (Sony XM3 and Apple AirPods) just won't work for anything but listening to music. I spend my days in long meetings in Microsoft Teams and have had to revert to a wired headset and use the microphone in the webcam. On my end I get reoccurring bursts of scrambled sound making me miss vital parts of the conversation, and on the other end they experience similar short periods of my voice breaking up. Wired headset and mic - no problem, so it is not my Internet connection or the Teams server.

Mad a few final adjustments tonight, and installed an update to Mac OS. If the issues continue tomorrow I will be in contact with Apple support.

After a few days where every BT connected item worked as it should - everything stopped earlier today. Physically rebooted MacMini M1 and Magic keyboard would not connect via BT - until I plugged in to USB. After logging in BT seemed to work again. I had Apple keyboard and magic pad 2 with Sony headphones working at the time of failure

Thought I had it fixed after turning the computer upside down and moving the iPhone to the other side of the desk. Worked well for a day, then I received the 11.2.2 update and the scrambled audio and audio drops in MS Teams are back. Will contact Apple support again and see what they have to say.

So, kind of weird, but nothing has changed - software, keyboard, mouse, trackpad, or wifi environment - but been home for 3 hours, and at least once each hour, all three (mouse, keyboard, trackpad) have disconnected and connected again. Still useable, but this is after several hours of no connects/disconnects. Anyone else experiencing this too?

Same mysticism here as well. For weeks my Mini connected to the LG 4K USB-C monitor through the Elgato Thunderbird hub has awoke from sleep every time. Then yesterday, nothing upon waking the Mini from sleep. I have to disconnect the USB-C cable to the LG display a few times before the screen wakes up. Elgato hub or no hub, same issue. The LG doesn't wake from sleep but the HDMI to the Dell monitor always works.

Is it just me that all recent Apple products got really bad bluetooth connectivity? My 11 Pro Max cannot maintain a stable connection with my WF-1000XM3, with the audio dropping or stuttering all the time. From what I heard from other is that only iPhone 11 series had this issue.

Then so I changed to the AirPods Pro. Connectivity did improved but I must say the bluetooth audio is still dropping or stuttering at times but just lesser. Still disappointing...

Upgraded to 12 Pro Max. The same issue is still happening with my AirPods Pro...

Apple just doesn't seem to be getting bluetooth right. It is not all surprising to see their own SoC failing at bluetooth connectivity once again in the M1 computers. Maybe all the problems are related...

I have same problem, magic mouse 2 just can't connect to the new iMac mini M1 . The Imac finds the mouse but when you push connect it won't, saying “The pairing attempt was unsuccessful, click continue to try again” I tried again a hundred time with no success.

Now I use an old Logitech mouse with USB dongle.....common apple fix it.

David-

Specifically, which OWC Hub did you buy? They have a new Thunderbolt Dock (which is new) for $249, an older one available in 2 finishes (Thunderbolt 3 dock), and a Thunderbolt hub (which is new) for $149.

Thanks!

I’ve got this issue as well on M1 mini. I suspect it might be something to do with other devices competing as well.

I'm having issues with bluetooth in general, my logitech MX mouse on bluetooth and or using the unifier skips around. My Bluetooth headsets have lots of static they are unusable.

I’m having same issue with 16gb and 512gb. I had to force shut down from power button 3 time and restart it . Hopefully apple fix this ASAP.

You can only install Big Sur on a Mac M1, you can not install any earlier version be it Mojave, or Catalina.

We don't have these problems on other Intel Macs, just the new M1