Choppy scroll on M1 Chip Macbook Air

Can confirm that M1 MBP trackpad scrolling has improved in Apple apps such as Music, Preview, Mail and App Store.

There is still some stutter when the scrolling is coming to a stop (inertia).

I will still report this through Feedback, but this is the most/only improvement we have had for this issue, since macOS 11.0.

Maybe all our complaining finally paid off! 😌

Got my first MacBook Air 2020 with the core i3 256Gb

Confirmed having the same issue which suggests it isn't the M1 but maybe just the new OS

Running Big Sur 11.4 atm.

I can see them fixing this with maybe a software update in the coming months though so not a big deal with me

The computer is a certified speed demon with everything else . iOS on iPad and iPhones has spoiled us lol.

Same problem with my MacBook Pro M1 (Big Sur 11.4). I also have my old MBP 2011 with high Sierra and I can confirm that in comparison with 10 years old machine, scrolling feels choppy and unresponsive. Especially in safari when Inertia kicks in. Only app that I don’t have complains with is apple podcasts, it works without any issues. So my thought is, new MBP M1 really fast (like crazy fast), but not smooth.

I got an M1 Air, the 16gig version more than 6 months ago. The first iteration of Big Sur was fine. After I updated, three times now, the mouse pointer jumps, better, not smooth at all. There isn't a mouse, track pad setting fix. Ive tried it. I am hoping the next update will solve this.

Common Apple, get with it ASAP. Don't disappoint your biggest consumer. iPhone Edge to iPhone 12. From PowerBook 100 to M1 Air. And all the models in between. This is my first complaint through all the years. 😇

Same here, did you try a wired mouse?

i totally agree with you. I have reported in the feedback section. As you said; basic issues 4 months after release, thats not a Apple product worthy.

The pointer speed change didnt fix my problem either. Good to see other users have the same problem. I do not have a faulty device then... (or, im not the only one).

This is extremely disappointing.

Apple prides itself over customer satisfaction and the basic action, everybody performs, on a daily basis is scrolling webpages, documents, etc.

The M1 devices might have great compute performance but it is a small fraction that is editing 4K videos and rendering 3D models.

Even developers spend a lot of time scrolling through code and forums.

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@jonasfromlarvik

How did you manage to get an engineer on the phone?

I have a M1 MacBook Pro and it also stutters when I scroll on Safari, Chrome and some other apps as well. I don't know why so I seeked support from Apple and they said that it isn't a hardware issue. Does anyone else face the same problem ?

Good to know that a replacement has the same issues. Indeed the whole m1 / Big Sur (and Adobe) experience is very frustrating. This user mentioned the problem already in December 2020> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252239061. Using the Magic Mouse 2 makes it even more horrible.

I have an iMac late 2009 with 10.11.6 and the UI outperforms the Mac Mini M1 completely. It's a rocksolid UI experience and although I have 'mistreated' it al lot it never fails or feels unstable.

Mouse in wired mode somewhat improves the low res feeling of the UI but in general it's still horrible, I'm running 11.3.1 now. I don't understand why none of the tech reviewers mention this issue. Sure, the chip is fast but it's the UI I have to work with for 8 hrs per day. It's unbearable and I have no idea if or when Apple is going to fix this.

Especially the glitchy and low resolution visual representation of the UI is horrible to work with. Very curious how the new iMac's will perform. If they have the same issues al lot of people will be disappointed. I do hope it's a Big Sur issue and not a first gen M1 problem.

This is really frustrating. Scrolling up and down is my biggest dilemma. My productivity is being affected and considering that I’m a first time user of mac I was really expecting for more. Really disappointing. Has anyone noticed that laggy scrolling even with the use of arrow up/down keys? I mean it’s obviously not that smooth compared to when you use the track pad. This is driving me nuts.

I have experienced the exact same thing. Whenever there are images to load on a page the scroll starts stuttering & on the notification center towards the end of the Animation.

Did your issue get fixed yet?

At Best Buy I was immediately noticing the OS wasn’t smooth and could stutter. Minimizing windows, the scrolling widgets bar on the side, scrolling web pages. It just felt underpowered and sluggish. Especially after comparing between Window laptops. I though maybe it was just jarring after looking at high refresh rate screens in the store. But at home, I noticed the whole user experience was not up to par.

So, did you call Apple ? What they say ? I have the same problem and it’s so frustating..