Command + tap-to-click not working properly on 2021 M1 Macbook Pro

UPDATE:

I found a few things updated all near the same time: Big Sur to 11.6.4, MS Office, GrowlyNotes, Safari, an app CorGen3.

So I deleted apps and restarted, no dice. Unplugged it totally then went into SafeReboot. No dice.

Checked System Preferences > keyboard > shortcuts and Preferences > keyboard > modifier keys

"Cmd" is still there like it should be.

My conclusion is that it the OS update. Submitted a bug report.

Yeah, that's why it has to be something in the OS software, because I found out it was HOW it was done. It's not a Logitech issue because I have been doing this off and on for a while, but that was the first time since that particular update (BigSur 11.6.4). And per that article, it's still in Monterrey. Hope that makes sense.

So it could be bluetooth using different things, like maybe a mouse that gets turned on/off or has an auto on/off - see? Maybe the Trackpad has some kind of "connecting language" that's kicking in every time it's used. I'm not a programmer, but I do know they have to program commands into software for i/o when different things are in use and what governs it.

I did submit a secondary solved bug report, hope they don't blow it off and just blame the keyboard, because that's not the issue. Dang, wish I did understand programming, I could be making the bucks!

FYI, Intel Mac, Late 2015.

I have this exact same issue on 2 brand new MacBook m1 pro's right out of the box. Did same tests as you have and all the same results. I hope this get's the attention it needs from Apple.

Problem still exists in MacOS 12.2.1. Why isn’t this top priority?

Yup, they say known issue but no comment on when it will be fixed. 12.3.1 is downloading on this moment, hopefully it's fixed.....

Hi I'm having the same issue.

I have talked to the geniusbar today but the dude could not find the root cause of it. He said it could be a software issue which I doubt it. In https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252211114, the machine in 2020 has the same issue. It seems can't be the software unless the issue survived the huge OS version change through Monterey. This is either a design defect or production flaw. They have created an esclation for me but I think I'm going to return it. Yes, it's a brand new one. : (

so disappointed...

Still waiting for a fix to. For me as a UI designer I use shift + selecting multiple items a lot. Oc, this is only an issue when working mobile on my Macbook (MB Pro 14” M1 Pro), the purpose of this beast but very annoying and disrupting my workflow. Still have my old 2017 MB Pro and thinking about switching back. It needs to be fixed fast, it is already February!

I agree, tap to click is my preferred click-method. I'm confident this isn't an issue with only some laptops or I would be returning it. I'm hoping for the firmware/software fix, whichever it is. Unfortunately, most people don't use tap to click- which I think is wild. You should be using tap to click and if you don't use it it should feel bad, etc.

I did two things recently: updated to the latest version of Big Sur (11.6.4) and updated my GrowlyNotes app.

Since then the CMD key has gone funky. To get a screenshot I now have to use ALT F4 instead. Googling, looks like not the first time software has messed up the CMD key. I am going to try a few things first to see what helps.

I did check Keyboard > shortcuts and it still has the right thing there, ditto Keyboard > Modifier Keys.

Note: I am on late 2015, Intel iMac

update: In checking my utilities > installation log today I also find that MS Office did an auto reinstall on 2-17, and I did a Safari BenSur 11.6.4 update on 2-23, and an appstore app called CoreGEN3 on 2-24 along with an outside (identified developer) app update a couple days ago on GrowlyNotes. 

I have a bluetooth K380 Logitech keyboard, but I still tried several restarts:

• restart+ctrl+opt
• restart+opt+P+R
• restart+shft
• restart+D
• restart+cmd+R

I am wondering if the BT keyboard (vs wired) is an issue because I couldn't get into safe mode - but that is using the key that doesn't work.... let me try one more time safe mode with the pc key (alt).

No that didn’t work either. So the above restarts probably didn’t even register either. Bummer. I really dislike that Apple no longer even sells a wired keyboard for situations like this. I am going to report this as a bug re the link on pg one here.

So sad news.

I also just discovered that my trackpad has another problem, still about the "tap to click" function: even without press and hold any modifier key, the right side of the trackpard, close to the edge, does not work at all. I can move the pointer by touching the trackpad in that area, but it is impossible to click using the tap to click.

At this point I think it's a hardware problem

I took the space grey model back to the store and came home with a silver (the color I don't want) and it's having the same issue. I'm on with chat support now and it feels like nothing will be done. So now I have a product that I don't want that doesn't function as it should.

0x80,

Sounds good. Looking forward to finding out how it goes.

Best regards.

Bump, having the exact same issue here on a brand new Macbook Pro, hoping this will get fixed.