Auto fill box keeps appearing randomly since update to Tahoe

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Auto fill box keeps appearing randomly since update to Tahoe

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has had this and what can be done about it.

I'm running a Mac mini M4.

I happens randomly and sometimes when watching a video on YouTube or on Amazon. It's that tiny dialogue you get where you can select your email address. It pops up when there is no box to fill in. It's a little annoying and it happens in both Safari and Chrome.

Any ideas. Thanks.

Mac mini, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 19, 2025 10:11 AM

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leroydouglas

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Oct 19, 2025 10:31 AM in response to KevBry

KevBry wrote:

Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has had this and what can be done about it.

I'm running a Mac mini M4.

I happens randomly and sometimes when watching a video on YouTube or on Amazon.

It's that tiny dialogue you get where you can select your email address. It pops up when there is no box to fill in. It's a little annoying and it happens in both Safari and Chrome.

Any ideas. Thanks.

Mac mini, macOS 26.0

Have not heard this before.

Lets see a screenshot of this "tiny dialogue"....(?)

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Recognize and avoid social engineering schemes including phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

verify your software is up to date—

The current stable release of Tahoe including bug fixes, security updates is macOS 26.0.1

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

unplug all non-essential peripherals when testing

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

To trouble shoot further you can:

— *SafeBoot Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

Does a quick disk repair before it fully boots up, and certain system caches get cleared and rebuilt, third party system modifications and system accelerations are disabled temporarily.

Login and test. Reboot as normal and test. Caches get rebuilt automatically.

This test will tell you if third party interference; most extensions etc are not loaded in safe boot mode.

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account.

*wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries— connect the charging cable, this will make the wired keyboard successful Safe Boot your Mac.

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