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GOODave Author

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Mac OS Big Sur, 11.4

have a MacBook Pro with an M1 chip, recently purchased.

I am currently on Big Sur 11.4, but some weeks back, I downloaded Big Sur, 11.3.1 and, suddenly, I had three log-in options on my Lock Screen, where only two had previously appeared:

My own (Admin) log in,
Guest log in (as usual)
a new "Other" log in that asks for username and password.

Root User is not enabled, as far as I can tell (I worked through the enabling sequence, and only option into enable it, so I assume it is not already enabled), and I've never seen a Other log in option on any of the Apple products I've used over the last decade or so, and this one suddenly appearing has me concerned.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jul 10, 2021 8:45 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jul 10, 2021 9:59 AM

GOODave wrote:

MacBook Pro with an M1 chip, recently purchased.

I am currently on Big Sur 11.4,

a new "Other" log in that asks for username and password.

—Try a SafeBoot https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201262

to clear system caches and reboot as normal to test.

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