New M1 Mac mini keyboard Lagging

looking_forward_and_worldwide wrote:

Most likely it's not solvable with software and we're stuck with using a wired keyboard. Mouse seems to be better.

I was able to fix my issue with the bluetooth keyboard and mouse (both Apple) by running a utility every night to reset the Bluetooth Module. This tells me the issue may be software not hardware related. Although this fixes my issues, it may not fix others.

I had managed to rid my M1 Mini of keyboard lag once I had replaced my old Apple trackpad with a new version. Alas, the problem has returned with IOS 15.

The easiest repair is probably to use the shift-option- click on the bluetooth option and reset bluetooth. But if the sensing is really wonky, then cycling power on the new trackpad clears things up too.

Latest Magic Mouse and latest Magic Trackpad both work fine. it is only the latest bluetooth keyboard that is the problem. a wired Apple keyboard works perfectly.

I have the same setup but MX keyboard and a generic Bluetooth mouse and Apple touchpad. All my issues when away when I disconnected the apple trackpad and just plugged it in.

happening to me and Im on a mac mini running Big Sur 11.4

alt + shift - reset bluetooth module from top menu fixed it.

In my experience (Logitech mouse): BT issue. Therefore or Mac firmware update or Mac OS update. Meanwhile, wired mouse.

I cured my keyboard lagging problem by replacing my old, Bluetooth 2.0, Apple trackpad.

Actually I see very sluggish response time on the USB-3.0 ports - if I use an usb-c to USB-A dongle and connect my keyboard/mouse to the USB-C/thunderbolt ports it gets better.

But this is basically unacceptable - specially as the bluetooth connection sucks.

No idea what Apple was thinking.

I've had my M1 Mac for about four weeks now. Magic Mouse and Apple bluetooth keyboard were working great until today. Magic Mouse is working fine. Keyboard latency slowed down to recognizing one keystroke about 2-3 seconds afterwards, and then stopped all together. I tried the shutting down the Mac and restarting, shutting down Bluetooth and restarting, forgetting the device and reconnecting, still nothing. So I am now using the Magic Mouse and a wired Dell Windows keyboard with no problems. I do have my trusty old wired mouse handy just in case... Really frustrated that Apple hasn't figured this out yet!

Its not just the mini I have had this issue on an m1 Macbook Pro. Bluetooth reset resolved it but its not great to have to do that. Wait till you have your first ever Mac full OS crash too, that was special, in all the time I have had a Mac I haven't seen that, now I have seen it albeit just the once.

Its new though right, I think I half expected as a gen 1 adopter of apple silicon that there would be instabilities.

Update on my findings:

1. Shutting down the mac mini causes more lagging. It seems the system has to "wake up". After a short period, lagging seems to disappear now. I have no issues when I leave the system on (sleeping).
2. I noticed recently that I had more lag when another bluetooth device (laptop) was in close range of my mac mini / mouse / keybord.

Well my 3.0 Bluetooth keyboard finally started to lag after ten days. It seems there is still something wrong with how the M1 Macs are handling Bluetooth devices. Could be a software bug as it takes awhile for it to start lagging and it always works after a restart. Still waiting for Apple to say something about this.

I'm using the 1st generation Apple Magic Mouse and the most current generation Apple Magic Keyboard. I'm not using a trackpad or any other devices other than a set of bluetooth headphones. My mouse has been working fine all this time, it's just the keyboard that lags and enters extraneous keystrokes when I use it. A reboot of the Mac Mini or resetting the bluetooth module will fix the issue.

Just started with mine to, did not matter what I did the keystrokes were very slow to register on my M1 Mac Mini. I could resolve with a reboot or disconnecting Magic Keyboard and re-connecting. I guess more Bluetooth issues which makes things rather difficult at times. Might have to go back to a wired keyboard again.

I've tried several bluetooth keyboards and they all exhibit the same sticky key and lag issue. This seems to affect only keyboards. My bluetooth mouse seems to work fine. Resetting the bluetooth module always fixes the problem, but only for a couple of days when the issue resurfaces. Safe mode seems to help but I haven't identified what might be causing the issue yet.