Keyboard lighting at the login screen?

Hi,
I have a mid 2011 MBA with 10.7.4. Lion used to have the feature where the keyboard light had its own setting for the login screen. This way I could set it so that the light was on at the login screen and went off right after logging in.
After installing ML today it seems that this is not the case anymore. If I switch off the light in my account, the light is off also at the login screen. Is it supposed to be like that? I guess, there's no setting for this in ML?

Could someone please test this? Resetting SMC and PRAM didn't change the situation.

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Hey all,
i have a problem with my macbook pro (late 2010), since updated from Maverick to Yosemite 10.10 and few days later to 10.10.1
i while using "normally" surfing, emailing has crashed my MAIL and few moments later the SAFARI. Thinking a restart always can
help i did it. But after the restart at the login screen the keyboard is (b)locked (i can moving the mouse cursor) but i can't type in any
in the password field. (by the way, i can't not open the screen keyboard)
If i go to the guest account, there i haven't password (because never used this account) there is working the keyboard. But i haven't
any rights to change something at the system. Please, anyone can help me, and sorry for my bad english. Any solution without lost
all my documents.
Thank you very much.
Daniel

Then you are not at the initial login screen - you are waking up the mac from having put the computer or display to sleep due to inactivity.
You are already logged in. are you certain you're entering the correct password?
Do you have another computer on the same network that you could try and login to your Mac via "ssh" from this other computer. If you do, login from the other computer in a terminal type window and "ssh username@IP_Address_of_Mac" and see if that helps (substitute username and ip address of the mac for the user and IP address of the mac). You can then do a "sudo restart" and try the safe boot and reboot. This assumes you had "Remote Logins" enabled in the Sharing System Preferences though so it may not work depending on how that is set now.
So you don't see any dots appear in the password field as you type - do you? Are you sure the Caps-Lock key is not active (your password is case sensitive so if the CapsLock is on accidentally then you will never be able to login this way until you turn it off). If the CapsLock LED is not working you have no way of knowing if it's on or off, so if one attempt at loggging in does not work (and you see dots appear in the password field as you type) then press the CapsLock key once and try again.
If you don't see any "dots" appear in the password box
Good luck...
ps - in any event you can always press and hold down the power button for about 5 seconds to force a shutdown but this can cause problems and not recommended except as a last resort.

Keyboard layout problem at the login screen

Hi there!
I'm having a huge problem at the login screen just after installing OS X Lion 10.7. It seems like the keyboard layout has changed, and I need to enter some numbers in my password. I can't find the digit 9, and I really don't know if the other numbers are in the right place either. Maybe it's changed to a us layout.. What to do?

stoneheart,
the numbers are in the same position on a US English keyboard as they are on a Norwegian keyboard.
If you select the Users & Groups pane of System Preferences, and select its Login Options, do you have the “Show Input menu in login window” checkbox checked? (That’s where the checkbox’s location is in Mavericks; I don’t have Lion, so I don’t know if it’s in the same location there.)

I solve my problem of black screen when starting up my Mac pro, namely by the button lighting and then i saw the login screen. Hopefully it works for you too.

I solve my problem of black screen when starting up my Mac pro, namely by using the lighting button and then i saw the login screen. Hopefully it works for you.

It was the PRAM.

My keyboard doesn't work from the login screen, but when I login as a guest user it works fine (minus the brightness buttons, playback buttons, etc.).

I've already switched out the batteries and the keyboard works fine, so I fear it might be some sort of bug? All the methods of restarting or resetting certain settings can only be done from the login screen or from within an account, when the keyboard doesn't work, and the guest options are limited to non existent.

Try doing a SMC reset, you may need to do this 2-3 times as sometimes the reset doesn't always "take" the first time. To do a SMC reset, shut down the computer, unplug the power cord from the wall and computer, wait 15-20 seconds and restart normally and test. If after 2-3 resets it still does not work test another keyboard. If that keyboard works then this indicates your keyboard has failed and needs to be replaced.

Imac 2008 Snow Leopard installed, Wont go past the login screen

Hello Everyone,
I am new to this so please bear with me.
I had been using my Imac lately just to run the sims 3 with extension packs which I played for about 10 minutes.
Today we had our internet connected as we have moved to a new house.
The Internet service provider has said the connection should be up and running today.
I went onto safari and checked two or three emails after that my mouse and keyboard could not do anything.
No force quit, No command based force quit, no relaunching of the finder, no being able to restart or shut it down at all.
I remember an echo back up mac thingy jumping up and down too in the dock if that helps
So I turned it off using the back button and left it off for 5 minutes. The mouse and Keyboard are wireless and run fine at the moment, no flat battery.
First attempt
The screen turned on right up until the galaxy looking screen before te login box, the login box did not appear. There was no other way to turn it off other than from the back again.
Second attempt
I had left it off for another 5 minutes and turned it back on again, The login screen has appeared, I can type in the password,
but this time when I pushed enter, the rainbow wheel appears and has stayed on there for the past half an hour.
Third attempt
I will switch off the modem, leave the computer off for another 5 minutes and then try anf log back in. Since I will be disconnected to the internet I will update you with the progress and whether this has worked or not.
This begun to happen as soon as I entered the password for the internet connection. This macbook (late 2008 not pro) detected the connection from the imac (another computer is trying to access your internet connection-sort of thing) and I pressed ok on the macbook. The model of the modem router is D-Link Wireless N300 ADSL2 Modem router if that helps.
The mac desktop has had an install of snow leopard (so I can not do a restall/reinstall thingy of the current operating system) and all I can find at the moment is the original disks from the box. The mac was originally on 10.5.8.
Please help me to fnd a way in which I can get back into my computer this would be much appreciated.
I am not familliar with any technical terms so please keep it simple as I am a noob :3

Third attempt
I will switch off the modem, leave the computer off for another 5 minutes and then try anf log back in. Since I will be disconnected to the internet I will update you with the progress and whether this has worked or not.
Update:
This time I switched the computer off from the back as there seemed to be no progress made from the rainbow spinning wheel.
I left it for 5 minutes (the computer) switched off the jack and pulled the plug out.
I turned off the modem for 5 minutes.
I turned on the computer without turning on the modem and was able to log in.
I managed to get into the computer and am currently trying out safari to see if the same problem occurs.
5 minutes into hotmail, trade sites and you tube it seems to be going OK.
I guess the computer paicked abit from the new connection perhaps.

I have OSX 10.5.7 on my Intel Mac. When I try to login using the correct password the screen goes white and just returns back to the login screen. It does not jiggle like when you enter the wrong password.

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Back up all data if you haven’t already done so. There are ways to back up, even if you can’t log in. Before proceeding,you must be sure you can restore everything to the state it’s in now. If you’re not sure you can do that, STOP.
The procedure below may spare you the need for a clean reinstallation of OS X. If you don't feel comfortable carrying it out, don't. try.
Briefly, you need to delete the following file:
/var/audit/current
If you already know how to do that, you can skip the rest of this message. Do it, and try again to log in.
Boot in single-user mode by holding down the key combination command-S at the startup chime. If you’re using an external USB keyboard, it must be plugged directly into a built-in port on the Mac, not into a hub. Release the keys when you see a black screen with scrolling white text. In this mode, there’s no graphical interface; just a command line. Initially, you can’t make any changes to files.
When the text stops scrolling, and you see a line ending in a pound sign (“#”), type the following command:
mount -uw /
You must type the command exactly as given, with no mistakes. If you don’t feel able to do that, STOP. At this stage, no harm will be done if you make a mistake, but later, it will be. Press the return key.
Next, type the following command:
rm -i /var/audit/current
Press return. You should get the following output:
remove /var/audit/current?
If that's not what you get, STOP. Type the single letter N, press return, and try again. Otherwise, type the single letter Y and pressreturn.
Finally, enter the command:
exit
Press return. The text will start scrolling again, and then the system will reboot. Try again to log in.
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(terminal skills required tho)

Disable bluetooth wake from sleep at the login screen

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I've got all my user accounts' bluetooth settings set to disable wake by bluetooth devices, but if I use the multi-user switch menu to go to the Login Window and put the machine to sleep, my bluetooth keyboard can still wake the machine, regardless of whether there are any users logged in.
Is there any way to disable bluetooth wake when the machine is at the login screen?
Thanks,
mattg.

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Thanks,
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Try resetting the SMC and the PRAM.
1. SMC
Read this and follow the instructions for your kind of mac:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
2. PRAM
Follow the procedure below:
1. Power down the machine.
2. Locate the following keys on your keyboard in preparation for Step 4:
command–option–P–R
3. Press the ‘power on’ button.
4. Immediately – and before the grey screen appears – hold down ‘command-option-P-R’ all together.
5. Keep them held down until you’ve heard the start-up chime twice. After you release them you should hear it again, and hopefully your Mac will boot up as it should normally.

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When I boot up it hangs on the login screen for awhile, why?

I have a mid 2011 Macbook Air 13". It came with Lion but I recently updated to Mountain Lion. When I wake the laptop from sleep everything is fine. If it's been awhile since it slept (a couple of hours), the login screen hangs. What happens is that it boots like normal and looks like everything is correct, but it won't let me type in my password. After 10 seconds or so I can see a cursor come up but it won't let me type (but anything I do type at this point will later fill in the field after another 2-3 seconds or so). One other thing that's weird is that when the screen first comes up it shows the battery percentage from when I put it back on the charger, then after everything catches up, it changes to show 100%.
I hope I explained the problem well enough. Basicly a "wake from sleep" is fine if it hasn't been long since the laptop slept, but if it's been awhile it takes about 15-20 seconds to boot up.
Ideas?

Here are some suggestions based on my recent issue with unable to get Mavericks up after upgrade - The Apple geniuses just simply couldnt figure this one out...despite it being in their shop for 3 days (They probably did not look at it...and asked if they can just wipe out everything and install fresh...i had said NO):
Restart computer and hold Cmd+V when you hear chime. This will start the computer in Verbose mode.
See the messages and see where the system boot fails. In my case, it was some backtrace IOStorageFamily issue with com.paragon-software.
Google may be able to solve your Apple issues - just type the error message in and see if you get any useful suggestions. in most cases - this would be some faulty 3rd party drivers.....
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My Mac starts up fine in safe mode, but freezes before the login screen in normal mode.

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Do you hear the startup chimes?
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Click: Verify Disk (not Verify Disk Permissions)
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Keyboard lighting at the login screen?

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