New M1 Mac mini keyboard Lagging

I don't see an option to reset bluetooth on my M1 Mac Mini.

It's really not bad assuming you have backups. You do have backups right? This is the first thing Apple would have you do.

Nope, I have the problem with the new Apple rechargeable keyboard and mouse.

Super disappointed with my new mac mini. Serious lag with a new mouse and keyboard. Fully updated and no resolution in sight.

Same problem with me. Though mine is iMac 2020.

Has anyone experienced this issue since upgrading to macOS Monterey (12.0.1)?

Of course ;-). Apple’s bluetooth is better than the actual standard :-)

If you scroll back a few pages on this support thread, you'll see my comments as follows:

Try the suggestion on this web site. The suggestion is to install a utility called blueutil which supposedly will reset the Mac Mini's bluetooth module using a command line app. I then use a crontab job that will execute this utility (with command line arguments) to reset my bluetooth module at 2 am every morning.

So, check out that link where it described how you can download and install the utility called blueutil. I then have a crontab job on my Mac Mini to run this command every day at 2 am:

0 2 * * *
/opt/homebrew/Cellar/blueutil/2.9.0/bin/blueutil -p 0 && sleep 1
&& /opt/homebrew/Cellar/blueutil/2.9.0/bin/blueutil -p 1

If you're unfamilar with crontab, you can do a Google search for what it is on your Mac, and how you can use it to run commands at regular intervals.

So far, I've been running with no issues for the last few months.

Zallen27 wrote:

And where/how do I find your previous postings for details?

Apple must be fully aware by now that they have a problem worldwide with bluetooth on the M1 Mac mini - that keyboard lag definitely occurs with their own apple wireless keyboards. I showed them a video of it happening on my own M1 mac mini with the latest apple magic keyboard - after which they gave me a full refund (after having the issue for months).

None of the software updates cured it. No one should have to go through the rigamarole of trying to find their own workarounds after paying out hundreds of pounds for this machine.

I could have just kept the keyboard wired in - then everything was OK - By why support a complete fiction that the M1 MAC Mini is wireless / bluetooth capable when it is not?

I'm surprised that the company have not solved this with the different OS updates - unless there is a problem with the actual build of the M1 mac mini - in which case they should own up, do a product recall and offer a rebuilt / redesigned version. But of course that would cost millions, damage the company reputation and reduce the stock market value hugely - so Apple would perhaps prefer to deny there is an issue at all. Has anyone from Apple gone on record to deny there is any problem with the hardware?

A friend offered sound advice when she said never to buy a new Apple (or any computer) product until it was at least 12-18 months old and any problems had been ironed out. That's my policy from now on.

Louis,

Thanks for the information. A little lag on login while still booting is probably normal. What I run into (and I think this is the common theme here) is not really on booting but on waking the computer after some period of idle time, and the effect can make the keyboard about useless even after logged in. I suspect that many of us are not really even configured to have anything other than the screen actually sleep. Generally, rebooting the M1 seems to be the last ditch option for clearing the Bluetooth issue.

Rick

It’s like every week I turn up a new issue with this machine. Only started happening after I disable sleep and it stays on for a couple of days. I have 2nd gen, two-battery keyboard. I’ve gone to switch user to choose restart and end up using the power button because I can’t get the password to enter without a million extra spaces or whatever. Confirmed that it’s this accent thing popping up much more quickly than it should be. I’ll try disabling that feature to see how I get on, but a year later you’d think Apple would have addressed these bugs…

My bet is that you have an older Bluetooth mouse or trackpad too. Try cycling the power on that and see if it clears the problem. If it does, then you need a Bluetooth 3 based mouse/trackpad. The M1 doesn’t do very well with BT 2. You can check the revs of connected devices in the “about this Mac” report

Hey there, this is August 19th 2021... running Big Sur 11.4 in a mac mini 16GB/512GB. I have exactly the same problem with an external keyboard and mouse connected by USB. I tried to move it to the USB-C port and the situation it's the same. This problem it's pretty obscene right? We're talking about the basics here. What can we do? While using edition and post-production softwares it's very important the keyboard, not mentioning to WRITE SOMETHING !!! The mouse also has lagging, gosh.

And where/how do I find your previous postings for details?

Same thing here.

MacBook Air m1.

When in video call the Bluetooth Keyboard (Logitech MXkeys) typing is impossible, with build in it gets normal.