Magic Mouse, version 2, double-click issues on M Series iMacs.
I would appreciate hearing feedback from anyone using an M-series (M1 etc.) iMac with regards to double-click difficulties using Apple Magic Mice, specifically version 2 .
I purchased, directly from Apple, a new M1 iMac in the spring of 2021. It, of course, came with an Apple Magic Mouse, version 2. Immediately, I noticed that it did not reliably register double clicks (such as when trying to open folders in Finder to opening email in Mail or opening documents in Pages).
For a long time, I wondered if it was me. If it was the speed at which I double-click, the way I hold the mouse or how steady I hold it.
A couple years ago, I called Apple Support who replaced the mouse.
Since then (within the last three months) I took it to a local Apple authorized service center where they were, not only, immediately able to recreate the problem on my iMac but on their own (shop) iMacs of the same vintage. The repair technician told me that he, like me, initially wondered if it was the way he used the mouse (double-click speed, way he held it etc.) blaming himself.
Trying to solve the issue, he was able to replicate it on his own iMacs, the technician (and shop owner) replaced my mouse again (twice) as well as the logic board (but, strangely, not the I/O daughterboard). He was also able to eliminate interference from the Apple Magic Keyboard, iMac power brick and chord and prove that his own shop Apple Magic Mice, versions 2 had the same issue on my iMac as well as his own iMacs.
Finally he noticed that the issues did NOT exist using a cheap corded USB-C mouse or an Apple Magic Trackpad, version 1.
I have been able to recreate the same issue(s) with other bluetooth mice (such as Logitech Logi MX Anywhere 3 Mouse for Mac), a $90 "premium mouse" which means its not the Magic Mouse design specifically.
Finally, I have, since, spoken with other people claiming they have experienced the same issues.
Adjusting the tracking and double-click speeds for the mouse have absolutely no effect.
I can immediately recreate the issues on a freshly scrubbed SSD with absolutely nothing else but macOS installed.
Sometimes trying to open or manipulate files can be a very aggravating experience taking several attempts.
The more time I have spent with it the more it looks like a timing issue with macOS (Big Sur, Monterey, Ventura and Sonoma so far) or an unresolved design defect somewhere within the M-series iMac hardware design.
I would appreciate hearing back from anyone who has noticed the same issues, especially if they have questioned themselves as being the problem. Apple seems to think I am the problem despite having the same issues recreated and documented by Apple-certified repair personnel in Apple authorized repair facilities.
Thank you.
iMac (M1, 2021)
