Can't I login using Touch ID after updating to Sequoia 15.7.

Same here on 10.7.2, it works for about 24/25 hours after a reboot, then it keeps asking "Your password is required to enable touch id" and never use touch ID anymore, even when I click on "Lock screen", or regarless how much time I wait. I have to reboot it again to use touch ID for another 24 hours.

Thank you aerikku this is fabulous hack and I've just updated to 15.7.2 and it solves the issue for me too 👌🏻🙏

”sometimes” may or may not be normal.

It has always been the case that your mac requires the password in some circumstances: always when you are not already logged in (as in after a restart or if you logged out from your account); and after a certain time has passed (not sure how much exactly).

It is thus unclear if there is really a problem. FWIW I am now on Tahoe and so far it seems to request the password about as often as every previous OS. I skipped 15.7, so I can’t comment on that version specifically.

Same login and usage as before the update to 15.7 here. It's not a hardware issue (maybe there was a firmware update I'm not aware of in the background).

After login and after my screen locks after 5 minutes or I lock it manually there is only a login field for the password to unlock. It does not even say "Your password is required to enable touch id ..." which yes sometime did happen after not using the macbook over the weekend or a day or two.

Same issue with my Intel MacBook Pro 16-inch, 2019.

Fingerprint Touch ID not shown as a login option in Sequoia 15.7.

Unfortunately none of the suggestions here have fixed it for me.

Very annoying as it's one of the features I have loved about this laptop.

same issue in my 2020 mbp 13" (Intel processor with Touch Bar, 16 Gb RAM, 512 Gb SSD - half full) after updating macOS sequoia to 15.7.1. I tried Stan1973's trick (Disabling/restart/enable Touch ID). Touch ID is working so far but wonder if the issue will come back as it did for him. Also, I find my laptop became very slow after updating to Sequoia from BigSur. Speed decrease is more noticeable when connecting laptop to 27" external USB-C monitor. It takes a minute to display graphics. Feels like the sluggishness is worse after updating to 15.7.1 - not sure if my hardware is too old but sequoia is likely not optimized for machines with Intel processors. I wonder if I'll have better performance downgrading to an earlier macOS like ventura or Sonoma. Would love some insight as I went strait to sequoia and never tried those older macOS - thanks!

Unfortunately it didn't take long for the slow Touch ID issue to come back :-( Although it only takes about 30-45 seconds for the Touch ID to show up, it is slow enough for someone with anxiety to hate it :-)

it almost looks like the system goes back and forth between users. I'm logged in as Admin and I can see the "standard" user icon pop in and out before making Touch ID available to unlock the Admin screen

It's not the end of the world but it'd be nice to fix this software glitch

soyme06 wrote:

Unfortunately it didn't take long for the slow Touch ID issue to come back :-( Although it only takes about 30-45 seconds for the Touch ID to show up, it is slow enough for someone with anxiety to hate it :-)

It's something that not everyone experiences but for those who do, it's a "feature" and there is nothing the user can do to make it go faster. It seems to mostly affect older (vintage and obsolete) Macs, so I doubt Apple will prioritize this, and it has no real impact on the user. By the way, I measured 5-7 seconds (not 30-45 seconds) on my Intel 2019 MacBook Pro 16". If you can't wait 5-7 (or however many) seconds, just type the password.

15.7.2 did not fix this for me. I even tried disabling it and rebooting as suggested, no change. This is a very frustrating problem. I am using 2021 Macbook Pro with 32GB of RAM. I have a newer M3 Macbook also and it has never experienced this problem.

After using the macbook for a while (after what I tried) I'm back to the point where it requires the password with no touch id available for no obvious reason.

15.7.1 looked promising now it's back to the odd behaviour.

WOW! Thanks

Touch ID started hiding after 15.7 update. Installed 15.7.1 but still fubar. Come on Apple.

2018 intel probook

Thanks man this worked for me - intel 2019 macbook pro update to 15.7.1 broke it and this fixed it