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JF- Author

Level 1

1 points

Bluetooth Magic Mouse lag / stutter .. , Apple Keyboard lag / stutter

Hello,

I recently installed fresh Yosemite OS X on my MacBook Pro, and I'm noticing a lag when I move the Magic Mouse or when I scroll up or down. With the Keyboard, sometimes I have to wait for half or a 1 second so the letters to be printed on the screen.

Did anyone faced the same issue ? I googled many forums and many people are facing the same issue even with upgrade from Mavericks to Yosemite.

Appreciate your help!

Thanks,

Joe

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Nov 5, 2014 4:14 AM

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RoseMoonstone

Level 1

8 points

Posted on Mar 16, 2017 3:19 PM

Thank you for posting your solution. It has helped for me. I have a MacBook Retina, 12", Early 2016 withSierra 10.12.3 and had the same problem. My mouse lag and stuttering is resolved simply by removing and reinstalling the same batteries in my keyboard. Thank you again!

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BetuUuUu

Level 1

0 points

Jun 13, 2015 6:27 PM in response to BetuUuUu

That didn't worked; I had to open my macbook ( from 2011 ) following this instructions:

Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) on your Mac - Apple Support

this should do the trick; I've tried everything and this was the thing that worked to me

acrein

Level 1

4 points

Jun 15, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Xith

Disabling handoff has also - so far - resolved my issue.

acrein

Level 1

4 points

Jun 17, 2015 6:10 AM in response to acrein

Update: my trackpad lag/stutter has not returned since turning off Handoff on my Mac 2 days ago. I'll keep updating every few days.

Jun 19, 2015 11:37 AM in response to acrein

Disabling handoff is working for me so far as well.

acrein

Level 1

4 points

Jun 19, 2015 2:03 PM in response to JF-

Haven't had the problem return in the four days since I disabled Handoff. Also, haven't missed having handoff.

acrein

Level 1

4 points

Jun 21, 2015 5:21 AM in response to acrein

6 days now, and the problem has not returned. It feels like turning off Handoff has resolved the track pad issue for me.

Jun 25, 2015 1:34 PM in response to JF-

So this still turns up every week or so. The only way to get rid of it to make the mouse usable is to delete all my bluetooth prefs and reboot. It usually happens after the mac has gone to sleep a few times. The other irritation where the mouse disconnects every hour or so then reconnects happens more after the unit goes to sleep and wakes as well.

All of this is new since Mavericks, and is at least slightly better in Yosemite (the wifi problem is finally resolved - that was even worse than the Bluetooth mouse problem, though I'm sure it's related). But that's no excuse - it worked fine before and now it's broken, for two major OS releases. There are lots of ideas about why this is broken out on the net, and really Apple should just friggin fix it (go look around if you can't figure it out). I shouldn't have to turn off features like BT PANs, or toggle WiFi settings or disable Handoff, or anything - it should just work. We aren't talking about anything special here, this is a mouse.

Kevin N.

Jun 25, 2015 1:36 PM in response to Captain N.

acrein

Level 1

4 points

Jun 26, 2015 4:30 AM in response to Scanty Chunk

The problem has still not returned for me since disabling handoff.

Jun 30, 2015 12:19 PM in response to Captain N.

You know it's all Apple's screw up when the same exact hardware performs flawlessly on Microsoft Windows 10 (a preview build, not even final software) in Bootcamp better than it does on Apple's OSX.

Every few minutes this ****** thing disconnects from my Mac. I'm going to delete all my prefs - again.

I wish someone at Apple actually cared about any of this...

Jul 7, 2015 7:32 PM in response to Captain N.

I may be premature, but I haven't had a problem in the last few days since the latest OSX update (10.10.4) which maybe have finally fixed this problem.

Jul 14, 2015 6:22 PM in response to Captain N.

Well, I doubt the update has resolved the issue as I am running 10.11, El Capitan beta and the issue is still present... "Magic" mouse lag... Craptastic!