I’m new using a MacBook Pro and the terminal. While in the terminal it asks for my password and a key icon is visible but I can not seem to type my password or anything else after the key icon. How do I enter my password? Please help.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.3
Casey965 wrote:
I’m new using a MacBook Pro and the terminal. While in the terminal it asks for my password and a key icon is visible but I can not seem to type my password or anything else after the key icon. How do I enter my password? Please help.
your pswd will never echo in the Terminal window.
Verify your caps lock is not on.
Type it in and use the enter/return key to proceed.
Terminal User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
Casey965 wrote:
I’m new using a MacBook Pro and the terminal. While in the terminal it asks for my password and a key icon is visible but I can not seem to type my password or anything else after the key icon. How do I enter my password? Please help.
your pswd will never echo in the Terminal window.
Verify your caps lock is not on.
Type it in and use the enter/return key to proceed.
Terminal User Guide for Mac - Apple Support
Passwords are not echoed in terminal. As mentioned, type it in and press enter / return.
With that said, if you are not familiar enough with terminal to know that, I would use extreme caution when using terminal commands you don't understand. There is no easy way to undo things in terminal. And its very possible to mess up your system and leave it non-functional.
Be very sure about what you are doing in terminal.
terminal hides your password as you type. type it, press enter.
Just to add…
Not every example one discovers on the Internet is pertinent to the current operating system functionality, nor is a benign Terminal command without consequences.
MacBook Pro Terminal
