Issues with MacOS 14 Sonoma login page

I agree too. It is smaller, but the biggest issue for me is the positioning, why would you move the login box to the bottom of the screen instead of a more prominent position (which is where is was before)?! And hide the sleep, shutdown etc buttons?! It's a totally inaccessible design.

hate it too. There used to be a home screen with my profile pic and place to log in and profile pic and place to log in for husband. Once I logged in my Home Screen would show. Now when I log out it doesn't go back to home page. My wallpaper still shows and at bottom like you said is my icon and if I hover over it my husband's icon appears for log in option. If he logs in and out then his wallpaper stays there until next time one of us logs in. Annoying. Why do they have to change this insignificant crap? To annoy us? Also I can't get screen save to show. All there is after a while is a black screen. So much for the rolling hills screen saver. Not happy.

I have that option turned on and there is nothing in the upper right but wifi, battery, and language. Only language expands into a menu. What is the Sleep, Restart, Shut Down option supposed to look like?

So I figured this out on my Mac Mini. The Lock Screen will always go black after a few seconds, but if you don’t lock it and let it automatically go in to screen saver mode it will stay on for however long you choose in your settings. Lock Screen is just that, it locks and shuts it down. Now I have my screensaver turn on after three minutes of inactivity and it remains on for three hours. It also prompts for a password as soon as it goes to screensaver mode, which I wanted.

I absolutely HATE the new login screen for Sonoma as well. Every single time I need to switch between users I have to manually move the cursor over the user I want to switch to, which was not what it used to be like. I used to just select from the user menu at the top of the screen, use my fingerprint and done. There's a whole extra (pointless) step. Not to mention they moved all the Shut Down, Sleep, and Restart buttons to the upper right hand side. UGH!

I agree I hate it. Home screen now is the wallpaper for whatever user logs off. Also, I am having problem whereby the cursor is invisible except on task bar at bottom when I try to move it up to box in middle screen to log off. I have to move the box to top of screen and then the blue log off button turns white then bring it back to middle screen and then cursor lets me click on it. They need to undo this update and correct it.

I have mine set to show in Lock Screen as well. It is not working. It is not in the right hand corner either. Hope they fix this and the small sign on buttons soon! Not a good update for people that don’t wear glasses either .Its not easy to maneuver on the screen anymore.

I have to bump +1 on this one. It's fine that Apple brought some piece of magic for Gen Z to the login screen as well, but as a power user, I'd really prefer a stable, static layout with big user avatar pictures, all available actions that Login screen should provide. Please, make it optional & settable.

This regressive approach to the login screen is straight up unnecessary. You've taken something functional and made it less so, for spurious reasons, if not purely for eye candy purposes. The only way you can fix it in its current state is to make all of the text shown there much larger, and also the input fields. If not a change offered to all users by default, make it a configuration option.

I also dislike the new login screen of Sonoma because the picture and password window are almost invisible for older people. Since there is a significant space available in the middle of the screen, and I enjoyed the smile of Me-Moji on Ventura, I have been searching for a way to adjust the size. Unfortunately, there are no adjustment options available.

I am not impaired but for me too, the login screen on Sonoma is a big step backwards. I understand the intention to not interrupt a nice background. But I am not getting to the login screen to watch backgrounds (who does anyway). I need one thing only, and that is to log in. So, logically the login information and input field need to be big and at the center. I do not get that unhealthy fixation on backgrounds anyway (and I AM a designer).

I figured out one of the issues I’m having with the login screen.

I have a personal account and a work account. Both have my index fingerprint assigned to them. In the past, before Sonoma, there was no problem recognizing which account I wanted, using the same finger, as long as I correct chose the account. Now, under Sonoma, it would constantly log me back into the previous account even if I physically chose the other. So, I have had to add a new finger (the middle) to my work account, and delete the index finger from that account in order to go back to a smooth transition between accounts. A bit silly.

Very disappointed with the new login screen. My login emoji used to be animated and had attitude. It was fun to see her react while logging in. Now you can barely see it and its not animated. Very disappointing, you've sucked the fun out of logging in. Please return to original login, or at least allow it as an option.😭

Seems like nobody actually uses these before making these kinds of changes. Time would be better spent on fixing apps like Itunes/Music and Mail. Tiny font, hiding sleep/restart/shutdown buttons in a tiny menu upper right. I'd say that's not how I was trained in UI/UX guidelines as an Apple developer, but then I'd probably get my post taken down again like this:

Apple, please provide a standard-sized login icon and ensure that the login icon does not automatically hide when multiple users are logged in. The macOS 14 login screen design is disappointing, and this version seems to be the worst.