ID needed for Touch ID

Hello 155Amate,

If you're using a Mac with Touch ID, it should prompt you to sign in with the username and password and/or use Touch ID to get into the computer.

To learn more about using Touch ID on Mac, see: Use Touch ID on Mac

Use Touch ID on Mac

If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, you can use it to unlock your Mac, authorize purchases from the iTunes Store, the App Store, and Apple Books, and make purchases on the web using Apple Pay. You can also use Touch ID to sign into some third-party apps.

In case you're having issues using Touch ID, then you'd need to take these related steps to solve it: If Touch ID isn't working on your Mac

Should you continue to have issues, we'll need more information to help out. The more we can understand, the better we can assist. Please reply back explaining more about the issues you've experienced with using Touch ID on Mac.

Take care.

I want to use Touch ID to get into Mac all the time. After a pause in use, I must use ID to sign in. when just asleep for a short time, the Touch ID works