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Q: 10.10.x Bluetooth Mouse Stutter / Lag / Jittering

I recently bought a Mircosoft bluetooth 4.0 designer mouse to pair with my MBP 2015 13inch.

The mbp paired well with the bluetooth mouse and even named it correctly.

OSX version: 10.10.4 Yosemite

 

However, there was a noticeable lag and stuttering in the mouse movements.

I setup an online chat with Apple support and they told me it might be a microsoft mouse/driver problem? (what?)

 

I am convinced this issue is a Yosemite or Macbook problem.

Here's the reason why:

  1. No mouse lag issue when wifi is turned off (serious deal-breaker)
  2. No mouse lag issue when wifi is connected to 5ghz wireless network. (perhaps wifi 2.4ghz interfere with bluetooth? what?!)
  3. No mouse lag issue when using a usb mouse with wifi turned on
  4. Bluetooth mouse works properly with other devices (windows laptop)

 

I don't understand why this isn't an apple issue.

Anyone has any fixes or ideas ?

 

Some other similar threads ( issue since 2012 ):

Retina Macbook Pro WiFi and Bluetooth issue

 

Thank you.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4), null

Posted on Jul 6, 2015 8:16 AM

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  • by Epix74,

    Epix74 Epix74 Aug 15, 2016 4:48 AM in response to sta5is
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    Aug 15, 2016 4:48 AM in response to sta5is

    For me, a PRAM reset seemed to have solved the issue (MBP 15" Retina 2015, max config, with Logitech MX 2). The issue appeared after several months of problem free use and disappeared – as many describe – when the WLAN was switched off. PRAM-Rest (Alt+Option+P+R at bootup) made it dissappear (for now).

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    Epix74 Epix74 Aug 17, 2016 11:57 PM in response to Epix74
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    Aug 17, 2016 11:57 PM in response to Epix74

    A few days later: Nope, didn't help at the end. Fortunately, Logitech offers these Unify USB adaptors which work with some other frequencies. Searched for the tinytiny adaptor, plugged it in, removed the mouse from bluetooth and – pointer does as it should! So there is defenitely something crappy with bluetooth while WLAN 2,4 GHz is operating.

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    Epix74 Epix74 Aug 17, 2016 11:59 PM in response to Epix74
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    Aug 17, 2016 11:59 PM in response to Epix74

    Addition: Seems that the unify connection works a bit more responsive than the undisturbed bluetooth connection, anyhow. Very satisfied with the pointing accuracy now!

  • by Trabbbb,

    Trabbbb Trabbbb Aug 18, 2016 4:55 PM in response to sta5is
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    Aug 18, 2016 4:55 PM in response to sta5is

    Same problem. 2015 Macbook 12", Microsoft Designer mouse. I thought maybe resetting PRAM helped, if it did it was only for a split second. Constantly overshooting things I'm trying to click on with this crazy jitter...

     

    EDIT: And yeah, it's wifi. With wifi off it's fine.

  • by MoiaxMD,

    MoiaxMD MoiaxMD Aug 26, 2016 9:36 AM in response to sta5is
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    Aug 26, 2016 9:36 AM in response to sta5is

    Do we have any workarounds for this? I have 2 bluetooth mice with exactly the same problem. Logitech MXMaster and Razer Orochi. Both work perfectly fine with wifi off, but with wifi on, its downright unusable. I'm using a rMBP 15 mid2015 model. Thankfully the MXMaster has a USB dongle which works perfectly while the Orochi can be used in wired mode. I can't use the 5Ghz wifi signal because our office wifi does not support it. The problem is quite frustrating and renders bluetooth devices practically useless. Any of the latest updates to El Capitan yielded no satisfactory results.

  • by KoosBrand,

    KoosBrand KoosBrand Aug 31, 2016 6:15 AM in response to rené_g
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    Aug 31, 2016 6:15 AM in response to rené_g

    I was really getting frustrated switch Bluetooth on and off, and then even rebooting.

     

    Then this hint.

     

    And soon as I connect to the 5GHz mouse is fine!!!

     

    Thanks (and I hope this keeps helping...)

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