Even with FileVault, you can turn on VoiceOver and get speech feedback for
the prompts. You should first enter your account and hit enter. Then, type your
password and hit enter.
As for turning off the MBP, provided you have a touch bar, you can hold the
power button for a second and you should get the authentication window to
shutdown. Also, it's on the Apple menu as well. I believe if you press the FN
key with the control-option-command and power button, that should turn it off
too. I'll have to check that on my MBP.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
Email, [email protected]
Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer
AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
> On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:42 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, all,
>
> So, unbeknownst to me, it seems that FileVault is activated by default on the
> new MBPs.
>
> This morning I shut my computer off by force quit, because I couldn't get it
> to shut down normally. When I got home from work, I tried to restart it.
> Apparently FileVault was activated.
>
> I always keep the screen dimmed to save battery power. So, I entered my
> username, and got absolutely no feedback as to whether it had been entered,
> much less whether it was entered correctly. Then I entered my password. I
> got the error that my login was incorrect. I know my password, I was able to
> successfully enter it on my old MBA. But repeated tries yielded the same
> error.
>
> After a few tries, I lost VO altogether. Unfortunately, I keep the screen
> dimmed, to save battery power. So at one point in this saga, I found myself
> without VO, and without the ability to brighten the screen, so I could get
> sighted assistance. Eventually, my husband put on two pairs of reading
> glasses, so he could read what was on the screen. The only way out of my
> problem seemed to be to deactivate FileVault.
>
> What was especially frustrating was the lack of VO support, and the lack of
> ability to navigate the screen. For example, I had no way to determine that
> my username had been entered correctly. my husband eventually saw that there
> were options like "Forgot Password" "keyboard not working" and so on, I
> never saw any of that. Also, I was completely unable to adjust output. I
> could not brighten the screen, so my husband could see it. I could not turn
> VO on or off. I was really wondering at one point whether I was locked out
> of my MBP permanently. I don't ever want to go through this again!
>
> So I know that some of you actually like FileVault. How the **** do you log
> in?
> TIA,
> Donna
>
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