I got on here to trouble shoot what appears to be this common issue. Yesterday at work I was having this problem with Logic Pro X and the beatStep not sync'ing. I went home upset about it. I plugged the beatStep into my home machine (mac mini) and Logic and it sync'd just fine! Strange. All the same settings.
So now I am back at work with the laptop again and I am going through these forum messages and I made the timing changes suggested, but still nothing. I began randomly trying different settings throughout the MIDI settings page out of desperation and frustration. I turned OFF Transmit MTC, and it fixed it! I know, it sounds ridiculous, but it is sync'ing just fine now. I hope this helps if you are here for this common problem.
- D.J. Thijs