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My work Macbook sometimes drops random characters from the lock screen password input. You hit a key and a black dot does not appear; the password is consequently rejected.

It's not exactly this: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/458099/macos-lock-...

The system is not lagging at all.

It's not this:

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/08/29/mac-wont-accept-correct-l...

It's a bit like this, but only for the system password dialog and nowhere else:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1azl16n/macos_skippi...






Oh my god, I just thought my typing accuracy mysteriously dropped off at the Lock Screen.

My password is long enough that it’s not clear whether a new dot has appeared, but I get frequent rejections.


This happens to me if external monitors are connected. It was way worse last year when I literally had to wair for the monitor to "light up", and after a recent update the situation got better but it's still there if I type fast without "waiting" for the external monitors.

Same. When I boot my computer and reach the password prompt, whatever character I type first inputs two dots, I have to clear those two dots first and type the password again. It is very annoying.

I thought I was the only one dealing with this!

Made me consider that my magic keyboard was getting old or having bluetooth issues, but it does not happen on ANY other inputs.


I use a 6-digit PIN to unlock my iPhone. I get it right less than half the time. Often one or two numbers just fail to register. ISTR someone else confirmed this bug.

I believe this can occur when specific USB HID peripherals are connected. Try unplugging all your USB devices.

Thanks for pointing out that I'm not crazy

Wow I've run into this too! I made my own keyboard with custom firmware so I assumed it was from that, but it's been completely reliable outside of the password prompt.

I always thought this was due to Bluetooth issues or me mistyping the password. Thanks for confirming that this was not the case.

This one affects me too. It's maddening.

Surveillance cameras and WiFi sensors of keystrokes will be disappointed when this is fixed.



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