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M1 issues: post them all here!
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im having the same trouble. iCloud tabs from my iPhone 11 and iPad Pro were showing on Safari on my M1, but not updating. Now they don’t appear at all.
Some issues I've had so far with the base model MBP. No biggie, definitely first gen stuff, but here they are:
- AppStore takes longer to load, sometimes 7-8 seconds before anything pops up
- the laptop wouldn't recognize Airpods Pro, I turned Bluetooth on and off, reset the Airpods, nothing, then all of a sudden it recognized them and actually seemed to force a connection in that the Airpods Pro would suddenly connect to the MBP without me doing anything or playing any sounds on the MBP
- BetterTouchTool works on and off, sometimes the customized touchbar disappears, then it appears all of a sudden without me restarting the app (though I guess this is a bug in the app)
- sometimes window switching is jittery, like frame drops on the iPhones, the animations stutter a little, then it's smooth again and I can't tell what causes it
- the screensaver activated randomly once
- MBP went to sleep with the lid open, screen timed out and I couldn't get it to light up again by pressing the trackpad, touchID button, escape key, anything. I closed the lid, opened it back up and all is normal, the screen came on instantly (also happened once)
- sometimes a file that is located in iCloud won't open when I double click, I have to right click instead and select Download Now, then it downloads the file and opens normally. This seems to have resolved itself, but it was happening with several files a few days ago.
- some minor bugs in Microsoft Word, for instance selecting text sometimes seems to start moving the text rather than highlighting it.
That's it so far, definitely small things that are a minor annoyance in the worst case, I'm sure it will be straightened out. Some of those are faults of the app in question, while other things are clearly issues with the new silicone and OS. All in all no big deal, to be expected in this situation. The pros heavily outweigh the cons, it's a no-brainer purchase for me.
- AppStore takes longer to load, sometimes 7-8 seconds before anything pops up
- the laptop wouldn't recognize Airpods Pro, I turned Bluetooth on and off, reset the Airpods, nothing, then all of a sudden it recognized them and actually seemed to force a connection in that the Airpods Pro would suddenly connect to the MBP without me doing anything or playing any sounds on the MBP
- BetterTouchTool works on and off, sometimes the customized touchbar disappears, then it appears all of a sudden without me restarting the app (though I guess this is a bug in the app)
- sometimes window switching is jittery, like frame drops on the iPhones, the animations stutter a little, then it's smooth again and I can't tell what causes it
- the screensaver activated randomly once
- MBP went to sleep with the lid open, screen timed out and I couldn't get it to light up again by pressing the trackpad, touchID button, escape key, anything. I closed the lid, opened it back up and all is normal, the screen came on instantly (also happened once)
- sometimes a file that is located in iCloud won't open when I double click, I have to right click instead and select Download Now, then it downloads the file and opens normally. This seems to have resolved itself, but it was happening with several files a few days ago.
- some minor bugs in Microsoft Word, for instance selecting text sometimes seems to start moving the text rather than highlighting it.
That's it so far, definitely small things that are a minor annoyance in the worst case, I'm sure it will be straightened out. Some of those are faults of the app in question, while other things are clearly issues with the new silicone and OS. All in all no big deal, to be expected in this situation. The pros heavily outweigh the cons, it's a no-brainer purchase for me.
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I don't know if this is M1 related or more Big Sur: I receive all messages, mails, notifications etc. around 30-90 seconds later on my powerful M1 than on my iPhone 11!
A friend sends me a WhatsAPP message, and I have installed both native Apps on iPhone and Mac. My iPhone receives them instantly, my Mac gets nothing, then I get a preview of the message in the Preview screen of the App and only after around 1min they arrive in the Mac WhatsApp. Same with Email, using the Apple Mail App.
Thats weird!
2.)
My AirPods Pro are connected to my MBA M1, and I am playing Apple Music, however they music stops for half a second all 2-3minutes. It's not a Wi-Fi issue or whatsoever, also happens with downloaded music.
I don't know if this is M1 related or more Big Sur: I receive all messages, mails, notifications etc. around 30-90 seconds later on my powerful M1 than on my iPhone 11!
A friend sends me a WhatsAPP message, and I have installed both native Apps on iPhone and Mac. My iPhone receives them instantly, my Mac gets nothing, then I get a preview of the message in the Preview screen of the App and only after around 1min they arrive in the Mac WhatsApp. Same with Email, using the Apple Mail App.
Thats weird!
2.)
My AirPods Pro are connected to my MBA M1, and I am playing Apple Music, however they music stops for half a second all 2-3minutes. It's not a Wi-Fi issue or whatsoever, also happens with downloaded music.
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Mine doesn't either. I saw a tip in someone's sig that suggested a tip about using Get Info, but that didn't work either. I have a Brother printer.
1) Absolutely a Big Sur issue. Same thing is happening on my early 2020 MBP.
2) That's an M1 Mac thing. Bluetooth has some serious weirdness with these new models. Hopefully it's something in the software and not hardware.
Welp. The webcam on my fiancé's M1 MBA randomly disappeared today. Not showing in system info and diagnostics show a failed ambient light sensor (the camera).
The only problems I've had on my M1 MBP have been the occasional internal display glitch when waking from sleep when connected to an eternal display via an Anker USB-C hub. (It looks like the display scaling gets wonky and and about an inch the desktop is hanging off/cut off on the right and bottom)
We're trying to find an Apple certified repair facility to get her MBA fixed since everything around us is booked up forever. Wish us luck.
The only problems I've had on my M1 MBP have been the occasional internal display glitch when waking from sleep when connected to an eternal display via an Anker USB-C hub. (It looks like the display scaling gets wonky and and about an inch the desktop is hanging off/cut off on the right and bottom)
We're trying to find an Apple certified repair facility to get her MBA fixed since everything around us is booked up forever. Wish us luck.
For my M1 MBP 16GB/2TB, I’m seeing major issues with Finder. Moving a small zip file from my Downloads folder to the Desktop? Beachballs. Opening an external drive from its icon on the desktop? Beachballs. Opening the macOS internal drive from the icon on the desktop? Beachballs. When I restart and log in or log out and back in, a couple of my external drives don’t mount, even if I select the option to remember my password. I have to keep going into Disk Utility to mount them. And that’s not random, it’s every time without fail. Major major major Finder issues just navigating from one folder to another. .... and then once it goes everything seems fine for that moment. Fast even!
I’m also seeing very similar/same issues as everyone else with their (random brand) Docking Station and external Monitor. Also seeing my external Monitor go black for maybe 4-5 full seconds after coming out of sleep. It’ll flash on and then stay off for a moment, and then come on. I’ll still get the notification on my watch that it was unlocked. Stuff that all seems like it can be fixed with a software update. Fingers crossed.
I’m also seeing very similar/same issues as everyone else with their (random brand) Docking Station and external Monitor. Also seeing my external Monitor go black for maybe 4-5 full seconds after coming out of sleep. It’ll flash on and then stay off for a moment, and then come on. I’ll still get the notification on my watch that it was unlocked. Stuff that all seems like it can be fixed with a software update. Fingers crossed.
Maybe try a force close on Finder and when it relaunches itself see how it is?
The other thing is to re-install Big Sur of course. You know it's what Apple Support will tell you to do
The other thing is to re-install Big Sur of course. You know it's what Apple Support will tell you to do
Yeah, I’ve tried restarting Finder. It’ll just happen again, though. I’m also seeing issues with Mission Control stopping working. Can’t activate it by the Dock Icon or thru trackpad gestures. Sometimes after a reboot I’m missing some or all of my widgets. And when that happens, sometimes there’s no widgets listed at all when I want to add them back. If I wait a couple minutes they show back up and I can add them back again. It almost seems like something ~somewhere~ is just not saving the preferences I’m enabling? Not sure how to describe it. It just seems like if I do this, this, this, and that, and then I reboot, I should t have to go back and redo things or settings again. A reinstall might be in order, but this is a clean setup as new out of the box and then the 11.1 update. I’m holding out for an official next update before I take any drastic measures like reinstalling. Although this thing does absolutely fly when I’ve got it in my lap with nothing connected.Maybe try a force close on Finder and when it relaunches itself see how it is?
The other thing is to re-install Big Sur of course. You know it's what Apple Support will tell you to do
Fortunately for me I'm seeing none of these things at all though for completely different reasons I have re-installed Big Sur on mine.
I understand your reservations with the new methods to re-install on M1's.
I think they're actually easier than before but the procedure is definitely different somewhat hidden, in parts.
I understand your reservations with the new methods to re-install on M1's.
I think they're actually easier than before but the procedure is definitely different
somewhat hidden, in parts.That might be a stupid question, but how can I close/quit Finder? Its the only window which is never closing on my new MBA M1. In the Activity Monitor it takes around 2GB of Ram constantly.Maybe try a force close on Finder and when it relaunches itself see how it is?
The other thing is to re-install Big Sur of course. You know it's what Apple Support will tell you to do
There is no such way to cmd+Q or Quit them in the settings like with other Apps..
Command+Option+Esc will open the Force Quit menu, or you can get to it under the Menu drop down.
Is this recommended to do? i have no issues with beachballs, but 2gb of Ram is a lot no?
Also, just to add here- When Mission Control stops working for me, I've tried killall Dock and sudo killall Dock in Terminal and although the Dock relaunches, Mission Control still remains unresponsive. That command is supposed to restart the Dock, Mission Control, and Launchpad.
Not necessarily a "recommendation", more of just a way to restart Finder if you have any issues. Sometimes Finder hangs or crashes, and Force Quitting Finder makes it restart. I mean, it's not like something you should HAVE to do, but again, if there's issues, it's not really going to hurt anything unless you're in the middle of something like moving a file or something.
Or click on the Apple (top left) and choose Force quit then choose Finder from the list.
Even this is not working! It just lets me Relaunch Finder. All other Apps I can Force Quit though. Very strange.
That's normal and intended behaviour. If you really want to quit Finder, and use the Mac without the Finder you can enter this in Terminal
defaults write com.apple.finder QuitMenuItem -bool yes
killall Finderthen Finder will have a Quit Option in the Menu and cmd+q will also quit the Finder without restarting it.
I had an external monitor. Put the MacBook Air M1 to sleep, after a while, disconnected external monitor for another window laptop use. The next day, lift the laptop lid to login: screen flickered, my Chrome screen size is completely off-sided (can see the right side of Chrome screen), missing Dock and therefore cannot start a new application.
Reported to Apple Support and were told if repeated, may have to reinstall a fresh OS.
Rebooted the MacBook Air M1, the problem went away.
Tried to repeat the same situation, the situation did not re-appear again. This is already my second Macbook Air M1. Return to store for a replacement after the initial unit had hardware issue; could not reboot at all.
Suggestions? Should I get the MacBook Pro version?
Reported to Apple Support and were told if repeated, may have to reinstall a fresh OS.
Rebooted the MacBook Air M1, the problem went away.
Tried to repeat the same situation, the situation did not re-appear again. This is already my second Macbook Air M1. Return to store for a replacement after the initial unit had hardware issue; could not reboot at all.
Suggestions? Should I get the MacBook Pro version?