New M1 Mac mini keyboard Lagging

I agree that Apple needs to respond. It does not look like anyone from Apple is monitoring this thread. I tried the “turn Magic Mouse off and on” fix this morning and the keyboard went back to normal. It may be than when more than one non-5.0 Bluetooth device is active, the M1 chip starts losing Bluetooth packets. Will keep trying this until it doesn’t work. If Apple is reading, it may give you a hint at what might be causing the problem.

At least it's not a showstopper! Yes, we all expect perfection but this is a first gen product with the M1. I bet first gen. automobiles costing way more would like to have this problem. Cmd/Shift and re-setting BT preferences is not all that invasive. Just imagine if you had an issue like random crashing or lockups, or nothing but dialog boxes telling you something is either not working or not compatible. I've had my machine for a little over a month and this is the only negative I have experienced. In a world of stuff............

I seem to have cured my Bluetooth keyboard issue by just putting a few extra inches of air between the mini m1 and the keyboard & mouse. Try 24” or so & let me know. I also replaced my usb-c to viewport cable with an Amazon basics bi-directional one, which cured my wake up problems.

keyboard lag is still happening to me too, despite my earlier post; but it is rare now and almost always on waking up the computer. Oddly, cycling power on my older Apple trackpad fixes the Logitech keyboard every time. Go figure.

After my earlier post, I can now report that Apple refunded all my money and took back the MacMini. Such a shame that a beautiful machine was ruined for me by the poor bluetooth connection to keyboard. I will now look for a refurbished intel model or even wait another 12 months, check to see if the issue is resolved and then buy another with an M1 chip. No more Mr Guinea Pig for me.

Strange things are happening: I remodeled my workplace in another room and moved my Mac mini setup. Since then I never had any problems… I‘ll move back the following weeks and am very eager to see if the lags will also come back. It’s so strange and very hard to pinpoint what’s causing the whole thing :/

I needed a new magic kb and mouse for my second location. Since using those I have not had a repeat of this issue at all.

I think it has been said before but perhaps its an issue with older bluetooth devices, I have only seen the issue occur with the older wireless keyboard that takes batteries.

I bought a brand new apple keyboard and had exactly the same lagging issue as with older battery powered apple keyboards. I do wonder if there are some batches of mac-minis that have been defective in some way.

I have the newer magic keyboard and mouse and the problem still persists. If you turn keyboard off and back on, it seems to clear the problem. Still waiting for Apple to at least recognize that a problem exists with the new M1 Mini. Not your stellar company support history here.

Daryn,

I have a new M1 Mini too same age as yours and had the same issue with keyboard and mouse. I had them plugged into a new Thunderbolt ( USB4 ) hub I bought with the Mini. I found others had this same stuttering issue through Thunderbolt hubs so I put them into an old USB2.0 hub I had and plugged that into 1 of the 2 the Mini's USB3.0 ports - Problem Solved !! Not sure from your description if these are wireless or cabled. Good luck - Mike

I mentioned earlier that moving my mini M1 further from my bluetooth keyboard and Apple trackpad seemed to lessen the instances of keyboard lag developing. This jibes with another user who rearranged his office a bit and got improvement. A couple of days ago I also moved my DECT 6 based Uniden portable phone away from my desk altogether. It may be a little early to cry "Eureka", but I am hopeful that I have cured the keyboard flu. I installed 11.3.1 at about the same time, but since there has been no mention of a fix for the bluetooth problem in it, the phone might have been the problem.

I believe that bluetooth operates on 2.4 Ghz, while DECT 6 operates on 1.9 Ghz, so I am a little surprised that there was a conflict, but when I previously moved by mini away from the keyboard, it was also moved farther from the phone. Evidently other types of cordless phones have been known to interfere with bluetooth too.

Is this a submitted, known issue yet? Cause it's horrendous. Latest update didn't do jack. Almost always happens when I wake from sleep or screen lock. Can be fixed by either a restart or plugging the keyboard in, unplugging it, and re-pairing it to bluetooth, which kinda makes the point of bluetooth unecessary.

Even worse is when you wake it up to type in your password that you can't see the characters, the laggy input leads to all sorts of crazy stuff, potentially locking you out.

I have this exact same issue. My Apple Bluetooth Keyboard works fine all day, but when my M1 Mac Mini goes to sleep at night and I try to login the next morning, random characters just fly through the password input box. The only way to use my Mac is to plug in the USB/Lightning cable between the Mac Mini and keyboard. I can only fix the issue by rebooting my Mac Mini.

It's May 19th, and I've been with the SAME EXACT ISSUE. After it wakes up my bluetooth keyboard and mx master 2s lags so bad on my fully loaded macbook air m1 16GB 1TB SSD on 11.3.1. THIS IS INSANE. I see OP has posted this in January . Holy crap...Apple PLEASE FIX THIS, this is totally unacceptable. I'm pretty sure this is a OS X problem as my bluetooth keyboard is not a logitech series like everybody else. You guys seriously need to fix this.

I have a mini M1 with an older battery Apple Trackpad and a Logitech keyboard that lapses into lag mode, usually after a long sleep.

A couple of things that work for me on my M1 when this happens:

a) Turn the trackpad off and then back on. (Even though it is the keyboard that is slow)

b) Shift-Option click on the menu bar bluetooth icon and then "Reset the Bluetooth Module"

Both methods work reliably for me. It beats rebooting if it works :) But yes, APPLE WE NEED A FIX!