Touch ID not working to wake MacBook Pro after macOS 26 update

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• Anyone else have this happen? I also have a 2019 (Intel) MacBook Pro without a Touch ID issue. Did you review the information provided by leroydouglas.
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bpc96 wrote:

I am experiencing exactly the same issue on a MacBook Pro 2018 (intel, Touch Bar). I erased it, reinstalled macOS 15.7.1, reset SMC and NVRAM, revived the T2 chip with Apple Configurator, and still no luck. Each time I wake the Mac up from sleep I have to wait around 20s until Touch ID is available. Really, really annoying. Please consider reporting the issue as I did: Feedback - macOS - Apple

Well, appreciate the testimonial and all the hoops you jumped— it has become a known issue in Tahoe yes.

If you are seeing in your 15.7.1—Important to File your feedback/bug report— it's a numbers game which bugs get prioritized as the point-updates roll out over the course of a year.

photojeep1722 wrote:

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro (Intel) that I just upgraded to OS 26 Tahoe and on which I can no longer use Touch ID to wake from sleep.

Once awake however it works perfectly to log in to any website or program that is set up with passkeys. This only started once I upgraded.

There have also been times when I come back an hour or more after the computer goes to sleep that I open the lid and for a brief moment, maybe a second or two, where I can see and read the screen perfectly fine only for it to go black and ask me to use Touch ID or type password. Even then, the Touch ID does not work.

The button in the upper right of the keyboard simply is not functioning.

I've wiped it, cleaned it and even re-washed my hands but nothing works.

Even after these bizarre times it works perfectly to log in to various sites that take my fingerprint as a passkey. Works perfectly to log in to a website but no longer for waking my computer up from sleep. Anyone else have this happen? Apple, are you watching this? What is going on?

If this is an external keyboare turn off the Mac and the keyboard. Use the charging cable and turn the Mac back on with the keyboard plugged in remove all finger prints and set it back up.

setup fingerprint for magic keyboard

Internal keyboard remove all Finger prints and set up anew with new Finger print

Verify your Settings >System Settings>TouchID & Passwords

>System Settings>Lock Screen make changes if necessary

ref: If Touch ID isn't working on your Mac

If Touch ID isn't working on Mac - Apple Support

There are a few instances where Touch ID will not be accepted by macOS:

If you restarted your Mac, or if you're not logged into your user account.

If you have not unlocked your Mac for 48 hours.

If you are trying to unlock Security & Privacy

If you are trying to unlock Users & Groups Settings (when FileVault is on)

If 5 wrong fingerprint attempts

I am experiencing exactly the same issue on a MacBook Pro 2018 (intel, Touch Bar). I erased it, reinstalled macOS 15.7.1, reset SMC and NVRAM, revived the T2 chip with Apple Configurator, and still no luck. Each time I wake the Mac up from sleep I have to wait around 20s until Touch ID is available. Really, really annoying. Please consider reporting the issue as I did: Feedback - macOS - Apple

photojeep1722 wrote:

Leroydouglas,

Here is a screenshot of my "Lock Screen" in settings. Note the password portion you've noted in red is grayed out on my computer:

This is an old issue "Require password" option greyed going back to Sequoia

Mirroring issue— always asking for password and /or password required not TouchID

mac—Open the iPhone Mirroring app

Phone Mirroring .app>Settings from the menu bar click on "ask every time", not the “auto authorization.”

Restart your Mac, go back to your >System Settings>Lock Screen and the psswd field>set psswd requirement to "never"

Restart both devices if necessary.

in general There are a few instances where Touch ID will not be accepted by macOS:

If you restarted your Mac, or if you're not logged into your user account.

If you have not unlocked your Mac for 48 hours.

If you are trying to unlock Security & Privacy

If you are trying to unlock Users & Groups Settings (when FileVault is on)

If 5 wrong fingerprint attempts

Same thing with my 2019 MBP with Touch Bar. I have reset my fingerprints since starting to have this problem which began immediately after installing MacOS 26. Prior to this I never had an issue with it working. When waking after sleep the login indicates I either need to type in a password OR use fingerprint; it's just that no amount of presenting my finger is acknowledged. When it does work, it works flawlessly. And, as others have noted, once logged in it works on sites set to use fingerprint for authentication. Hoping this is corrected soon.

I don't have an iPhone so not an option for me...

Thank you, this worked for me. Had never heard of the iPhone Mirrroring app before your suggestion. Apple faults and glitches are just becoming out of control. Thanks.