Mac M2 Sonoma 14.3 password field looses focus after sort amount of time

Following up: static wallpaper didn't help.

If I wait for my external monitor to come up (display showing wallpaper at least), then the keyboard problem goes away. While the monitor is coming up, something sporadically interrupts the keyboard reading process, so characters are ignored causing beeps.

The same thing happens to me when I'm logging in after my M2 Macbook Pro running Sonoma 14.3.1 has gone to sleep. After typing a random number of characters, I hear a beep and the last character I typed is lost. If I'm careful I can type the character again and log in successfully. If I type really slowly I can avoid the beeps.

My external keyboard and external monitor are connected through a dock attached to the Macbook USB port. I need to test more carefully, but I think that after the second monitor wakes up (which takes 5-10 sec) the problem doesn't happen. I was running dynamic wallpaper and have just switched to static to see if that matters. The problem did not happen until I upgraded to Sonoma recently.

The problem does not happen on my M1 Mac Mini running Sonoma 14.2.1. It has a single monitor and keyboard plugged directly into the Mac Mini. It is configured with static wallpaper.

For me, it's definitely associated with having a second monitor. It doesn't happen without the second monitor. But this didn't happen until I upgraded to Sonoma.

It is possible ?

You may try using only the Internal Display and Test

Add 1 external Display and Test

Add the 2nd external Display and Test

andras194 wrote:

When I try to enter the password to log in password field looses focus when I still typing and I hear beeps. It occurs every time since major version update I guess half a year ago.

Can't duplication this issue.

Running 2 M2 Computers and 1 M1 Computer all upgraded from Ventura to Sonoma 14.0 and every newer version including 14.3

andras194 wrote:

I guess we are talking about different things.

In my case I am at the locked laptop willing to log in. I see screensaver with the password field below. I type my password in it. I see points in the password field as hidden characters.

Absolutely Correct

Except it is not screensaver but desktop wallpaper

I can put the computer in Lock Screen or I can Cold Boot the computer from Off Position

If from Lock Screen the operating system is loaded and keyboard or mouse function

I can move the mouse to any position including to Log In box and type in the password

From the Off Position, can do just about the same thing as in Lock Screen

So I do not fully understand why and how your computer is losing the ability to type in the password in either of the above scenarios

There is no other element on the screen to focus on ( as in view )

andras194 wrote:

Sorry. I do not get your point.

Nor do I

Focus would Not Load until the Operating System is fully loaded

That would require a successful Logging in.

Follow on

The Beep mentioned earlier is usually and indication of some Input error