{"id":3506,"date":"2024-12-04T10:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/?p=3506"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:22:32","slug":"touchid-on-magic-keyboard-not-working-to-unlock-screensaver-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/touchid-on-magic-keyboard-not-working-to-unlock-screensaver-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"TouchID on Magic Keyboard not working to unlock screensaver &#8211; solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634-1024x388.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634-1024x388.png 1024w, https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634-768x291.png 768w, https:\/\/krishengreenwell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2a1bf025933ba1ff637a30a77a2c3634.png 1144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago I upgraded from macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 to macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. This morning, I noticed TouchID wasn&#8217;t working on my external Magic keyboard attached to my Mac Studio to unlock my computer, even when I&#8217;d been using the computer just 5 minutes before (screensaver had enabled which I have setup to require authentication to get back to the computer from). I knew this was new behavior because I love unlocking my Mac using TouchID and do it all the time. I went to follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/102356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested solution<\/a> by <strong>leroydouglas<\/strong> in this post (<a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/255788648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Touch ID not working &#8211; Apple Community<\/a>), and when attempting to perform Step 5 (&#8220;Choose Apple menu \uf8ff &gt; System Settings (or System Preferences), click Touch ID &amp; Password, then turn on the setting to use Touch ID to unlock your Mac.&#8221;), I noticed that I could not change any of the toggle controls on that screen; they were all off and grayed out (disabled). So, I rebooted, and went back to that screen, and they were all enabled again, and modifiable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you run into this, a simple reboot may do the trick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t say if TouchID for general uses e.g. purchases wasn&#8217;t working because I rebooted before I thought to test that, but I suspect it would have failed also, so I suspect this would be as solution for that as well. It&#8217;s like the secure authentication between the Mac and keyboard wasn&#8217;t there until I rebooted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/255872531\">See post on Apple Communities<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago I upgraded from macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 to macOS Sequoia 15.1.1. 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