Apple wireless keyboard and trackpad

[PrettyPixel]

I have just set up my Raspberry Pi 3. I have also paired my Apple bluetooth keyboard and trackpad successfully. However, I have a problem. There is a significant lag of several seconds before words typed appear of the screen. This happens whether I am web browsing, or using Libre Office. When I plug in a USB keyboard there is no lag whatsoever.
Is there a way I can eliminate the lag when using the Apple wireless keyboard?
Thank you in advance

[monglet]

I'm experiencing this too having decided to try pairing, with the latest raspian updates and bluetooth and all.

Setup is:
Pi3 w/Vanilla Raspian
Official 7" touchscreen (daisy chain power)
Apple wireless keyboard A1314
Apple magic mouse v2

Am using standard bluetooth software with no add-ons etc.

[briandunn]

Same here, my apple wireless keyboard is also unusable with unpredictable lags.

[kirkwoodman]

Same issue here. Apple magic mouse pairs and works fine. Apple keyboard pairs but unusable. Have tried pairing from terminal and through the GUI. Same results for both devices.

[kirkwoodman]

This does not actually have anything to do with the solution to the Apple Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but the local office supply store (Office Depot) had the Logitech MK235 keyboard and mouse on sale for $14. Uses a USB dongle but worked right out of the box with no issues. Going to purchase another one for my next project.

[mjdth]

I've noticed that the lag only happens when both my Apple Wireless keyboard and my Wireless "Magic Trackpad" are connected and in use. If I disconnect the trackpad, the keyboard works fine. I've been trying to get another bluetooth mouse to work to see if it's related having the two apple devices, but I haven't been successful yet.

[kozm]

i had the same problem with magic keyboard + trackpad.

it is because of the built in bluetooth controller of the RPi3. So to solve the problem, you have to use an usb bluetooth dongle, and disable the bluetooth on the RPi board, with editing boot cfg like this:

sudo nano /boot/config.txt Add this line to the end of the file:

dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt

Once you reboot, the Pi will use the bluetooth usb dongle, and both apple devices will work. For me the keyboard was perfect, but the trackapd had a little warp. I mean the movement of the cursor wasnt smooth. Since that i had to reinstall the system, and now both perfect.

Hope its gonna help!

[kozm]

if cursor still not smooth you can overclock the pi3 with force_turbo=1 and boot_delay=1 adding this to /boot/config.txt. (warranty will void)