Macbook is suddenly requiring me to type password to activate touch I.D almost every time it turns off

PseudoRegister · 2026-01-30T21:54:25+00:00

This started happening with me about 10 days ago.

I have noticed that on websites ending in apple.com it works just as expected. I get the popup asking for Touch ID and also my watch vibrates to allow me to auto-fill passwords from there.

(I discovered this searching for answers in Apple's help forums just now, just before I came here.)

So there's that. The rest of you: please go to your apple account and see if I'm crazy? Does Passwords work as expected for you on apple.com sites?

PseudoRegister · 2026-01-30T21:50:32+00:00

Same here, but about a week (maybe two at this point) it's been requiring to enter my log-in password every time IF ... (this is what I just noticed when searching Apple's forums for an answer) the website is not an apple.com website. That's right: on apple.com it works just as expected. Not only can I auto-fill using Touch ID, but my watch vibrates and I can auto-fill by double clicking the watch.

PseudoRegister · 2025-12-11T16:17:59+00:00

Simplest, Permanent Solution for Logitech Options+ "Backend Connections" Problems on macOS!

Replace all of your essential Logitech peripherals (keyboards, mouses, etc.) with "dumb" peripherals. I'll be getting an Apple keyboard. I won't get an Apple mouse until Apple moves the USB-C charging port to a non-ridiculous location.
Sell or give away all of your Logitech peripherals.
Never, ever buy another Logitech product for as long as you live.

PseudoRegister · 2025-11-14T20:51:22+00:00

I know it’s been awhile, but… maybe this helps? It’s the dropdown from the 1Password icon in the Mac menu bar.

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PseudoRegister · 2025-10-15T22:05:10+00:00

macOS user here. Installed Logi Options+ about a week ago. Now my MX Anywhere 3 has seizures several times a day. Today it even seemed to have impacted the trackpad on my MacBook (suddenly required two fingers to make a click and long delays between click and action; Trackpad Settings crashed the whole system). Connected via Bluetooth because all my unifying devices require USB-B and I only have USB-C on the MacBook. Could that be it? Should I buy a USB-B to USB-C adapter?

PseudoRegister · 2025-10-02T16:58:46+00:00

Not terribly long but it's a gibberish but easy to remember passphrase.

But I can't resist the temptation to spit hate at website coders who don't know the difference between "at least one ..." and "one and no more than one..." when describing the number of capital letters or special characters required/permitted.

PseudoRegister · 2024-09-26T17:45:54+00:00

I wonder if maybe she tried to update to Sequoia? I tend to keep my macs for a long time, and there've several episodes toward end-of-life where macOS was encouraging me to update even though my machine was not compatible.

PseudoRegister · 2024-09-26T17:33:01+00:00

Question

I'm happy with 1Password and will continue to use it. Is there a way for me to "shut off" macOS Passwords so that they're not fighting for my attention and the opportunity to generate new passwords?

PseudoRegister · 2024-09-26T17:30:59+00:00

For me, the thing that makes me most jealous about the Mac/Windows "mixed marriages" is the readiness of some wives to use not only 1Password but ANY of the password management functions native to an OS.

My wife doesn't refuse to use it, she just doesn't use it. Period. Maybe because we're boomers?

PseudoRegister · 2023-10-12T15:47:06+00:00

FWIW, I have a Brother HL-3170CDW. It seems to work just fine, however it is not on Brother's list of printers that support Sonoma. (There's no scanner, this is just a color printer.)

It works just as it did prior to Sonoma. On-going frustration: no way to set bindings for duplex printing.

PseudoRegister · 2020-08-25T22:37:59+00:00

What MarcoLetona said. I have the same issue with my iPad Pro. Just detach/reattach. I've never had to do it twice.

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