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OSX 10.11.3. My iMac will not accept password when waking from standby. Nedd to power off and on to gain access

OSX 10.11.3 unable to insert password when iMac wakes from standby. I need to power off/on to get access. Any thoughts ?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3), Windows to Mac migration

Posted on Feb 8, 2016 2:24 AM

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Feb 8, 2016 7:04 AM in response to Duane

Hello Duane, The small dots where you type the password do not correspond with what I'm typing. I thought at first that both the keyboard and mouse had lost contact with the iMac so I checked the power and pairing - okay. It only happens when waking up from standby and the only way back in is to power off and back on. Starting from off it works perfectly. It's almost as though the machine is trying to fill in the password by itself with random characters.

Odd.

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OSX 10.11.3. My iMac will not accept password when waking from standby. Nedd to power off and on to gain access

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