16" M1 Pro - touchpad lag when scrolling

[nudoru]

Over the past few weeks, I've noticed that my touchpad will get to a state when it doesn't pick up my fingers for a two-finger scroll in browsers or apps. I have to reboot to fix it every few days. So 75% of the time, I'll have to attempt a scroll twice for it to work and it's getting irritating. Anyone else ever seen something like this or can recommend anything to check? I've had this since launch and it's the only issue that I've encountered with the computer.

 

[3SQ Machine]

Over the past few weeks, I've noticed that my touchpad will get to a state when it doesn't pick up my fingers for a two-finger scroll in browsers or apps. I have to reboot to fix it every few days. So 75% of the time, I'll have to attempt a scroll twice for it to work and it's getting irritating. Anyone else ever seen something like this or can recommend anything to check? I've had this since launch and it's the only issue that I've encountered with the computer.

Just bumping this thread to see if you found a solution for it. I have this issue plus a strange "stutter" where the scrolling on almost any application (safari, firefox, Word, etc.) will "jump back" a few lines. It's an odd behavior I never experienced on any Mac before.

 

[nudoru]

I've seen that one as well! But no, no solution to it.

 

[Schauspieler]

Just bumping this thread to see if you found a solution for it. I have this issue plus a strange "stutter" where the scrolling on almost any application (safari, firefox, Word, etc.) will "jump back" a few lines. It's an odd behavior I never experienced on any Mac before.

I had this on the iPhone 13 Pro Max for the first couple months following release. It eventually went away but hearing your experience on the Mac maybe it’s something wonky in software with the VRR?

 

[samuelk0814]

Also having the same problem...thought it was hardware but looks like it might be software then??

 

[dizmonk]

I'm pretty sure I had this problem on the 14". For reasons completely unrelated I did an OS reinstall and haven't seen the problem since.

 

[Hessel89]

slightly unrelated but when using an external mouse or trackpad, the cursor also has a bit more latency..

 

[3SQ Machine]

Just to update that this issue went away with a recent update. I am not sure if it was on purely the software side or if the macOS update fixed the bug

 

[f54da]

Switch internal display to 60hz instead of 120hz, no idea why this works but it worked for me.