Trackpad and Keyboard not accurately responding

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
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Note:
Before bug reporting, please make sure you have tried the latest (alpha) version of BetterTouchTool and that you have already tried to restart your system :-). If you encounter a crash, please attach a crash log from the macOS Console.app from the "User Diagnostic Reports" section.

TRIED ALPHA.. still :frowning:

Describe the bug
When BTT is running on my M5 Macbook Pro, some inputs from the built-in keyboard and mouse are missed. I am NOT referrring to BTT input events, but rather normal interactions with the OS and apps. For example, browing a website, if I click a link, sometimes the “mouse click up” event seems to be missed sometimes causing me to "highlight” everything i scroll over. I have to click several times to fix the issue. Another example, sometimes keystrokes are missed. This issue can take upto 5 seconds to resolve, but usually 1-3

I am using the process utiltiy, but it doesnt seem to help. I have had this Mac w/ BTT for 1-2 weeks and the problems started last week - I believe after Tahoe 26.0.1. I never had these issues w/ my M1. As a reference, I have been using BTT for 10 years.

Affected input device (e.g. MacBook Trackpad, Magic Mouse/Trackpad, Touch Bar, etc.):

Builtin macbook trackpad and keyboard

Screenshots
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Device information:

  • Type of Mac: Macbook Pro M5
  • macOS version: 26.0.1
  • BetterTouchTool version: (please post the exact version - not just "the latest one") 5.747 ALPHA, but before this I was on the stable release. I dont have that version documented. Sorry

Additional information (e.g. crash logs, related issues, etc.):

This issue makes my Mac unusable when BTT is running :frowning:

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most likely a conflict with some other app, there are in general no such issues with Tahoe.
Try to think about apps you installed when this started to happen and/or look into Activity Monitor whether any app is using a lot of CPU.

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In terms of CPU, it never ticks above 20%. No apps have “visibly” updated, but perhaps silent updates. I will pay closer attention

4

ok so the problem has become worse. After updating to 26.1 today, I am starting to notice that keystrokes or mouse movements are being injected into my work. E.g. I am editing the top of a paragraph, all of a sudden my cursor moves to the bottom. ONLY happens when BTT is running. This is my average CPU consumption when this happens. I am going to try and weed through apps to see if there is a conflict somewhere

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Check the "recently used" section in BTT. Sounds like there might be something configured in your BTT that keeps triggering (maybe by accident)