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greg2u Author

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Broken: Universal Control Keyboard Mouse Sharing OS Sequoia 15.0

After MacOS Sequoia 15.0 was installed Sept 18, 2024 (on both my MBP 2021 14in and MM 2018), the linking of keyboard and mouse between MBP and MM is now broken (universal control). If I can get it to work for 1 minute, it then breaks, despite the display icon showing that such sharing is active on both devices. Yes, I have restarted Bluetooth, WiFi, and both devices too.

The "universal control" to share the keyboard and mouse seems broken and buggy, even if it works for a minute, then breaks.

Yes, the keyboard and mouse are official Apple products too.

I use this feature all the time, and hope there will be a bug fix very soon.

Anyone else having this problem? Any solutions?

Mac mini, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 19, 2024 8:45 AM

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greg2u Author

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34 points

Posted on Oct 4, 2024 1:44 PM

as of 10/4/2024, I have fully updated to Sequoia 15.0.1 on both the MM and the MBP. This problem still persists, with my Apple Keyboard and Apple mouse not sharing across both machines, after perhaps only 1-2 minutes of appearing to work.

Once the linkage breaks, it then becomes a game of using the MBP trackpad to try to use the pointer on the MPB, which may allow the pointer on the MM to reappear and try to manipulate with the mouse. However, this does not work after a few moves, and things get "locked up".

I then have to turn off the Link Keyboard and Mouse sharing, in hopes that each machine can then work with its own track pad or mouse.

The linked and shared keyboard and mouse across my nearby Apple computers needs to work!

Still broken,

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Tom AdS

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44 points

Oct 31, 2024 1:22 PM in response to greg2u

I have had the problem since Sonoma and have found two possible solutions for myself (for MacBook Pro M1 Pro with MacMini M1):

1. turn on Bluetooth sharing on the involved Macs and restart.

or/and

2. delete all (including the Airpods) Bluetooth devices (except mouse and keyboard) - and restart. Then reconnect airpods etc.

Result: Universal control has been working as it should for days now.

Curious.

Tom

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TCC Bob

Level 1

24 points

Oct 29, 2024 4:50 AM in response to greg2u

I got mine working.

turned off universal control on both machines
restarted both machines
turned on universal control on both machines

TCC Bob

Level 1

24 points

Oct 29, 2024 6:32 AM in response to TCC Bob

Well, that was short lived. Oh well, more broken features. Was working great before they fixed it.

Stolas6

Level 1

14 points

Oct 31, 2024 1:06 PM in response to greg2u

greg2u.. In my case not even toggling on/off works for me :(. guess my only option its to wait for apple to fix this...

platan

Level 1

41 points

Nov 5, 2024 6:59 AM in response to dasoga

Yes. I have to admit, that it worked. Not right away. It took about 2 hours after signing in again. Thank you.

greg2u Author

Level 1

34 points

Oct 30, 2024 8:18 AM in response to TCC Bob

I agree with @TCC Bob.....I updated both the MM and the MBP to Sequoia 15.1, then restarted both machines, then turned on the sharing of keyboard and mouse.

It appeared to be working fairly well most of day. However, I still experience intermittend "drops" and "freezes", where the mouse AND keyboard control seem to be frozen, and stuck between the two machines.

I have been able to get the universal control back by using the MBP's touchpad and keyboard, then toggle and hit esc on one or both machines. So far, that has "unstuck" the keyboard and mouse when that has happened (which originally this approach was not working).

Therefore, with Sequoia 15.1 updates and restarts, things have definitely improved. The function is not flawless.

For Apple, having this function achieving only a "functional and intermittently annoying standard" still leaves room for improvement.

Nov 6, 2024 3:35 AM in response to dazawood

Anyone with 15.1 still have it working okay? I sacked off UC when I realised it was broken and have been using Logitech Flow ever since. It's good but still not perfect, and obviously doesn't extend to the iPad or iPhone. So I'm very keen to use UC again.

ssuess

Level 1

38 points

Oct 29, 2024 4:54 AM in response to TCC Bob

fingers crossed it SEEMS that 15.1 fixed this problem for me.

dazawood

Level 1

20 points

Oct 29, 2024 7:01 AM in response to dazawood

The update seems to have fixed the issue. I updated to 15.1 yesterday afternoon, and it's been smooth sailing so far.

Broken: Universal Control Keyboard Mouse Sharing OS Sequoia 15.0