This is not correct. The requirement that you enter your user account password after restarting your Mac, can be disabled as follows:
1. Go to System Preferences > User Accounts. You will need to select the Click the Lock to Make Changes button, and enter your Mac’s admin password in order to make changes to your User Account settings. 2. Navigate to the Users, Groups & Login Options table, and interact with the table using VO + Shift + DownArrow. 3. Once in the table, navigate to the item labeled, Login Options Group. 4. Stop interacting with the table, and navigate using VO + RightArrow to the item labeled Automatic Login, where you will find a pop-up button that is currently set to Off. Select this button using VO + Spacebar, and then use the DownArrow to select your own personal User Account to enable the ability to bypass the requirement that you enter your password each time you restart your Mac. Note: You can also disable the requirement that you enter your password each time you restart your Mac in System Preferences > Security & Privacy. HTH. - Brad - On Nov 20, 2021, at 09:58, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Catherine, Congrats on your new Mac. If you were starting from scratch, in other words doing a cold start, you always have to type in your password first. Once you do that, touch ID should work for you while your computer is on. Just remember, anytime you do a cold start, you have to type in your password. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 20, 2021, at 10:23 AM, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently got a new Macbook and am a bit puzzled about what's meant > to happen when logging in. On my nine years old Macbook, when VO > starts at the log-on screen, it says I'm in a scroll area, and from > there Ih select the user account and press it, then type in the > password. > > On the new one, the first thing VO says is "sticky keys on" (I do use > sticky keys and have them switched on). As I did set up Touch Id and > ticked all the boxes for its use in System Preferences, I thought > after VO said anything I must be at the log-on screen so put my > finger on the touch id but nothing happened. A sighted person said > there was a box for me to type a password but when I typed nothing > happened. It seems the only thing that brings focus to the password > field is me swiping on the trackpad. When I do that, VO says > "Voiceover on" and announces the password field and I'm able to log > in. > > So I'm wondering if I should be able to log in using my finger? > Perhaps my finger's not consistent or the sensor needs wiping or > whatever which I can try but I just wanted to make sure I'm > understanding correctly when to place my finger. Since I've only set > up one user account on this new macbook it's not surprising VO doesn't > let me know about a scroll area with users to pick from, but it seems > a bit odd to me that it doesn't say anything else other than "sticky > keys on" until I swipe on the trackpad. Is this similar to other > people's experiences? > > Thanks, > Catherine > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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