I understand many may be in a rush to perhaps fulfill deadlines, or are in a panic over not being able to log into their Macintosh machine despite utilizing the correct password, so let me be of immediate aidâhereâs the solution, and Iâll give an overview of why this occurs after.
âĄïž â At the very top of the login screen, towards the right but to the direct left of the battery and other system icons: Click the keyboard icon âšïž > âOther Input Sourcesâ > âđ ° ABC - Extendedâânow type your (correct) password.
Also, this keyboard menu may get stuck sometimes or wonât respond, so just move the cursor to and from the menu; i.e., re-hover over the âOther Input Sourcesâ submenu or re-click on that same keyboard icon.
So, after a little trial-and-error at my own M1âs login screen after just experiencing this myself, I discovered the solution. Now, here's why this happens.
â The reason? You are, most likelyâas I wasâusing multiple languages as part of your input menu options within your "Keyboard" > "Input Sources" preferences. (And it seems that, currently, switching at least to "U.S." won't realign the layoutâhence the above.)
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âŽïž I also, importantly, noticed that, after booting into the Recovery Mode for an Apple Silicon machine and clicking the cog/settings icon labeled âOptionsâ > âContinue,â my correct password is actually accepted on that recovery screenâjust not on the login screen. What this means for you is that you are, in fact, typing your password correctlyâdon't worry. The above just fixes that so it actually works on the login screen, too.
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âčïž Some important notes:
- It seems that, if you return to the login screen only after logging in initially, the input source/locale isâin my case, for exampleâset to âU.S.,â or whichever your default language is. And it seems that it will now work regardless of whether or not itâs set to âđ ° ABC - Extendedâ as an input source.
- â One more important anomaly I noticed: actually setting it to âU.S.â or your default language after shutting down or restartingâi.e., in the login screen before youâve even first logged inâwill still not accept your correct password even though it accepts it after the fact (meaning, once again, after youâve already logged in and choose to return to the login screen). This means it needs to first be set to âđ ° ABC - Extendedâ in order for you to log in properly, which is why we need this workaround. This is the main issue that everyone is experiencing with this situation, and where things can get caught up, so I wanted to point this out to explain what's actually happening.
- If you were curious or thinking the NVRAM/SMC may have somehow been the issue: there is no way for you, the end user, to actually reset the SMC or NVRAM components of these ïŁż Silicon machines as they are managed as part of an automated startup process (which in this case is not actually the issueâbut I still wanted to clear this point up, as well, to further dissipate any confusion).
- On an Apple Silicon or M1 Mac/MacBook, â R or â â„ R (signifying Command + R and Command + Alt + R) on startup will not work/boot into Recovery Mode or Internet Recovery Mode, respectively.
- âłïž Therefore, the way to do this is instead by shutting down the computer and holding the power/Touch ID button for at least 8 seconds while it is already shut down/after shutting it down or until you see the text which states âLoading startup optionsâŠâ (at which point you can let go of the button).
So donât panicâyou donât need to reset your password or wipe your machine clean with a factory reset (especially if you havenât backed it up externally with a flash drive, external hard drive, or SSD yet).
You donât need to take the machine to the Apple Store for repair or speak with Apple Support.
And you donât need to think about buying another machine.
All is well. đ
As an aside, Iâm also currently thinking of writing (and actively developing whenever I have time aside from my studies) a few different articlesâone topic of interest and pertinence to me is the current status of digital art & NFTs + cryptocurrency (such as Ethereumâs Ether or ETH denomination, etc.). Stay tuned for this (and more music, designs, and animations of mineâespecially once I finish my final undergrad semester in about a month) in the future.
Thanks.
âK-D
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