Has Apple Acknowledged Memory Leaks Mac Mini M1 16GB RAM. Perpetually Dismal Performance.

I'm using a Mac mini M1 2020 with 16GB RAM. I have had nothing but trouble with the BT connection on this Mac. But while this issue was common in the early years of the M1 Mini it seems that the BT issue is resolved with progressive OS update ... yet for me these issues persist. Over the years I have consulted with Apple ... they had some geek contact me and run some scripts for me to give them feed back but I never heard more from them. I've brought the thing to an Apple Store and they found no problem ... BT worked just fine in their store. But the issues still persist. To surmise ... I cannot use a BT keyboard or mouse of Apple or other brand on my mini. The connections lasts only a few seconds. Apple headphones connect but often lose connection ... simply when I turn my head and Im literally only 3ft away from the mini. I have had better success with Logitech mouse and keyboards using a Logitech USB antenna BUT even these play up when I am really busy ... i.e. using the mini with multiple apps. In particular, MS Word with pasted in graphics, WhatsApp, Safari on YouTube and on FB, iMovie with large files and most common failures happen (I think) while other heavy tasks are being conducted in the background ... like backing up processes. By failure I mean mouse jumps or lags or keyboard seems disconnected and or severe even distorted relay of keys typed. The quick fix is to disconnect and reconnect the logic dongle ... least for my input process ... BT still is of no use alternately and any time ... but App processes often stall ... cut and paste won't work (sometimes due to keyboard disconnect) but sometimes cos their is overload on the RAM. I often get running out of RAM warnings from my "Clean My Mac" App. I have come to the conclusion that memory leak must be the culprit over and above the BT issues. Most frustrating is that I am unable to demonstrate this to Apple ... it does not happen when you want its to ! Does anyone else have this issue and has there been a fix or any acknowledgement from Apple ? Unfortunately in my neck of the woods Apple won't look to fix something unless you can demonstrate the problem.

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Posted on Dec 27, 2023 6:46 AM

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What all is connected at home that wasn't connected at the Apple Store?


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Dec 27, 2023 7:40 AM in response to HongKongJohn

What all is connected at home that wasn't connected at the Apple Store?


We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

Using EtreCheck - Apple Community


EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/


Thanks for Old Toad’s etrecheck instructions…

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Use the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

Dec 27, 2023 9:55 AM in response to HongKongJohn

Poorly shielded high speed USB/Thunderbolt cables, external drives, display cables and other devices can cause Wi-Fi and Bluetooth interference. see > Resolve Wi-Fi and Bluetooth issues caused by wireless interference - Apple Support


You should try rearranging your setup so that all of these cables and devices, are behind or to one side and not near or in-between the Mac mini and Bluetooth devices. You might also need to put the Logitech USB Receiver on a short shielded extension cable. Another option that has helped others, is to stand the Mac mini on its side, so that your wireless devices can get a better connection with the Mac mini's wireless antenna on the bottom cover.

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