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Hi everyone. I have a Mac mini M1 working well, but Home Sharing to Apple TVs and iOS works except for Apple purchased videos. I moved this library from an old Mac which I have deauthorized. The problem exists with iOS devices, Apple TV 4K and gen 3. My own video content works with no problem, but DRM videos give a message saying the content cannot be played or is not available. The ATV3 said to authorize iTunes which has been done several times (Big Sur TV app). I can Airplay to the other devices, but I cannot initiate play on the other devices.
I disabled/enabled Media Sharing and Home Sharing, logged out/in and deauthorized/reauthorized several times. I even created a new TV library with only one downloaded purchased video, but it still would not play through Home Sharing on the external device, only locally on the authorized Mac.
The Home Sharing worked properly on my old mini with Big Sur, so perhaps there is a problem with the M1 code.
Any ideas? Thanks.
I disabled/enabled Media Sharing and Home Sharing, logged out/in and deauthorized/reauthorized several times. I even created a new TV library with only one downloaded purchased video, but it still would not play through Home Sharing on the external device, only locally on the authorized Mac.
The Home Sharing worked properly on my old mini with Big Sur, so perhaps there is a problem with the M1 code.
Any ideas? Thanks.
Beach Ball Hell for me. Just posted details, but the quick version: Shipped it back to Apple and bought a current 16” MBP instead.
Bluetooth connectivity appears to be questionable at best. My headphones drop audio for a second quite a bit using Spotify. I don't know if this comes down to Spotify not being a native app, a Big Sur issue, or an M1 hardware issue. I'm currently testing with Apple's native Music app to see if it happens there too. If not, I'll chalk it up to Spotify...and just as I typed it the bluetooth dropped using Music. This is a Sur or Apple hardware problem. My computer will be going back if this continues.
My new M1 Mini only has two problems so far:
1. It's too fast
2. It runs too cool
Bottom line: No issues at all. It's a great little machine.
1. It's too fast
2. It runs too cool
Bottom line: No issues at all. It's a great little machine.
Only issue of note was installing exodus multi coin wallet when you launched it the window was empty. However when I copied the wallet data from my previous macbook it worked fine. I let their support know the issue and they are looking into it. Other is my zulip macos client has to be refreshed a lot. This is a big sur issue not m1 does same on intel mac. Everything else has been great. Bar none the most impressive computer I have owned in a long time.
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My bug is wireless sidecar to my 2018 iPad Pro will repeatedly cause WIFI connection to my home network to fail after 60-120 minutes. It has happened every time I've used wireless sidecar over the past few days - it works very well for 60 mins, and then some point I will find out I'm "not connected to the internet" or "network" depending on whether accessing something off the home network or greater internet. However, I remain wireless connected to my iPad Pro and can still work between the internal and "external monitor". I have to turn wifi off and then back on to get my internet back.
Youtubers have issues. They aren’t as smart as they think they are. 😝
I really feel for ya... how 'bout you send it to me? I want to spare you all the pain and suffering you're having to endure! 😆
There's bound to be issues, this is a first of type release, no amount of lab tests can replicate real world roll out and a huge diversified user base, apps, combinations of both etc. This is why I'll wait until next year, I'm really stoked about the way the Mac is finally a game changer and market leader again (maybe not in volume, but in pointing the way forward, it's going to be fun watching the competition world catch up, my bet, Chrome OS devices on some variation of Snapdragon CPU's are some of the first to make the move)
Mac Mini
Numerous issues with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Stuttering, dropped connections, rapid connect/disconnect in system preferences.
Sometimes loses TB3 connection to monitor when waking up. This is usually when I lose bluetooth. Mouse wiggle or button press starts the wake up process and then it drops the mouse and the keyboard drops and I have to plug in the items or restart by holding the power button.
Other than that, works fine and is a really nice upgrade from my old one.
Numerous issues with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Stuttering, dropped connections, rapid connect/disconnect in system preferences.
Sometimes loses TB3 connection to monitor when waking up. This is usually when I lose bluetooth. Mouse wiggle or button press starts the wake up process and then it drops the mouse and the keyboard drops and I have to plug in the items or restart by holding the power button.
Other than that, works fine and is a really nice upgrade from my old one.
Biggest concern i can think of is the debacle of reinstalling the OS on an m1 Mac. Nightmare to try fixing it and reinstalling.
Hoping Apple will be sure to fix this ASAP
Hoping Apple will be sure to fix this ASAP
I've got the mini and the air. Only 1 issue each that I can think of. The Mini won't restart sometimes. I hear the startup chime, then nothing. Can sometimes take me a while to get it to boot. For the Air, my battery doesn't seem to be as amazing as it is for others. Still solid, though.
Issues!!!. If you look in the specific AS section of the forum and many of the M1 reviews, you would think the M1 is the holy grail of computing and as such it's not capable of having issues. I am surprised the Apple collective have not trashed the OP for making such a thread.
Hi,
I have the M1 Mac mini and the M1 MacBook Air (both base models) - I also have the 2018 i7 Mac mini with 32 GB RAM and eGPU (RX 580) and a 2016 MacBook and a 2019 15" MacBook Pro (base model, but with 16 GB of RAM).
The M1 MBA seems to be fine, have not had too much time to use it the past week since I got it but it convinced me to also get the M1 Mac mini. I normally browse that WWW and use Plex and my heaviest task is editing 4K H.264 footage in FCP (with some MotionVFX and other plugins). For that the M1 MBA was quite fast, thus the decision to get the M1 Mac mini for home.
But while the M1 Mac mini does perform well in FCP (at the beginning), after some time, the Mac becomes laggy, opening or switching apps seems to take a while (up to 10/15 seconds), then the in-app performance is lacking too, Safari at the moment had problems recognising my keys while pressing them or it takes a second or three to open a new tab an register the letters I have already pressed.
Clicking in the menu bar to take a closer look at some items sometimes takes another second or two.
As far as I have gathered, it might be related to uptime, as the Mac is quite responsive with every task the first hour or two.
At first I thought it was related to USB, Thunderbolt and Bluetooth, as I have the OWC 14-port TB3 Dock connected (now not anymore, it has to be replugged after a restart) and an MX Master 3 (for Mac, hahaha) via Bluetooth (now via Unify Dongle) and an USB 3 device.
Now I just have connected the display to the innermost USB-A port and connect from the Dell's four USB 3 ports (one Unify Dongle, one SSD and whatever comes next).
During initial setup I also had the problem of not being able to connect the MX Master 3 (it would have been its first computer, just bought it) or the Magic Keyboard with Numpad (A1843, worked fine on the 2018 i7 Mac mini).
Then I had the idea to connect my old Apple keyboard with USB cable (which works fine on the 2018 Mac mini and a Windows 10 box - its main use) and a USB mouse.
The mouse was registered if connected directly to the M1 Mac mini, but not via the USB keyboard, which also did not get recognised. A "logickeyboard" for FCP X helped me out in the end.
I still cannot get the M1 Mac mini to recognise the Apple USB keyboard though.
I also did a clean install at some point (this sentence took five seconds to appear after I typed "I als"), which is a bit more cumbersome, but doable using this Apple Support KB. (looking up the link in the Safari browser history took almost a minute with all the lag, but I will restart once this is posted)
The clean install did not help. I am on the verge of returning the M1 Mac mini or getting it replaced (however long it takes nowadays), as the performance in FCP is WOW and 4K playback is buttery smooth, but the overall performance is merde.
PS: The CPU was hardly above 30% (using iStat Menus), though the RAM usage is often around 75% (pressure around 70% - mostly yellow).
Well, anyone any ideas?
I have the M1 Mac mini and the M1 MacBook Air (both base models) - I also have the 2018 i7 Mac mini with 32 GB RAM and eGPU (RX 580) and a 2016 MacBook and a 2019 15" MacBook Pro (base model, but with 16 GB of RAM).
The M1 MBA seems to be fine, have not had too much time to use it the past week since I got it but it convinced me to also get the M1 Mac mini. I normally browse that WWW and use Plex and my heaviest task is editing 4K H.264 footage in FCP (with some MotionVFX and other plugins). For that the M1 MBA was quite fast, thus the decision to get the M1 Mac mini for home.
But while the M1 Mac mini does perform well in FCP (at the beginning), after some time, the Mac becomes laggy, opening or switching apps seems to take a while (up to 10/15 seconds), then the in-app performance is lacking too, Safari at the moment had problems recognising my keys while pressing them or it takes a second or three to open a new tab an register the letters I have already pressed.
Clicking in the menu bar to take a closer look at some items sometimes takes another second or two.
As far as I have gathered, it might be related to uptime, as the Mac is quite responsive with every task the first hour or two.
At first I thought it was related to USB, Thunderbolt and Bluetooth, as I have the OWC 14-port TB3 Dock connected (now not anymore, it has to be replugged after a restart) and an MX Master 3 (for Mac, hahaha) via Bluetooth (now via Unify Dongle) and an USB 3 device.
Now I just have connected the display to the innermost USB-A port and connect from the Dell's four USB 3 ports (one Unify Dongle, one SSD and whatever comes next).
During initial setup I also had the problem of not being able to connect the MX Master 3 (it would have been its first computer, just bought it) or the Magic Keyboard with Numpad (A1843, worked fine on the 2018 i7 Mac mini).
Then I had the idea to connect my old Apple keyboard with USB cable (which works fine on the 2018 Mac mini and a Windows 10 box - its main use) and a USB mouse.
The mouse was registered if connected directly to the M1 Mac mini, but not via the USB keyboard, which also did not get recognised. A "logickeyboard" for FCP X helped me out in the end.
I still cannot get the M1 Mac mini to recognise the Apple USB keyboard though.
I also did a clean install at some point (this sentence took five seconds to appear after I typed "I als"), which is a bit more cumbersome, but doable using this Apple Support KB. (looking up the link in the Safari browser history took almost a minute with all the lag, but I will restart once this is posted)
The clean install did not help. I am on the verge of returning the M1 Mac mini or getting it replaced (however long it takes nowadays), as the performance in FCP is WOW and 4K playback is buttery smooth, but the overall performance is merde.
PS: The CPU was hardly above 30% (using iStat Menus), though the RAM usage is often around 75% (pressure around 70% - mostly yellow).
Well, anyone any ideas?
On my second MacBook Pro m1. First one bricked after reinstall of Mac OS.
Both machines on the bottom half of the screen display a darker tint. On a white background you can see it easily. My sister has one too and hers has the same issue. Not even sure if it’s an issue since all 3 do it.
Both machines on the bottom half of the screen display a darker tint. On a white background you can see it easily. My sister has one too and hers has the same issue. Not even sure if it’s an issue since all 3 do it.
After using my Mac mini M1 for a day now, I have some thoughts and notes. When I started it, it was a bit hit and miss, but after installing the update to 11.0.1, many of them went away. So if you have bought a new one, the first you should do is update it! For most apps so far it is awesome.
But here are a few issues I had.
I have a 4k TV, and it works great, but on HDR it does chroma subsampling instead of full RGB and text look poorer than my old i5 Mac mini which was able to output 4k HDR with full RGB. On the other hand, HDMI seem very stable.
For HDMI audio it only support 48kHz sampling frequency for PCM audio, although you still can choose up to 24 bit and 8 channels. It seem the quantisation is better, so 44.1 kHz source don't sound as bad on 48kHz as on my previous Intel Mac. But I can't go higher or lower on HDMI audio. As a curiosity I can select up to 96kHz/32 bit on the built in speaker, and I find that funny.
I also have some intermittent oddities and beachballs, and while some may be the result of a newly setup system, I think also there are much more bugs in the "M1" version of Big Sur than in the "Intel" version. Apps under Rosetta are less affected as far as my observations go, but I will wait and see how it will be after running it for a while.
It connected fine to my wireless mouse, keyboard and trackpad during install, and mostly there are no issues. But suddenly the mouse does loose bluetooth connection, it is just for a short while and it quickly reconnects. And it does not matter if I am near my Mac or far away.
For some reason Steam in full screen is a lot slower than when it is in a window.
I have a feeling that Big Sur 11.1 and 11.2 will include a lot of bug fixes for the M1 Macs. To be honest the OS feel a bit like when you install the first versions of the betas after WWDC.
But here are a few issues I had.
I have a 4k TV, and it works great, but on HDR it does chroma subsampling instead of full RGB and text look poorer than my old i5 Mac mini which was able to output 4k HDR with full RGB. On the other hand, HDMI seem very stable.
For HDMI audio it only support 48kHz sampling frequency for PCM audio, although you still can choose up to 24 bit and 8 channels. It seem the quantisation is better, so 44.1 kHz source don't sound as bad on 48kHz as on my previous Intel Mac. But I can't go higher or lower on HDMI audio. As a curiosity I can select up to 96kHz/32 bit on the built in speaker, and I find that funny.
I also have some intermittent oddities and beachballs, and while some may be the result of a newly setup system, I think also there are much more bugs in the "M1" version of Big Sur than in the "Intel" version. Apps under Rosetta are less affected as far as my observations go, but I will wait and see how it will be after running it for a while.
It connected fine to my wireless mouse, keyboard and trackpad during install, and mostly there are no issues. But suddenly the mouse does loose bluetooth connection, it is just for a short while and it quickly reconnects. And it does not matter if I am near my Mac or far away.
For some reason Steam in full screen is a lot slower than when it is in a window.
I have a feeling that Big Sur 11.1 and 11.2 will include a lot of bug fixes for the M1 Macs. To be honest the OS feel a bit like when you install the first versions of the betas after WWDC.
This so much. You cannot predict what an end user will do in a lab. Ask anyone working in IT and they’ll have lots of stories.
Woke up with my Macbook Air M1 having rebooted overnight with a "Kernel stack memory corruption detected" 
Had a hell of a time getting 11.0.1 installed on a base m1 Air, took three goes with beach ball central. USB speed on external ssd is disappointing. 15” MBP 2018 gets 520MB/s read on a 2TB T5 Samsung, this only can do 380MB/s.
FCPX is blazing fast but also crashed randomly while just browsing clip library. It was a 3GB fcp library that referenced 240GB of 4K 10bit HLG files though. Probably need 10.5.1 FCPX update to clear a few bugs.
Playback of timeline was better with less dropped frames but audio would lose sync if frames dropped on m1 air. Memory pressure was bonkers, hitting red a lot if there was fast cuts between clips on a timeline
Exporting a 13min timeline (with two LUTs, plus colour correction and all HEVC 4K 24 /60fps 10bit 420 HLG files) out as ProRes used 50GB of memory (34GB swap) on my 16GB Vega20 MBP 2018, memory pressure orange, m1 Air did similar, 50GB memory (40+ swap) memory pressure jumped into red a few times. MBP took 7m43s m1Air 8m45s.
Handbrake silicone beta shows that if you max out the CPU for more than 3-4mins it throttles a bit and by 8mins it’s taking a bit of a hit and cooking the battery at the same time. Tried to do 265 10bit encode of the 13min prores file. Expected with no fan I guess! If you can get away with hardware encode/decode this machine is a delight. Just stay away from tasks that need more than 3-4mins of heavy cpu at a time.
Will try some less demanding photos editing next, as I don’t plan to crush it with heavy video work was just curious how clever it was with only 8GB.
FCPX is blazing fast but also crashed randomly while just browsing clip library. It was a 3GB fcp library that referenced 240GB of 4K 10bit HLG files though. Probably need 10.5.1 FCPX update to clear a few bugs.
Playback of timeline was better with less dropped frames but audio would lose sync if frames dropped on m1 air. Memory pressure was bonkers, hitting red a lot if there was fast cuts between clips on a timeline
Exporting a 13min timeline (with two LUTs, plus colour correction and all HEVC 4K 24 /60fps 10bit 420 HLG files) out as ProRes used 50GB of memory (34GB swap) on my 16GB Vega20 MBP 2018, memory pressure orange, m1 Air did similar, 50GB memory (40+ swap) memory pressure jumped into red a few times. MBP took 7m43s m1Air 8m45s.
Handbrake silicone beta shows that if you max out the CPU for more than 3-4mins it throttles a bit and by 8mins it’s taking a bit of a hit and cooking the battery at the same time. Tried to do 265 10bit encode of the 13min prores file. Expected with no fan I guess! If you can get away with hardware encode/decode this machine is a delight. Just stay away from tasks that need more than 3-4mins of heavy cpu at a time.
Will try some less demanding photos editing next, as I don’t plan to crush it with heavy video work
was just curious how clever it was with only 8GB.
Just missed this thread before posting my own; some pretty serious weirdness with external displays
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M1 Air ghosting, flickering with external display
My M1 MacBook Air has a serious problem with external displays. Pinging the brains here in case there are any ideas more convenient than sending back to Apple. Connecting directly via a known-good USB-C to DisplayPort cable, my Dell U2713HM (1) flickers, (2) shows vertical lines, and (3) mixes...
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Same problem here.... I can live with it though
Had to return my MBA M1 this morning... Here are the issues I found:
Photos app: Images would be stuck in 'zoomed in' mode on Photos app, moreso if they were smaller images. Couldn't zoom in or out using slider or trackpad gestures. Also, Big Sur no longer lets you view background-less images without slapping a big white background behind it.
Pixelmator Pro: Images weirdly shrink when opening them on PixPro. I'm not sure if that has to do with Retina display's resolution but I kept having to compare image sizes on both it and Preview to see the difference.
Retina display: I personally wish Apple would stop using this display, as many websites I use aren't compatible with it. Text is just fine but most images on websites turn out very blurry. I've toggled with all the options available and nothing helped.
Brightness/Contrast: I have poor vision, so using a screen with a very high contrast really screws with my eyesight. You aren't able to see things as clearly and are forced to turn the brightness all the way up (not that it makes much of a difference for said contrast issue. If anything it just blinds me...)
Sound quality: Audio sounded quite muffled on the speakers. Played around with MDMI settings but that didn't seem to help.
Webcam: Okay, so I heard that the cam wasn't going to be all that great, but I wasn't expecting it to be worse in quality than my own 2015 MBA... everything was blurry and also weirdly yellow? I don't facetime people a lot, but I do have online remote appointments where my face would need to be visible, so that was another issue.
Overall, just super disappointed and aggravated with myself more than anything. I did tons of research, looked at reviews, etc, and hoped it would be just as good as everyone was saying. I also waited a long time both to save up and to see if the M1 models would address my concerns I had with previous Intel models. Normally I'd be testing a computer out in the Apple Store before making a decision, but due to COVID surging in my area, I had to order from Best Buy instead.
I currently use a 2015 MBA, no Retina, and honestly images on websites are much sharper, sound quality is clearer, and the low contrast is much easier on my poor eyes... While it's still in awesome condition, I'm worried about running into an issue that'll force me to replace it sooner than I'm comfortable with.
Here are the issues I found:Photos app: Images would be stuck in 'zoomed in' mode on Photos app, moreso if they were smaller images. Couldn't zoom in or out using slider or trackpad gestures. Also, Big Sur no longer lets you view background-less images without slapping a big white background behind it.
Pixelmator Pro: Images weirdly shrink when opening them on PixPro. I'm not sure if that has to do with Retina display's resolution but I kept having to compare image sizes on both it and Preview to see the difference.
Retina display: I personally wish Apple would stop using this display, as many websites I use aren't compatible with it. Text is just fine but most images on websites turn out very blurry. I've toggled with all the options available and nothing helped.
Brightness/Contrast: I have poor vision, so using a screen with a very high contrast really screws with my eyesight. You aren't able to see things as clearly and are forced to turn the brightness all the way up (not that it makes much of a difference for said contrast issue. If anything it just blinds me...)
Sound quality: Audio sounded quite muffled on the speakers. Played around with MDMI settings but that didn't seem to help.
Webcam: Okay, so I heard that the cam wasn't going to be all that great, but I wasn't expecting it to be worse in quality than my own 2015 MBA... everything was blurry and also weirdly yellow? I don't facetime people a lot, but I do have online remote appointments where my face would need to be visible, so that was another issue.
Overall, just super disappointed and aggravated with myself more than anything. I did tons of research, looked at reviews, etc, and hoped it would be just as good as everyone was saying. I also waited a long time both to save up and to see if the M1 models would address my concerns I had with previous Intel models. Normally I'd be testing a computer out in the Apple Store before making a decision, but due to COVID surging in my area, I had to order from Best Buy instead.
I currently use a 2015 MBA, no Retina, and honestly images on websites are much sharper, sound quality is clearer, and the low contrast is much easier on my poor eyes... While it's still in awesome condition, I'm worried about running into an issue that'll force me to replace it sooner than I'm comfortable with.
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