Macos Touch Id

[Timothee Cazares]

I've encountered a situation where a Mac user needs to update the modified time of a file. If I was doing this, I'd just open up Terminal, cd to the file, and use the touch command. However, the person doing this is not me and I'd like to avoid making their lives more complicated with Linux commands. So, is there a simple way to touch a file from the OS X UI? This user will either be using Snow Leopard or Lion.

You might like to run the touch command through OS X's equivalent of strace (I think that command exists on OS X, actually, although there appear to be others), go through the output and examine what errors are generated, if any. Pasting the output to a pastebin may also be a good idea.

I think this is one of those instances where the call to strerror() inside touch's C code is referencing an insane value of errno. (This is where all those "Error performing : Success" messages come from. There was an error, but errno subsequently got set to 0 by a successful command before errno was captured and the error message printed.)

By default, touch changes both modification and access times. The -a and -m flags may be used to select the access time or the modification time individually. Selecting both is equivalent to the default. By default, the timestamps are set to the current time.
The -d and -t flags explicitly specify a different time, and the -r flag specifies to set the times those of the specified file.
The -A flag adjusts the values by a specified amount.

When no -r or -t option is specified, there are at least two arguments, and the first argument is a string of digits either eight or ten characters in length, the first argument is interpreted as a time specification of the form 'MMDDhhmm[YY]'. The 'MM', 'DD', 'hh' and 'mm' letter pairs are treated as their counterparts specified to the -t option.

When I upgraded my OS, the touch ID feature has now reverted to requiring a password to unlock my Mac every single day, even though I haven't shut it down or restared it. When I open the laptop, the screen looks just it does when you fully restart the Mac, versus giving me the option to unlock with touch ID. How do I fix this in system settings to only require touch ID to bring it out of sleep mode?

I was able to correct this issue by adjusting a setting within Lock Screen. There is a setting that requires the password to be typed when waking up the desktop rather than allowing Touch ID. I turned that off and all has been good since. I was hoping to get answer here quickly but instead I found it by searching Google. Thanks to those who contributed.

If you're using a wireless Apple keyboard there's a bug since (at least) Monterey (i.e. MacOS 12): when your keyboard runs out of power, the options in System Settings -> Touch ID & Password will disable and grey out, so that you can't re-enable them. Simply switch off and on the keyboard and everything will be working again.

"My Mac is requiring my password in every single day, even though touch ID is enabled: When I upgraded my OS, the touch ID feature has now reverted to requiring a password to unlock my Mac every single day, even though I haven't shut it down or restared it. When I open the laptop, the screen looks just it does when you fully restart the Mac, versus giving me the option to unlock with touch ID. How do I fix this in system settings to only require touch ID to bring it out of sleep mode?"

(Applies to Intel-Based Macs Only): Sometimes when changes are made to the system(i.e. Updates), system configurations (i.e. for Power) become manipulated, technically. So, reset the SMC and NVRAM. Try performing each thrice. It may take sometime, being certain you have the time to perform these resets.

Sjukdoom's solution to power off/on my wireless Apple keyboard WORKED PERFECTLY !!! Thanks so much !! I had spent 3 hours on the problem [ including Safe Mode test and reinstallation of MacOS ] before reading Sjukdoom's suggested solution.

I was not asking for the password prompt after the screen saver begins, I was asking why it is asking after I reboot or power on the laptop. None of my Windows laptops do that, all I need to do is scan my finger. I don't understand this policy, if I can open the laptop from "sleep" with the touch screen, why not from the boot up?

Apple has the same require for iOS on iPhones & iPads. I think part of it is to allow the user to remember their password by forcing the password from time to time. Plus I think it has a bit to do with security so that you must re-identify yourself with another form of ID. For example, rebooting the device requires a password which law enforcement cannot make you provide, but law enforcement can force you to use TouchID (or FaceID on an iPhone/iPad).....at least in the US. It is one method a user has to secure their device from law enforcement in the US anyway.

We have a set of loaner/multiuser Macs with touch ID. Users log in with AD accounts. I am noticing that each new user that logs in is asked to set up touch ID. Is there a way to turn off the Touch ID setup prompt?

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Some Apple fans have long wanted Apple to combine the functionality of the iPad with the Mac, and it appears that it's finally going to happen. Apple is rumored to be working on touchscreen Mac technology, and we could see the first touchscreen Mac in just a couple of years.

According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple engineers are "actively engaged" in the development of a Mac with a touchscreen, and one of the first Macs with a touchscreen could be an OLED version of the MacBook Pro.

Gurman says that the first touchscreen Macs are likely to use macOS, the operating system that runs on the Mac. Apple is not looking to combine iPadOS and macOS at this time, though the lines have blurred between the operating systems with the launch of Apple silicon Macs.

Apple software engineering chief Craig Federighi in 2020 said that Apple believed Mac ergonomics require the hands to be rested on a surface, claiming that "lifting your arm up to poke a screen" is "fatiguing." Touchscreen laptops from other companies were also not compelling to Apple. "I don't think we've ever looked at any of the other guys to date and said, how fast can we get there?"

Later in 2020, Federighi said that a touch-based interface was not considered for the Mac and that Apple had no secret plans to change the way the Mac works. Apple has been dismissing claims of a touchscreen Mac for almost a decade at this point.

HP, Lenovo, Dell, Asus, Microsoft, Google, and Samsung all have notebook options with touch displays. Major Apple competitor Samsung, for example, offers the Galaxy Book, which has a traditional keyboard and trackpad paired with a touchscreen.

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The iPod Touch (stylized as iPod touch) is a discontinued line of iOS-based mobile devices designed and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-controlled user interface. As with other iPod models, the iPod Touch can be used as a portable media player and a handheld gaming device, but can also be used as a digital camera, a web browser, for email and messaging.[4] It is nearly identical in design to the iPhone, and can run most iPhone third-party apps from the App Store, but it connects to the Internet only through Wi-Fi and uses no cellular network data, as it lacks a cellular modem.

iPod Touch models were distinguished by storage space and color; all models of the same generation typically offered identical features, performance, and operating system upgrades. An exception is the fifth generation, in which the low-end (16 GB)[a] model was initially sold without a rear-facing camera and in a single color.[5]

The iPod Touch was the last product in Apple's iPod product line after the discontinuation of the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle on July 27, 2017, after which Apple revised the storage and pricing for the iPod Touch with 32 and 128 GB of storage.[6] On May 10, 2022, Apple discontinued the iPod Touch, effectively ending the iPod product line.[7] The last iOS version to support the seventh-generation iPod Touch is iOS 15, except for ongoing OS maintenance.[8]

The iPod Touch ran on iOS, the same operating system as the iPhone. It included Safari, Google Maps, a Mail app, apps for Music and Videos, and several more. Users type on a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen. Apple operates online stores, allowing users to buy and directly download music, videos and third-party software. From launch, the iPod Touch was described by journalists as an "iPhone without the phone,"[9] and each succeeding iPod Touch model was introduced with the same release of iOS as the contemporary iPhone model.

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