Apple Bluetooth keyboard not connecting on restart

I just upgraded to Big Sur from Catalina. Now when I restart my computer I can only type the first letter of my password and then the iMac does not appear to respond to the keyboard. My keyboard is a bluetooth keyboard, the one that came with my 2019 iMac, and works fine once the system is rebooted. The only work around is to plug in a wired keyboard to type in my password. How do I fix this?

iMac 27″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 5, 2021 7:17 AM

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