How To Login To Your Mac If Your Keyboard Isn't Working

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Comand option f5 it's my savior 🎉

Thank you so much for the sharing. My mac dose not allow me use external keyboard before login. But the keyboard is broken which prevent me from entering the password. You inspired me to use accessibility keyboard. For my m1, i get this option by quickly clicking the power button three times! Appreciate it!

Did not come here for bro to say go get a usb keyboard

thankyou so much it is very helpful

Also no help

In my case, this worked! Thanks

Could you please help in this case
1. using Mac Mini
2. No keyboard
3. Screen Sharing is disabled.
4. Stuck at login screen. Accidently I closed the Accessibility OnScreen Keyboard.
5. But I can login using terminal and connect to Mac Mini
6. What is the command to enable "Accessbility Keyboard" on Mac Mini or login the GUI login screen by terminal from another PC.

NEED HELP APART FROM USING KEYBOARD

please help. Thank You.

This work! Thank you. I was trying for like an hour to login into my Mac. I found this video it was so helpful!! 😊👍🏼

Issue I have is a user spilt fluid. Keyboard and mouse don't work, so I used an external keyboard and mouse last week to retrieve data - worked fine. Today I wanted to grab another file from the Mac, but now it just sits at the log on screen with Unlock to Use Accessories, obviously I can't get into the Mac as I am using external mouse/keyboard. It worked last week! I can't unlock as now the Mac has decided I need to unlock the accessories - thanks Apple!

Thanks. Finally found a simple solution that worked.

I love you, cmd option f5 is working ❤

The accessibility keyboard option totally worked since only my q through p row wouldn't work. Thanks!

how to login if your keyboard isnt working "get a new keyboard" thanks genius

I keep a ten dollar wired mouse and keyboard because as we know, bluetooth never fails to connect. Been down that road way too many times over the decades.

Windows has keyboard enabled by default. Apple sucks major ass in that department. I have to buy a keyboard to log in because you have to enable it in settings beforehand? What complete idiot came up with that? I knew Apple sucked but didn't realize it sucked that bad.

Legend. Thank you so much!

Or just go on a guest acount and connect the keyboard?

Unfortunately, my problem is that even when I connect my Logitech MS Keys keyboard using a USB cable, I can't type. It's been two days, so I'm going to buy a cheap wired keyboard to see if that works.

The whole point is not being able to log into the imac when my older Magic Keyboard (Without USB Charging) suddenly unpaird from the mac. Now how do I pair it again via the lock screen?

This certainly does not help if you don’t have any of that stuff on and you can’t login so back to continue looking on the Internet to find a way to log in…

I found this video whilst to work out why my (old) Mac keyboard wasn’t connecting to my new Mac Mini. I tried all combinations of pressing the power button, but nothing worked (the keyboard didn’t have lightning connector)
Eventually I discovered that the keyboard had connected to my iPad. After removing it from my iPad, it instantly connected to the Mac.

Thanks, It helped

I have restarted several times, the lightning connector is connected, and I still can't type.

Bro like you talked way to much, just needed you to get to the point, geez

That cmd/opt/f5 didn’t work for me.

thank you ,,, it worked instantly

Hey thanks for the great content. I am looking for a solution for not being able to type my password into my MacBook Pro when in clamshell mode. I use it as a desktop and turn on my power strip, hear my MacBook start and the login shows up but it will not connect to my Logitech bluetooth keyboard to allow me to type the password? Any help is very much appreciated.

Bonjour. I have a huge problem. I’ve tried ukulele to remap my keyboard but it wasn’t working so when to my usual keyboard. I had one file in my system’s library created by ukulele (I’ve tried your methods to delete it - impossible).
After few minutes my Mac was in standby and when I typed my password to access computer, it’s not working ( letter t is dead key).
I’ve tried to reboot, to acess Terminal via Disk Utility ( com + R is not working). There’s nothing I can do. My MacBook is dead forever. I only have an old iBook G4 and I can’t buy usb keyboard. My MacBook is mid 2010 and I already spent more than 100$ to improve it ( speakers, ram, ssd ).
I wonder how many people lose their Mac because of Ukulele...

Apple is so stupid. This almost makes me want to leave the ecosystem

Thanks 👍🏿

It doesn’t work for me. My mack book says it need to be unlocked to use the accessory. Any other way to unlock it?

I’m sorry, but this was completely useless for me. I still can’t access to my computer because there’s no way I can display the assistant keyboard while I’m in the login screen.

Is there any way to solve it without borrowing someone’s keyboard (which is not always possible) or connecting the not functioning keyboard to the USB? I’m starting to think that simply there isn’t, especially because Apple is pretty good suddenly forgetting all they know about good design and accessibility.

THANK YOU! U saved me!!

appreciate this video. It was a big help learning the accessibility function. Liked and subbed. Thank you.

The Logi MX Keys has a usb-c connector but just for loading the battery. I plugged it in because it doesn’t wor for whatever reason and still cant type shit.

This was very helpful thank you

Saved my life.

I have two different bootable macOS systems on my computer. But the long press OPT (ALT) key function did not work at the beginning of the startup with my Satechi Slim X3 Bluetooth connection. So I can't able to reach the boot menu on startup... I tried it with a USB cable plugged in, did not work eather

Maybe Apple also has to add the Bluetooth menu to the login screen to be able to connect the keyboard.

Thanks a lot, I just connected keyboard with iMac and it did work

What a worthless video.

You cannot login to Mac because your keyboard isn’t working?

Solution: get another keyboard

Can you set passwords in different alphabets? Because it has the greek one greyed out on my mac lock screen. Just wondering.

what a waste of time. so you all really had to have another person tell you to plug a fucking keyboard in?

As usual, a great tip. Thank you.

the problem is that I changed by accident some keyboard settings and now I can’t use some of the keys on my keyboard, I literally can’t type the pass even with another keyboard
what should I do

Thank you so much, just the help I was looking for❤

My keyboard got damaged by water and I can't use any USB keyboards because my macbook is asking me to 'unlock to use accessories'. I'm basically stuck at the login screen now :( Any novel solutions?