Tap-to-click issue on MacOS 12.0.1

The "running out of memory" that several people have reported seems, at least in most cases, to be associated with changing the cursor color. If you changed and are seeing this problem, reset the cursor to the default and it should go away.

Hopefully this too will fixed in a coming update.

Same issues here. Tap to click fails about 2 or 3% of the time. Even when I turn it off, the cursor seems to "cut out" once in a while, failing to move right away, jumping around, or stopping scrolling. Happens with the built-in trackpad or Magic Trackpad, and it's a new 16" MBP M1 Pro, so I can't downgrade.

I messed with some settings and it seemed to stop happening for a while, but after a few hours it was back to its old ways.

I hope they fix it soon, because as much as it's nice to have a 120Hz screen and a fast processor, they don't matter if the main way of interacting with the device is choppy. It feels like handling macOS with slippery fingers.

Nice one. I have done likewise and a follow up call with the senior support team was scheduled for today but my 2017 MacBook Pro suffered intermittent screen failure when opening and closing so it is away for repairs - what are the chances! When it's back with a reliable image on screen I will connect with them again, though I think they will only tell me what they told you: wait for next update. I'm curious, did support capture data from your machine while you were using the trackpad to try and pin-point moments when these phantom clicks occurred? They did with me.

Hello,

I am sorry to hear about the screen failure on your MacBook Pro. I do hope it gets resolved very soon!

Regarding the trackpad issue, no such data was captured or requested. They only asked me to do the following:

1) Run the machine on safe mode- issue persisted

2) Run a first aid on the hard disk drive- issue persisted

3) Clean install of macOS Monterey- issue persisted

It was at that point that they asked me to wait for the next incremental update as its been raised to the software engineers. I really do hope the next update fixes this. If not, then my user experience on this machine is basically compromised and thats most unfair.

I hope this helps, and good luck with your MacBook!

Ali

Thanks. Same for you.

Those same steps were taken with me. Resetting SMC and NVRAM I did myself. Booting in safe mode as advised online with Apple. Creating a new user/administrator account and transferring across to that - deleting the old one. New Install etc. The issue persisted thus they decided to capture some data. Surprises me that the same was not done with you.

I think the problem has to do with conflicts involving remote access across devices - not a function that I personally use... but that's just a hunch. I don't know enough.

All I know for sure is that my user experience is also compromised, Ali. I'm trying to go back to hard clicking, just in case there is no light at the end of the tunnel.

It is so that the gesture is often not recognized the first time and I have to perform the gesture several times with my fingers on the trackpad until the system reacts. This happens in all applications where I want to zoom (e.g. Preview, XD, Illustrator). I only noticed this since the update to Monterey.

No settings were active in the Zoom settings in Accessibility. This is not the reason. I think it is a bug in Monterey. And a pretty bad one at that. This problem with the pinch-to-zoom gesture is a real productivity killer. I use this gesture extremely often in my daily UI and graphic design work. I have always argued to my management that I want to work with a Macbook instead of a Windows notebook because I am much more productive with it due to the better usabilty. This argument should still be valid and I hope that Apple will quickly remedy this.

I have the same issue on an M1 Pro 16" with Monterey 12.0.1 and it is extremely annoying. It is enough to take it in for a refund. I think it has to do with the internal polling rate of the trackpad which is too low. Needs to be at least 250hz. If I had to guess it is 60.

Glad to hear Apple is aware of the issue!! Fingers crossed for 12.0.2 very soon. It's most definitely Monterey related. Clean install made no difference.

As I've relied on tap-to-click since its introduction, it's especially jarring to not get any response. I tap, need to wait and see if it did get the tap, and if not, tap again (or sometimes a third time). It severely downgrades the Mac experience (as it would on any OS, TBH).

I don't like using taptic-click both for the extra physical effort it requires and the fact that it's quieter. I can go for hours using only the trackpad for input. I like quiet.

Hey guys, today I handed over my laptop for repair (about other problem, with the screen) but i told about tap-to-click issue as well. They said that they know about it, and many people come with this issue but on hardware level everything is fine and they can do nothing. They send diagnostic data to apple but haven't received answer from apple yet

If I do the test on my Mac running Big Sur 11.6.1 then I score 100% as well - no phantom clicks.

With Monterey - 6% failure, and that's if I'm lucky...

A very different experience indeed.

The novelty of the improvements in Monterey appeased me somewhat initially but it's like driving a Rolls-Royce on a road littered with a plethora of potholes.

Last night I had an instance where it seemed like my improved experience suddenly reverted. I immediately went and did the test again, and surprisingly got 100%.

Still definitely not fixed, though. While improved from before, I do still have missed clicks and even jumping cursor.

FWIW, I was going through some drives I have that haven't been used in a while and I found an installation of Mojave on one. For giggles I fired it up and, voila, perfect tap to click success. Sure it's hardware, Apple! Sure...!

To boot, Mojave was much snappier than Monterey all around, and that through a USB cable. Monterey has a lot of issues AFAICT.

Monterey OS issues with SIRI and trackpad https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253356909?answerId=256318846022&page=1,

where is apple support where is any of there developers? What I paid for? Can they take their machine back because I spent only for good experience not for this kinda ****.

I'm using a MBA 2017 intel one and I'm experiencing the same since got the Monterey.

Moreover, I'm experiencing some clicks from where the pointer is not placed, once I tap after placing the pointer where I wanted. I Hope Apple will release a bug fix ASAP.