Computer turned on but won't let me log in.
Yesterday my computer worked fine. Today when I came into the office and I turned my computer on, it looked like it turned on just fine, but I'm at the log in screen and I can't select a user, or click on "sleep" "restart" or "shut down" at the bottom either. The mouse will still move around, and I can still adjust the volume and screen brightness with the keyboard, but that's it. I tried turning it on holding down option command p and r and letting it chime three times to reboot the pram and nvram but that didn't do anything either. Anyone know what I should do?
Thanks,
Sarah
Try resetting your computer's SMC.
If that doesn't help, are you able to click things when booting into the recovery drive? (Press command + r as soon as the grey background comes up upon turning the computer on).
I hope I helped.
Austin
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