Timeline for How might text be selected while typing the login password on my Mac?
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| S Jul 21, 2013 at 13:28 | history | suggested | Matthew | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
I actually do. It's in step 1. I press power and my Mac wakes up
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| Jul 21, 2013 at 13:13 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| S Jul 21, 2013 at 13:28 | |||||
| Jul 21, 2013 at 12:56 | comment | added | nohillside♦ | I have the same behavior here, usually any keys pressed before the internal and external disks spin up are lost. This would also explain why it isn't really a problem if you are using SSDs | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 12:37 | comment | added | Matthew | @Alex Yes, this is basically how it works. I think Sheffield Kevin is on the right track anyway. | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 12:32 | comment | added | Matthew | This is just what I end up doing - waiting a few seconds after hitting power and then entering my password so that half of it doesn't get selected and overwritten. | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 12:29 | comment | added | Matthew | I see what you mean. I wake my Mac by hitting the power button and the login screen comes up. Just hitting keys won't wake it (maybe this is a configuration option?). It would make sense if I did hit keys to wake my Mac that these keys wouldn't count towards my password. If this is indeed the "feature" I might like to turn it off altogether. | |
| Jul 21, 2013 at 6:19 | comment | added | Alex | This isn't the described behavior. | |
| Jul 20, 2013 at 23:26 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jul 20, 2013 at 23:09 | history | answered | SheffieldKevin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |