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Software Fix for M1 Mac Bluetooth Connectivity Issues Reportedly On the Way
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Related to this topic, by far the worst issue I have with my M1 Mac mini is that it never lets my Apple Bluetooth keyboard sleep, apparently. For all the laptops I've had before, the battery life was measured in multiples of months. Since I got the Mac Mini, I've had to change over to rechargeable batteries because it burns through them in 4 days per set.
Agreed. Had to buy AirPods because nearly every other brand of bluetooth headphones refused to connect to my MacBook Pro or iMac.
Oh...I wonder if they can improve/fix iOS 14 bluetooth please, please. The unreliability, disconnects, inability to re-connect to my iPhone 11 Pro with both Air Pods (gen 2) and Air Pro Pros (gen 1) are amazing... amazingly horrid to deal with. Started for both pods at the same time, I think when I updated to iOS 14, and am now on 14.3 without improvement. So: I know it's not hardware of any of the three items, but a software issue, almost assuredly with the phone which used to be very solid. It's been rough.
This better come soon. I can't listen to a song, watch a video or use my AirPods for Teams lessons/call/conferences without them disconnecting several times.
First time I'm having issues with an Apple product this way. The webcam also flickers, since apparently it's not optimized for EU 50 hz?!
Brand new MBA M1. I'm very happy with the machine otherwise.
First time I'm having issues with an Apple product this way. The webcam also flickers, since apparently it's not optimized for EU 50 hz?!
Brand new MBA M1. I'm very happy with the machine otherwise.
Trust me it's not just the M1's that have Bluetooth issues. Intel macs do too. My 16" Intel MBP using any Bluetooth speaker it starts to skip and drop out. Some days are better where it won't do it at all but others are bad. It's not the speakers because I get no dropouts from my iPad or OnePlus 8 Pro phone. It's just the MacBook. Then the wireless mouse skips, lags and makes it really difficult to point and click. Again on a Windows PC the mouse performs perfect.
Let's face it, bluetooth is a piece of crud technology that should have been destroyed and rebuilt from scratch years ago. Doesn't matter which brand you buy, it's a lottery what it will and won't connect with. It constantly befuddles me why there isn't already a new industry standard to replace it with?!
Just for some added perspective, I use windows and OS X back to back everyday..
BT as a whole is a standard plagued by issues- and the way BT misbehaves on every single windows laptop I have used (and its a long list) makes most Macs almost seem saintly in comparison.
Having said that, the M1 MBA seems to be somewhat worse than my erstwhile Intel Macs - the issues I have noticed are
a) A momentary cutout of audio every few minutes with music playback on the airpods pro
b) MS teams refusing to use a BT paired sennheiser headset on a seemingly random basis - although not sure if its a Teams issue or a problem with the OS X BT stack
On a side note, the number of problems reported by mini users is far more than what I have seen on MBA and MBP so any updates that solve these problems are more than welcome!
BT as a whole is a standard plagued by issues- and the way BT misbehaves on every single windows laptop I have used (and its a long list) makes most Macs almost seem saintly in comparison.
Having said that, the M1 MBA seems to be somewhat worse than my erstwhile Intel Macs - the issues I have noticed are
a) A momentary cutout of audio every few minutes with music playback on the airpods pro
b) MS teams refusing to use a BT paired sennheiser headset on a seemingly random basis - although not sure if its a Teams issue or a problem with the OS X BT stack
On a side note, the number of problems reported by mini users is far more than what I have seen on MBA and MBP so any updates that solve these problems are more than welcome!
Interesting. There's a bunch of us with 2019 MBP's that are having Bluetooth issues. If you ever plug in a Bluetooth dongle, it will kill the onboard Bluetooth and you'll have to find an old 2.0 Bluetooth dongle to turn "on" the internal Bluetooth again. I haven't had any luck with this, but wondering if apple will address this at the same time too. Hopefully I can skip my logic board being replaced.
You are supposed to capital every word other than And/The/Or.... for titles. You can see "the" is not capital. This is an article title, so every other word except a select few gets capitalized.
At least it is being addressed. With other manufacturers, we would still be trying to get in touch with customer no service.
I wouldn't be surprised if it is released at the end of the week.
If they were not planning to release an M1X version of the Mac mini, why keep the Intel ones around at the moment? Every Intel Mac will be replaced with Apple Silicon. So the "higher end" Mac mini's with Intel, 4 TB ports and 64GB of RAM are still available. Those need to be replaced with Apple Silicon. If Apple had no intention of making a "high end" Mac mini, then why keep the Intel ones around?
That's Apple for you, still not acknowledging the same issue with the 2018 MM, but you know, it's Apple, let's not say bad things about them or the die-hards will be along to dislike the comments and call for blood.
Because there are people still buying them, not everyone is interested in M1 right now.
That makes no sense. Apple is going to have ALL Intel version replaced with M1. Why keep the Mac mini around, thus requiring support longer, if they are NOT planning to release an M* Mac mini with 64GB of RAM?
Why do you care what Apple does with the Intel models? Is it worth arguing over?
Some people and businesses want Intel (for whatever reason). Apple has Intel on the shelf. More sales more money for Apple.
To any business. You have not answered the question - Why keep the Intel Mac mini around - requiring LONGER ongoing support for Intel Mac minis for years if they aren't planning to upgrade it?
I am really starting to get irritated with this website. Did you see who I responded to?
"You will need to wait for 2 years for an updated Mac mini"
I replied with "no because it makes no sense for Apple to keep an Intel Mac mini around if they aren't replacing the higher end ones later this year".
At what point am I sitting here arguing? We really cannot have conversations on this website anymore?
Apple doesn't want to support both Apple Silicon and Intel forever, so why keep the Intel Mac mini's around if they aren't going to replace the higher ones very soon?
M1 is limited to 16GB of RAM. Why can't Apple replace the higher end Intel Mac minis later this year with the M1X or whatever that supports more RAM?
The forum member who said 2 years doesn't know what he is talking about. He was just guessing. My point is, it truly doesn't matter what Apple does with the Intel on the shelf or if they continue making Intel for a while to service other contracts and needs elsewhere, in my opinion. Like me, you are focused on M1, which is a good thing. If Apple can continue to make money with Intel for a while, fine by me.
But we certainly cannot discuss things? I made two responses and you are jumping on my "why argue about it".
I did answer, people still want and are still buying intel machines. Apple has made it clear that it will continue to support both versions. How long for? Years certainly but not forever.
Even with the switch to M1 on the Mac Mini in November last year, you can't just turn off support for intel machines people bought in the days, weeks and months prior.
There will still be tens of millions of intel macs for many years to come.
And the longer they sell the Intel Mac mini, the longer they will need to support it. If there is no intention of replacing the Intel Mac mini 64GB of RAM, Apple would have removed it so they wouldn't need to support it AS LONG.
Really no idea what you are on about or why all aggressive.
Nobody is saying they are not intending to replace the current Intel Mac Mini.
The M1 is entry-level, that has been clear all along, a teaser for what is to come. The intel Mac Minis and Macbooks are still there as people still want/need more than that entry-level M1 can offer due to the SoC limitations, not least memory.
They are not going to simply withdraw options until the time is right. Once the M1X or M2 whatever they call it arrives it will either match or exceed the capability of the existing intel machines being sold. At that point, you will most probably see the current intel macs stop being sold and thus a complete transfer to ARM.