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Best Mouse? M1 MacBook Pro

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Hi,

After some advice on which is the best mouse to use on this MacBook Pro M1. Not sure if its just a faulty mouse I have but my Logitech MX Master 2s is so laggy. Moving the mouse pointer is judders every so often, almost like its running at 10fps. Ive installed the latest Logitech Options and installed all fine but its driving me insane.

After a decent mouse but not the magic mouse as I have big hands and find them really uncomfortable. Want something that will work perfectly with this MacBook and not have any judder. Oh and must be bluetooth as don't want any dongles.

Thanks
 
You might want to wait for an OS update and until then you might want to use the dongle just temporarily. Bluetooth performance on the M1 Macs is sometimes being reported as a bit flaky. It seems like that is almost certainly a software thing that Apple is going to fix in the next OS revision and you have a really good mouse already. If you've got one of the USB dongles that came with it, you might be able to avoid having to shell out money on a new mouse.
 
OP wrote:
"Not sure if its just a faulty mouse I have but my Logitech MX Master 2s is so laggy. Moving the mouse pointer is judders every so often, almost like its running at 10fps. Ive installed the latest Logitech Options and installed all fine but its driving me insane."

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
How are you connecting to the MBP?
Are you using bluetooth, or are you using the "unifying receiver"?

If it's via BT, try the unifying receiver instead.
MUCH better.

The"catch", of course, is that the unifying receiver takes up a USBc port.
And, the unifying receivers come only in "USBa format".

What you could use:
A short "dongle" like this:
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Plug the unifying receiver into it (and leave it plugged in).
Then connect the dongle/rcvr to the USB port.

If you use a hub, just plug it into the hub.

Also:
The shareware "SteerMouse" works much better than the Logitech Mac software.
I suggest you try it.
 
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There's is no such thing as a "best mouse" [sic] in general because like all input peripherals (mice, trackballs, trackpads, keyboards, gamepads, etc.), the choice is highly subjective and individual.

What feels great for one person might be a complete annoyance for another.

There are many factors in choosing a mouse including comfort, performance, features, and price.

The choice may also be dictated by what you do with your computer. A $60 gaming mouse might be ideal. For some, that's too much and a cheap $20 Logitech corded mouse would be sufficient.

One thing for sure, corded mice have better overall performance than wireless mice.
 
Im looking for a suggestion of a BT mouse which doesn't need a dongle to work with my M1; general tasks, drawing in Photoshop, and light gaming. For reference, I use a Logitech M325 which I'm happy with.
 
I've tried the MX Master 3 for Mac via Bluetooth with my M1 Mac mini, and it has been fine. I'm also testing a Logitech M575 trackball to see if I want to make the switch to trackballs. It's also running Bluetooth without issue. I'll likely go with one or the other because they feel better ergonomically compared to the Logitech M510 I've used for years.
 
guitarguy316 said:
What mice have people found to be working with M1 Macs smoothly? I'm using a Logitech 310 with USB receiver and it's terrible...so choppy and not smooth.
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I've got a M1 Mac mini, and have used multiple different mice with it. I've used the M510 (requires dongle), the M575 trackball, the MX Ergo trackball, and the MX Master 3 for Mac. The last three I've attached via dong and bluetooth and have not had issues with any of them. Maybe a touch of lag after it's been sitting a while and it has to "wake up" or something like that, but I've luckily not had any consistent issues with lag or connection dropping, or anything like that (at least not thus far).
 
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Well, as a general rule I would have recommended exactly the series of Logitech MX Master mouse series you currently have as I think those are some of the best mice I've ever used.

I guess if you want a suggestion for a second dirt-cheap mouse you could try as a troubleshooting process-of-elimination device to try and determine if your problem is the bluetooth in the M1 or the Logitech itself, you could give one of these a try.

I buy those for a school for students who really don't get along with trackpads because we don't want to invest in expensive mice and they are surprisingly "not completely terrible" (they are about $15, so by all rights they should be complete trash, but they have held up and their click and feel is pretty good. They are very light though, not nice and heavy like the better Logitech mice.)
 
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I tried both the Logitech MX Master 3 and the
MX Anywhere 3, and I really like the Anywhere! Currently Works without a hitch with the dongle plugged into OWC dock
 
I have a MX 3 for mac on my Macbook Pro M1 connected with bluetooth. In fear of later driver unistall problems, I didn't install options and went with the system drivers (untill Logitech Options is native for M1). Only the basics work, but not so much lag. The scroll wheel freels mediocre compare to the feel in my Intel mac with Options. Any guess how long we need to wait for native drivers?
 
nicfle said:
I have a MX 3 for mac on my Macbook Pro M1 connected with bluetooth. In fear of later driver unistall problems, I didn't install options and went with the system drivers (untill Logitech Options is native for M1). Only the basics work, but not so much lag. The scroll wheel freels mediocre compare to the feel in my Intel mac with Options. Any guess how long we need to wait for native drivers?
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Who supplies the drivers...Apple or Logitech?
 
guitarguy316 said:
Who supplies the drivers...Apple or Logitech?
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I`m not sure. My guess is that its a universal driver from Apple. If it was from Logitech there would probably be support for all the buttons. Apple probably would not include the driver if it was not native code. System info did not give any cluess I could understand.
 
SteerMouse sounds great. Never heard from it before. The price is quite stiff for something that should(!) come free from the hardware company. If Logitech does not get an update out soon, I will try SteerMouse for sure.
 
To be clear about the whole mouse-driver thing: unless you want specific special functions *any* USB or Bluetooth mouse should work out-of-the-box on the Mac with no additional software whatsoever. So those of you reading this thread and unfamiliar with using third-party Mice on the Mac; you'll almost certainly find that all of the buttons can be assigned to Mission Control features (for example) and that the scroll wheel will work etc. If that's all you want and need then there is no need to bother with any third-party or manufacturer's drivers.
 
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