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Mac air m1 dropdown menus not working ... safari, finder, or any application, nothing happens when you click on any menu item at the top of the screen... applications work fine, but you can’t use the dropdown menus. Running one external monitor. The problem goes away with a restart. Hoping this is not a recurring problem... wondering if anybody else is experiencing this issue?
All interested...
I had some time and the hung dropdown menus problem reappeared for me, so I looked around a bit thinking it could be related to the external display, so I changed the resolution back to letting the system pick the resolution via "default for display" in system preferences/display. Since i had a 75 Hertz display, I had used that setting and picked the highest resolution, and when I reset it to "default for display", the dropdown menus started working again immediately without a restart. Not sure if this is a permanent fix yet, but it does correct the problem without a restart.
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apparently Apple is quick to care if you mention the B word even though they don’t care enough to address the issue 🤦🏻♂️
Not to pile on but I have this same issue as described by Rootus below in addition to having Bluetooth problems. Does Apple have a fix coming soon or is this just my life now?
Exactly the same problem, and the same solution. Resetting the external display to standard, and the menus is working again.
I have reset the resolution and it still happens, less frequently but at least every 7-14 days.
I'll check if unticking "mirror displays" will make a difference.
It will…any change will for about a week. This is a Big Sur issue.
Same settings with my 32” AOC curved monitor. I’ve had the issue still albeit less frequently. Sadly though my monitor has a 85Hz refresh rate so it shouldn’t have to be reduced in order to work.
Same here. The issue happened when I tried to load Premiere Pro using Rosetta. Dock was unresponsive and restarting it solved the issue.
Same here (4k monitor, clamshell mode). Confirmed that changing the resolution temporarily fixes the issue.
My monitor seems to prefer "Scaled" rather than "Default for display".
Mac Air M1 dropdown menu not responding.
