trackpad needs double tap on M1 Macbook Air with Monterey

I'm not sure but here i found a possible solution. The problem could be in AirPlay receiver (which is auto enabled in Monterey) in Sharing setting. I turned it off and now testing, seems everything is working correctly

You're not crazy but I don't have the problem on my M1 MBA. You might want to test while in Safe Mode. It may be something you have running.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

Safe Mode and intermittent - that is a difficult one.

No ThirdParty cr@#ware installed.

Normally and will take clues for Senior Contributors here - it may be an issue in User Account.

Consider Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac for Testing if the issue is present there. The account can be removed after testing.

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I've ran into same issue. mbp 13 m1. As you said, it started since upgrading to Monterey, from time to time first tap on trackpad doesn't work and i have to tap one more time. I've talk with apple support and i did all kind of things - changed trackpad settings, switched mac to the safe mode, reinstalled macOs, checked mac with apple diagnostics (ADP000 - no issues found) - none of it help. And yes, everything was fine on Big Sur

CleanMyMac X.app

one notification (one scheduled)

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As a Testament to the damages it does - please see the first 600 posting on the ASC all saying the same ting - Remove it

It's definitely Monterey, I just downgraded to Big Sur and tap to click is smooth as butter again (!)

To add on to @dialabrain something running >>

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This includes AntiVirus, Cleaners, Optimizes, UnInstaller etc.

The The Built in Security  is all that is required.

Daniel Wieder wrote:

Thanks, but the problem is still there in Safe Mode. The problem is intermittent which of course makes it harder to track down.

You're welcome. The fact that it intermittent is one reason I suspect something running that occasionally "steals" the first tap. That and the fact that mine doesn't have the problem. But yes, could be hard to find the cause.

Well, i see a lot of topic about this problem on reddit, macrumors, so it's definitely some broken stuff in Monterey. I just hope apple will pay attention and fix it, there is no other way

Thank again - just finished the MBA M1 upgrade to Monterey from Big Sur 11.6.1 - again flawless and like your - no Trackpad issues as others are experiencing on this question.

But, then again - doubt either of us are using CleanMyMac either.

P. Phillips wrote:

Thank again - just finished the MBA M1 upgrade to Monterey from Big Sur 11.6.1 - again flawless and like your - no Trackpad issues as others are experiencing on this question.

Welcome

But, then again - doubt either of us are using CleanMyMac either.

A more than reasonable assumption.