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MTOLincoln Author

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boxes appearing on screen in MacOS 12.3

After updating to MacOS 12.3, I've been encountering repeatedly a new problem with the spacebar no longer able to insert spaces in the text I'm entering. Often, at the same time, a blue-outlined box appears in that area on my screen. When the box is there, my spacebar no longer functions. Then Icanonlytypetextlikethis. If I backspace to try to insert spaces, that does not work either. Pressing Escape does not let you escape from this. Has anyone else noticed this? Any suggestions?

Mike

(If it matters, I'm running a new Mac Mini M1 with 16 GB.)

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Mar 25, 2022 5:04 AM

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PRP_53

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Posted on Mar 25, 2022 5:08 AM

1 - Suggest restarting in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.

2 - Does the issue present in this mode ?

3 - If not - there could be something in the main User Account playing up. To further isolate this - Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac. Then log out of the Main User account and log into the dummy account and test again if the issue persists.

4 - If the issue is present in the dummy account - then this appears to be a System Wide issue.

5 - if issue is still present - advise

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