Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
You're giving me credit for far better typing skills than I have ever achieved, Brent!!? Two finger typing (well, actually four on a good day) is about my limit. When the problem occurs, no matter
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Keith Parr
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#21289
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
Errors like this are usually not an software issue, but a inadvertent contact with the keyboard, such as a wandering finger hitting two keys or a cap lock where not wanted. Possibly a failing
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Brent
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#21288
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
I was thinking that a bit of dirt can fall under a key, regardless of the keyboard's age. Are you certain that you aren't accidentally hitting the caps lock key? Rebooting would automatically turn it
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Bev in TX
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Re: Daughter¡¯s new iPad says no mail
She might start by carefully comparing the Mail settings on her phone versus her iPad. If those match, I would try rebooting the iPad. Pat Sent from iPad Pro2
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Pat Taylor
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
I don't think the keyboard can be the issue.? When the problem occurs it does not matter how many times I try to enter the password, it is refused.? Immediately after a restart, the password works
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Keith Parr
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
Thank you, David.? I'm planning to update the OS but, as usual, I plan on waiting a while to hear if there are any gotchas in the latest version. Keith
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Keith Parr
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Daughter¡¯s new iPad says no mail
My daughter¡¯s mail app on her new IPad says ¡°No Mail¡± even though her phone and desktop show her mail and new mail. Anyone have any ideas? Joan
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Joan Sax
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
If David's suggestion doesn't solve your intermittent login problem, here are a couple other possibilities: Start your Mac in Safe mode to clear caches:
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Bev in TX
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Re: log-in password sometimes rejected
Hello Keith I¡¯ve not encountered that problem but wonder if you updated your computer the problem would be solved! Here¡¯s a snippet from ChatGPT:- "As of April 4, 2025, the latest version of macOS
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David G Brooks
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log-in password sometimes rejected
This is a relatively new, bought from Apple, M3 MacBook Air 15 inch, running Sequoia 15.3.2. Today, for the second time, it has refused my log-in password from the log-in screen. Turning the machine
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Keith Parr
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Samsung SSD Deal!
Samsung's wildly popular external SSD drives are currently on sale on Amazon! SAMSUNG T7 Portable SSD, External Solid State Drive 1TB $90 2TB $140 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0874XN4D8/
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: UNITED IoS app locks up after iOS update to 18.4
This morning, I¡¯m hopeful I¡¯m answering my own question. When I woke up I tried again. The app locked up on my iPhone 14 Pro on the just released iOS 18.4, just as it did yesterday evening, BUT
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jimrobertson
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#21278
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UNITED IoS app locks up after iOS update to 18.4
I¡¯m flying Thursday to NYC. Unfortunately, after doing a routine OS update on my iPad and iPhone Pro today, the app locks up on launching or spontaneously terminates on both devices. Anyone else
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jimrobertson
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Re: Hard Drive Stops/Starts
And it almost always seems to be Western Digital rotating disk hard drives. Actually, if you dig through WD¡¯s tech notes, they often document and warn about this. Bombich used to have several Web
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Hard Drive Stops/Starts
This is an observed behavior for some drives, an incompatibility between the drive and the Mac OS, but it could also be bad cable, bad power adapter, or failing drive. An external drive may spin up
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todhop
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M2 Mac mini $302
This is a pretty impressive sounding deal. I thought that some of you might find it interesting. Refurbished Apple 2023 Mac Mini Desktop M2 $309
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Tracking sleep in iOS/watchOS
I remain puzzled about this. What I¡¯m doing each evening involves putting my watch on the charger each evening, then back on my wrist when I¡¯m ready to go to sleep, AND making sure I log in to the
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jimrobertson
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#21273
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Mac Mini M4 SSD upgrade - results
I recently wrote about the external drive spinning down and up constantly on my Mac Mini M4. I¡¯d mentioned that it was a 256 SSD and that I had ordered a replacement SSD. It came this week and I
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Jim Willett
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Re: Hard Drive Stops/Starts
My external hard drive case is hooked directly to the Mac Mini M4 via USB-c on both ends. I wish the drives would just spin down and stay that way until I access files from one of them. ?However,
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Jim Willett
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Re: Hard Drive Stops/Starts
Ah, the huge difference was that when mine stopped, I was not actively doing things. Only on rare occasions was I in the middle of something and the drive had to spin up. It didn¡¯t shut down in the
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Brent
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