Issue configuring touch id to iMac
I'm not able to configure my new magic keyboard with touch id to my iMac Retina 5k, 27 inch, 2019.
I can't see the touch id option under Login password.
iMac (2017 – 2020)
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Please review the support article you arrived here from, especially note the following which is taken directly from it:
To set up and use Touch ID on a Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, you need a Mac computer with Apple silicon and macOS Big Sur 11.4 or later.
Your 2019 5K 27" iMac does not have an Apple Silicon CPU, but uses one of the following Intel CPUs:
Processor
- 3.0GHz 6‑core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 4.1GHz)
- 3.1GHz 6‑core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 4.3GHz)
- Configurable to 3.6GHz 8-core Intel Core i9 (Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz)
- 3.7GHz 6‑core Intel Core i5 (Turbo Boost up to 4.6GHz)
- Configurable to 3.6GHz 8-core Intel Core i9 (Turbo Boost up to 5.0GHz)