Mouse cursor lags with external monitor

Updated to Mavericks 10.9.3 and still have the problem.

MBP Mid 2012

Dell P2314H

Mini DisplayPort -> VGA Adapter

Apple Magic Mouse

Tried:

Sleep for 10 seconds (works for a short moment and then gets back)

Open MacBook (realized that trackpad is not laggy at all)

Microsoft USB Mouse (It works)

Microsoft Wireless Mouse (same problem)

Dell Wireless Mouse (It works)

Not grounded power cable

Will try:

Different adapter

Display Port option in monitor

It ***** so much, i'm probably going to sell this MacBook, its my first Mac and i got two problems in a week (this topic problem + bluetooth headset), Apple seems to not care.

Having this same issue with my acer 1440p monitor hooked up to my MacBook Air 2013 using miniDP-DP. How is this not fixed yet??

The above solution did not fix the issue for me. If I cannot use a mac laptop with an external monitor / keyboard setup that is a gamebreaker for Apple.

Currently running OS X 10.9.3 and still experiencing pretty significant lagging with the wireless bluetooth mouse. Running two external LG/23''inch monitors via HDMI to USB adapters. Have turned off and back on, changed batteries, deleted old system pref, and still the curser lags. Any suggestions?

-HamsteakStudios

15''inch (mid 2012) MBP

240GB SSD Kingston HyperX

16GB Corseair RAM

I am currently running OS X 10.9.3 using a Dell u2713HM and experience significant jumps despite the hope from some posts that 10.9.3 would fix it. I've tried the displayport version changes as well as dissabling DDC/CI. I've shut it off, unplugged it, rebooted, shut down, plugged the mouse USB direct to the macbook pro, etc and had no luck. I would say every 10 seconds or so the mouse jumps as much as half of the monitor. I just received the monitor last week. Prior to using the new monitor I had never experienced this problem. Any suggestions?

I have the same problem. Macbook Pro 13 with Retina late 2013, Dell U2211H (via hdmi-dvi adapter, monitor doesn't have hdmi-port), Logitech Anywhere MX. Logitech driver is installed, OS X 10.9.3 😟 Apple, wake up!

I am also experiencing this issue running 10.9.3 on a Macbook Pro Retina 15. I am using two Apple-brand display-port/Thunderbolt to dual-link DVI adapters to two Asus 2560x1440 monitors. Video is great, but the mouse frequently lags or moves unevenly.

I'm running 10.9.4 and Logitech Control Center 3.9.1 and also has the lags.

When I have no monitor connected, the mouse cursor is smooth without any problem, but when I connect my Dell U2713HM the mouse is laggy almost every 10s. In Logitech Control Center and Unifying SW I can see that mouse is active and when I see lag on the screen in the software shows mouse inactive..

Is there any new solution?

Hi, I have a very similar issue, although the problem only occurs when the external monitor is powered off (or displaying input from another source whilst still connected to my Macbook.)

I have a Late 2013 13" Retina Macbook Pro running the latest Mavericks (10.9.4) and I connect it to a BenQ GL2450H monitor using a HDMI cable via the Macbook's dedicated HDMI port. I also connect the monitor to a PC via the DVI input, and regularly switch the monitor between the two sources. This was working fine until very recently.

However, over the last few days (since the 10.9.4 update I think) if I turn the monitor off, or switch it to the PC, the mouse on my Macbook keeps freezing up (in fact, I think it's the display itself that is freezing, rather than the mouse which appears to 'jump' every time the display recovers.)

As soon as I switch the monitor back on / change the input source back to my Macbook, everything works perfectly again! Literally the second I hit the power switch in the monitor, the Macbook is restored to normal operation. If I power off again, the freezing starts once more. As far as I can tell, the Macbook is running perfectly normally otherwise, even when affected by the freezing issues. There are no processes eating up all my CPU / RAM. I've also tried resetting both the SMC and PRAM.

Has anyone else encountered this issue?

Thanks,

James.

Yep, I have exactly the same problem as you have!

I have connected 24" Samsung SyncMaster 2443 via HDMI-DVI and when I turn it off, my mouse is laggy and freezing constantly.

It's quite irritating

MBP Late 2013 Retina 15" latest OS X

I'm not sure. I have my MBP just for 2 weeks now. When I connected my monitor at first, I just get strange lagging mouse cursor from my Logitech Performance MX . No change after update and than after few days it disappeared. Now I noticed the same problem as you have

Ok guys, this is really strange. I seem to have fixed the problem!(or at least mine)

This is my setup:

MBP Retina 13" - Late 2013

1x LG 24" (24MP76) bought 2 months ago

1x LG 24" (24MP76) bought a week ago, seems to have a newer firmware or revision

The HDMI->MiniDP cable was connected to the "older" display.

The HDMI->HDMI cable was connected to the new display.

By switching the HDMI->MiniDP cable to the "new" display, the problem disappeared. I'm unable to get the cursor lag again.

I've tried putting the computer to sleep, shut down the monitors, change display setup in System Preferences. Unable to get the cursor freeze/lag again!

Well, experiencing this too.

Setup:

OS X 10.9.4

Macbook Pro 15" Late 2013 with nVIDIA chip

miniDP to VGA adapter i just bought today

an LG W2452T as external monitor

I'm gonna test this with a Samsung and another Monitor by a dead brand i don't even know the name of anymore just to be sure it's not my monitor acting up. Although, i had it connected to a linux desktop some days ago.

I have a Macbook Pro Retina 15" mid-2012, connected to an Apple Thunderbolt Display, and I'm having the same issue with my Magic Mouse on the Yosemite GM. Huge lag, and unfortunately, disabling transparency in the Accessibility settings didn't help.

Ive had this same problem for the last 3 years on 2 different macbook Pros (17" early 2011 & latest mid 2014 MBP fully spec'd out) - and an apple thunderbolt monitor. The weird thing is that it just comes and goes from day to day. I can't find a pattern. It really *****. I bought the new mbp to fix the problem, but it didn't.

I have a late 2012 27" iMac with an Asus PB278Q external monitor connected via mini display port to display port. I have the the same cursor lag/eratic cursor issue with a bonus of both displays sometimes just being black. The cool part is that when both displays are black the cursor is visible and doesn't lag. Awesome. I bought several cable thinking that was the problem. The apple display always come back if I just unplug the cable from the mini port, and sometimes comes back if I turn the Asus off, although it can take a few tries. This is my work machine so this is very annoying. I had high hopes that Yosemite would solve the problem but it has not.

I'd also like to mention that this is my 3rd iMac, the other two have been replaced under apple care for excessive image retention. This one has it too but there is no fix and I can't afford to be without the machine while they're (not) fixing. Apple is really on a roll.