Mac Air M1 dropdown menu not responding.

I have updated and mine is still doing it about once a week. This is a stupid problem. The menu works on the right but not on the left. It’s like there’s an un clickable area of pixels. Shocking that Apple would have this type of an issue.

Same problem here. But the reboot is unnecessary – if you lift a lid of the Macbook for a couple of seconds and then close it again, the menubar on external monitor is accessible again. It is just a workaround, but it helps.

Same problem here with my M1 Macbook Air: Every few days after waking the Macbook up (using it in clamshell mode with an external LG monitor), the left side of the menubar is unresponsive. Hot corners also don't work (that's usually how I notice it, because I use the upper left corner for Mission Control).

I haven't found a real solution yet, BUT: You don't need to reboot to fix it, logging out and logging in again is enough.

How to log out if you can't use the menubar: For Alfred users, it's easy, just type "log" in the Alfred search window and it shows a "log out" option. If you don't use Alfred, you can use a terminal command:

launchctl bootout user/$(id -u username)

Where you replace "username" with your actual username (if you want to log out other users this way, you need to use sudo). You could also create an alias for this. Open a terminal, edit .zshrc ("nano .zshrc") and insert this line:

alias logout='sudo launchctl bootout gui/$(id -u username)'

Yep, slightly different as the command above, I just copied what's in my .zshrc. Both works.

Not really a solution, but at least it's more convenient than rebooting.

Same problem with unresponsive menus (normally noticing it in Safari and Google Chrome) occurring on my MacBook Air M1 when I use it in clamshell mode with an LG UltraFine 24 external monitor. The easiest way to get them working again is just lifting the MacBook lid/screen for a few secs (as already mentioned by others here). Not a big issue, so I'm hopeful it will get fixed soon.

I actually returned an M1 Mac Mini due to bluetooth issues. Apple support was unable to fix the issue, or even devote any resources to a software patch so they had me ship the whole computer back. I haven't had to buy a new personal computer in quite some time and I've got to say that the quality of Apple has surely declined greatly.

This is very annoying. Not only can I have just one external screen on my Macbook Pro M1, also this problem makes the only external monitor useless to use. But since @Apple is not responding to this thread, I suppose it is like always - that there is no problem or acknowledgement of the problem until they have a solution...

Sadly it seems that unless it becomes a public issue Apple ignores it. Kind of like the screen delamination issue a few years back. They opened a window of time about 2 years after warranty where they finally acknowledged it and replaced the screens.

I love apple products, I just wish that things like this were a priority for them now, instead of waiting a few years.

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I got so frustrated with this on my MBP M1 that I just told it never to sleep, not the computer, not the monitor. So it's a little bit more hassle because I have to manually turn the monitor off/on and manually switch it when I flip over to my work computer, but it keeps me from having to reboot it just to get everything back to normal.

I have the exact same problem nearly every time my MacBook Air m1 resumes from Sleep (clamshell mode with external display). Workaround (change external display back from 100hz to standard) is also working...

I still have this problem. Switched to a plug in keyboard to minimize bluetooth devices, still have issues with connectivity, the latest being unable to access the dropdown menu. None of the fixes work. It is extremely frustrating to shell out a lot of money for a M1 MacBook Pro to find out it can't even use official apple devices!

Changing the resolution to a higher or lower res and then back alleviates the issue temporarily. It's not a fix but a work around that gets you working again without a reboot. I have had it happen on my M1 Air about once a week and this has worked each time.

it happens on my external monitor (a Samsung 34" Ultra wide) when my laptop is closed. A workaround I’ve discovered through reddit is to open my MacBook to enable its display, then close it again.

Hope this issue will get fixed in the next OS update, it is very annoying for the price we pay for a MBP :(

HI WormEapple - yes this is happening to me also - and I am too frustrated with it!!!!! Apple have possibly done an update and this is the result - another glitch in their software. I have had the issue with Mail, Finder and various Third Party software.

So the question is what is Apple going to do about it.

Regards

Everyone - I found that by changing the resolution on the external monitor - an Apple Thunderbolt 2015 - and then changing it back again to max resolution, it seemed to 'unlock' this issue.

Got figure????????