13" Retina Macbook Pro slight trackpad lag

If it's software related, why doesn't it affect the 15 inch models?!

If I'd only knew if it's a software problem ... 😟

I believe that this issue is specific to MacOS X 10.10 and is device independent. I reported this to bugreport.apple.com and rec'd the reply that my bug report was a duplicate. This is good news because the more dupes an issue gets in Apple's bug DB, the higher it escalates on the priority list. So, get thyself a free developer account at developer.apple.com, file a bug report at bug reporter.apple.com and wait.

In my particular case, a 2009 Mac Pro with a Kensington track ball running 10.9, this cursor delay issue appeared immediately after the 10.10 upgrade. No other changes were made. Thus, I believe that this is a system level bug manifesting itself on all 10.10 devices regardless of hardware. Moving he cursor is the responsibility of the OS, not specific apps.

Seems to be the same problem ...

every mavericks user, except 13" late rMBP, do you have "kernel usb keyboard" log report issue on your console, check it…

Quotation:

"Same problem here, 4 days old Macbook Pro Retina 13" Late 2013. After 5 seconds of keyboard/trackpad inactivity such log line is dumped

Oct 9 20:10:16 XXXXX kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (2)"

Can you confirm this log line? Should only appear when the macbook was asleep.

@ Frank Lowney: Unfortunately it has nothing to do with MacOS X 10.10 :/

I have the same issue and tried multiple external usb mice on Yosemite. No issues on Mavericks, but yosemite has my mouse jumping all over the place. Really frustrating.

I should note this is a Macbook air 13".

@ justinru: I think that has nothing to do with the problem discussed in this forum. We're talking about the trackpad delay at the very first touch after beeing in idle for about 5 sec.

For your problem a clean install of Yosemite might help!

@ all others: According to the users in the other forum, the log line I mentioned above disappears when an usb device is connected. So that really seems to be problem...

Chaps,

This was happening on my 13" Air Retina badly. The delay was half second when it was not on charger. When I plug it in - the issue goes away.

Louis

Any news on this topic?

having the same problem.. Any updates on this?? I was hoping the fix MacBook Pro Retina EFI Update 1.3. would help, but it's only applicable to mavericks and not yosemite os.

It´s a very angry problem....

It seems like the lag is gone when you plug in any USB device(not just a cable) or even SD card!

So, for those, who don't like a small usb receiver or flash drive out of your MBP, try a half SD card special for MBP. It would be a good solution. Plus, it keeps your port clean from dust 🙂

I can confirm flxkn's 'solutions' resolve the trackpad / keyboard delay / lag issue. Brand-new rMBP 13" Mid-2014 would exhibit the same trackpad / keyboard delay / lag after 5 seconds of no input, delay would be in the range of 200-500 ms I'd say, easy to overlook, but still annoying.

Plugging-in any USB device, or even an SDXC card does resolve the delay / lag issue. An SDXC card works for this purpose as the Internal Memory Card Reader device resides on the USB bus. There are various examples of SDXC cards specifically marketed for rMBP that fit flush or close to flush in the SDXC card slot, Transcend's JetDrive Lite 330 is a good example.

Oddly now though after 'fixing' the delay / lag issue with an SDXC card, these messages appear in system.log often:

Dec 12 03:51:34 koan kernel[0]: The USB device Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad (Port 5 of Hub at 0x14000000) may have caused a wake by issuing a remote wakeup (1)

Whereas they did not appear when there were no USB/SDXC devices attached, and the delay / lag issue was present.

@flxkn & natenate: Thank's for sharing theses infos. Especially the tip with the half sd card cause a usb device permanently standing out would really bother me. The "nifty minidrive" would also be an excellent choice for this.

That the message appears though the lag isn't present is indeed very strange...

I recommend to all that have these Problem, report a Bug to Apple. Hopefully Apple recognize it as bug and solve it.

https://bugreport.apple.com/

I'm having similar lag issues on a Late 2008 MacBook Pro 15" 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo running Yosemite (10.10.1).

The issue is just as you describe, it's as though my trackpad/keyboard go to sleep and it takes a second to have to wake up - like there's a delayed reaction.

I tried plugging in an external USB keyboard and this makes typing more responsive, however, the track pad is still a bit laggy at the start. While I have the external still plugged in I find that on the built-in keyboard there's still a delayed reaction when typing - it's almost as though it shuts on and then off at three-second intervals and misses the keys that I'm pressing at the off intervals. Talk about annoying. However, this on-off issue is mitigated when typing on a plug-in version of a keyboard.

I recently replaced the top case to my MBP (it included a new trackpad and keyboard). Still having the same problems. I also recently upgraded to Yosemite (after the top case replacement) and I'm still getting the lag; which might rule out a software-linked problem? At this stage I'd be more convinced if the logic/motherboard are to blame for these lag issues.

Same issue on late 2013 MBP 13'' since day one (April 2014) , solved when usb device is connected.

Apple, why do you solve this??