Describe the bug
I have the keyboard set to increase or decrease brightness with (r)Option+/ and (r)Option+.
I have the keyboard set to increase or decrease volume with (r)Command+/ and (r)Command+.
But when I use these commands, my Mac slows and stutters, and a noticeable pause happens before the HUD shows volume or brightness changing. Whatever I happen to be doing (usually Youtube on Safari) also slows and stutters at the same time. But this also happens when I'm just using email or surfing the web, not only when I'm watching a video.
This does not happen when I use the volume or brightness slider on the Touch Bar. In that case, the HUD comes up smoothly with no delay and no stuttering of system.
Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):
The MacBook keyboard itself.
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Can you confirm that this even happens without BTT, e.g. with the system Touch Bar when extending the control strip and pressing the volume up / down buttons?
This only happens when I use the BTT keyboard shortcuts that I programmed.
The Touch Bar control strip volume/brightness slider does not slow down the system at all, it seems quite smooth as usual (brightness and sound HUD come up right away, and the adjustments happen in real time with no stuttering or delay).
the sliders work fine, but did you also try the buttons in the expanded control strip? I have found many reports on the Apple forums for the issue with the standard volume/brightnes keyboard keys, which is why I believe it’s causing the issues in BTT as well. (because BTT emulates these standards buttons)
I'm pretty sure they will because many people encounter this, I have just created another bug report for it in the developer portal.
There are various issues with the 11.5.x release, so I believe there will be another update soon. Maybe I can create a temporary workaround that directly modifies the volume, I'll check tomorrow.
I have a bit different issue, but it might be related.
I have two, three Touch Bar gestures to change volume and brightness. After the restart works flawlessly, but after 1-2 days without restart it keeps stuttering and after 4+ days it becomes unusable. The only fix I found restart the Mac.
Hello!
I had the same problem and resetting SMC on my MBP 16 (L-ctrl+L-Option+R-Shift+ Power) solved the problem for me.
Hope this helps
EDITED: Oops, it's doing it again after the system being asleep... Relaunching the Finder gets rid of the problem. I really don't know if the problem is MacOs or BTT...
Same happening to me. I first noticed it a few weeks ago. Apple's touch bar works fine but BTT one has a response time of like 3-5 seconds, rendering it not very useful.
I was relieved to find this discussion yesterday and learn that I was not the only one with the problem. I have now updated my MacBook Pro to MacOS 11.5.2, just released today. From what I can tell so far, the problem is fixed.
I'm having this issue as well. There is a weird delay of like you said 3-5 seconds, it started out of nowhere. It has been working fine for me on Catalina, Ventura, and Sonoma.
