How to fix randomly stuck Magic Mouse after Sonoma M1 Pro update

Robi Presotto wrote:

Apple needs to improve the upgrade cycles and how they deliver new features. It's not acceptable to get so many issues as we have lately.

I'm sure Apple developers are doing a good job in releasing upgrades. I don't find any problems with those upgrades. No one forced me to upgrade. I did that on my own free will. My MBP is running Sonoma 14.1.1 and both the Magic Mouse and the Magic Trackpad are working well. The battery usage is excellent. On power, it goes to ~80% and stays there with optimised charging mode. And, it is a 4 1/2 year old MBP.

I'm having the exact same problem with a two day old MBP whether I use the trackpad or a regular bluetooth mouse. It freezes up. It will move the cursor but not respond to click requests.

Restarting will fix it but it reoccurs.

It's a software issue, not a hardware failure.

OK I had the same issue which started when I had turned night shift on in Display settings. As soon as I switch back, the mouse issue went away. This might be a differnt issue but if you have night shift switched on, just try turning it off

Having the same issue now for more than 2 weeks. Latest Macbook Pro (2023) and after the Sonoma Update it startet. On my Mac Air i dont have that problem, as i did not update there yet... Also my wireless keyboard gets disconnected constantly. No other Bluetooth Devices around, that could interfere. Super annoying, as i need the mouse and keys to work.

AchterDeWelt wrote:

Well, still the same mouse that you buy in the apple store. Should be working with their 3.5k macbook no?

It could be that the emulation part of software for the Magic Mouse might not be working well with your silicon Mac. It works absolutely well with my > 4 1/2 years old Intel MBP. Even the Magic Trackpad works well too. And, on Sonoma 14.1.1.

Also, we all seem to have the same problem. Why opening a new thread.

People don't have the same problem with their devices. They may look alike, but not always the same. If you open your own thread, other users, who'd try to help out will ask you questions, trying to find solutions.

I'm having the same problem. It just started happening when I upgraded to Sonoma. I will select something in a drop down menu and it jumps to the selection below it or above it. For example, in photoshop I'll select JPEG in the drop down menu and the mouse jumps/skips to the option below it that says JPEG 2000. Even when using the pen tool in photoshop it's skipping, when I let go it moves. It skips and isn't making an accurate selection. I thought maybe it was just Adobe programs but I guess not.

I am having similar issues since updating to Sonoma (now on v.14.1), but with my Apple Magic Track Pad. Frequently during a day's work a tap is read as a 'mouse down - hold' gesture and the item that I have simply tapped gets dragged around the screen until I can get it to let go. This is happening on a M1 Mini AND - Please Note: with the track pad plugged into the Mini with a Lightning cable (no bluetooth involved). This is a pretty big annoyance - but has not directly led to any data loss yet - although it did make a hash of my Google spreadsheet yesterday. Fingers crossed for a fix in 14.xx.

It does not help. I have a new Mac Studio M2 Ultra, running Sonoma 14.2.1, and I can scroll with the magic mouse fine in Google Chrome. But I cannot scroll in Safari.

Apple needs to get their act together on this - I did a search, and this issue seems to come up all the time.

Never had this issue until I updated to Sonoma. Managed to resolve on the first version I installed but it's occurring again in latest update 14.3.1. Apple just aren't the company they used to be. Stop trying to add so many trendy consumer gimmicks and just give us an OS that isn't glitchy.

I too have had the mouse pausing 3 to 5 seconds as it moves, since the upgrade to Sonoma 14.1. Just to be to double check that it wasn't a mouse, I swapped the mouse out with a 3rd party wireless mouse. I then tried a wired optical mouse just to rule out the mouse. Same "sticK occurs. Since it was a clean boot install where I wiped the drive and used Time Machine to restore, I created an entirely new boot USB thinking it may have been a poor boot image creation. When that one showed the same results, I created one via SSD and USB-C enclosure drive. I was thinking something may have occurred due to poor performence of data transfer. Once my 27" iMac 2019 boots into Sonoma, the mouse hangs or sticks as its moved. The only time I don't see it "stick" is when the mac is booted in recovery mode with no association under the Sonoma OS. As soon as you have the option to install Sonoma, the mouse hangs. This occurs long before the OS install. It is booted under Sonoma boot OS so the same bug appears. I booted back into into Ventura with another boot USB and the problem disappears. I am a believer in Apple and believe in getting all the facts to resolve a problem. I am also a believer in being proactive. Bugs like this are not intentional but this one is definitely an issue. I hope I helped.

update: while I have not had issues while browsing/photoshop in the last few months, I can no longer use quicktime or will lose mouse control, and my m1 pro macbook pro hangs entirely or becomes sluggish until I force quit quicktime (which also happens in a most sluggish fashion). So my 'fix' is to not use Quicktime to watch videos and use VLC instead WITH NO ISSUES. No I don't want to reinstall the OS and hope that works, no I don't want to jump thru hoops because Sonoma broke something and Apple is reluctant or doesn't yet know how to fix the issue. But it sure seems like a 'it just works' problem that Apple should fix on its end, not have me troubleshoot and root around for an answer.

>>It seems pretty clearly related to an external monitor — unplugging it always fixes the problem

I have the problem with an iMac and no external monitor. Upgrading to 14.4 helped for about an hour. (Logitech mouse)

I will test this out, thanks for suggestion.

I am still having dead mouse issues where I have to shut off the mouse and use trackpad on M1 Pro Macbook Pro for a short time before turning the mouse back on to get it working again; and also can't use Quicktime to play movie clips (quicktime/mouse acceleration issue?) because soon after a clip starts playing, the mouse goes dead and then the system hangs. I have to force a restart and then use VLC or other movie player, and then no crash/hang, Mac runs like a top. Manifested with the advent of Sonoma. A fix for Apple to make. And No, I shouldn't have to revert back to previous OS. I didn't cause the issue.

I tried Sudeeshn's suggesting in display options but that also does not fix the problem . . . so now from more reading wondering if it has something to do with being connected with external monitor. I will disconnect the monitor and if mouse still freezes randomly, or when playing a quicktime movie I have to force restart, that will remove yet another possibility and send the issue pointing again directly at Apple having a mouse bug. If the problem is resolved, then why the h does having an external monitor connected cause the problem?

I also had quicktime movies locking up my system since upgrading to Sonoma. Here's my next question - how many of those here are connected to an external monitor? I disconnected mine and the quicktime/mouse lockup disappeared. Is there some conflict between external monitors and mice with the update to Sonoma? I did not have the quicktime problem before upgrading... I have an Asus monitor.