Touch ID Won't Wake Mac After Ventura 13.3 Update

I am using a 2023 16-inch M2 Max MacBook Pro. I keep my Mac plugged in with the lid open on my desk. When it's asleep, I used to be able to simply rest my finger on the Touch ID sensor, and without even pressing down on the key, it would wake up and unlock my Mac.


Since upgrading to Ventura 13.3, when I place my finger on the Touch ID sensor while it's asleep, nothing happens. I have to hit a key or click the trackpad to wake the Mac up first, then it accepts Touch ID input.


Has anybody else noticed this behavior change since upgrading to Ventura 13.3?

MacBook Pro 16″, 13.3

Posted on Apr 3, 2023 6:01 AM

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Aug 27, 2023 6:35 AM in response to VikingOSX

I know, I know, just highlighting the bug. "simply resting my finger on the Touch ID button" has no affect for me at all as it was previously on macOS Monterey — all worked perfectly on older macOS. Pressing of Touch ID button doesn't log you in automatically the first time, screen just flashes and goes to sleep again. Second try works. If Trackpad tapped to wakeup it from sleep then Touch ID works as expected (with press or without — doesn't matter).

Aug 27, 2023 6:24 AM in response to Doc Brown

What happens when you press down on that Touch ID sensor while the M2 Mac is asleep? Tap once on the Trackpad? Do either gesture bring it out of sleep?


Apple may have deliberately changed that wake on touch feature, it may be a temporary bug introduced on M2 hardware, or Apple may have a new supplier for that sensor which does not support wake on touch. My 2021 M1 MBP M1 Pro (Ventura 13.5.1) does wake from sleep by simply resting my finger on the Touch ID button, or tapping once on the Trackpad.


No Apple product teams participate here so being annoyed is only read by fellow users and we cannot fix the operating system or the hardware. If it is correctable, Apple may have resolved it in Ventura 13.6 when it arrives.

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Touch ID Won't Wake Mac After Ventura 13.3 Update

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