Hi, John, You may be right. I was taken aback when FileVault didn't except my login credentials, and it kind of weirded me out when I got no feedback when entering my username. That made me wonder if my username had been entered at all, so I may well have paused to try and figure out what was going on.
Perhaps I'll give it another go, but I'll turn the screen brightness up first, so that if I do get locked out again, my husband can at least see the screen. lol Cheers, Donna > On Oct 1, 2017, at 7:47 AM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Donna, > > How frustrating. I have heard there are other options on the screen during > the file vault login process but you were the first to give some of the > details. I wonder if it is possible at that prompt to use your AppleID > credentials or what exactly happens when you use the recover password fields. > It would be curious to try my AppleID credentials in any case to see if my > local Keychain gets unlocked. > > One other thing I have noticed that might have added to your frustration, it > seems that the computer turns itself off when in file vault password prompt > if you do nothing for a period of time. Since it only takes a second for the > File Vault to prompt this makes some sense but might have been why your > system seemed to be completely quiet. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan Cohn > > > >> On Sep 29, 2017, at 6:26 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Did. Didn't work. >> Donna >>> On Sep 29, 2017, at 4:04 PM, Simon Fogarty <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Try ctrl power button as that is the key press to bring up shutdown. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> [mailto:[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>> Sent: Friday, 29 September 2017 12:13 AM >>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: File Vault Nightmare >>> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Re shutting down, I've never had to use the menu item, so had forgotten >>> about it being there. No, I do not get a shut down message when holding >>> down the power button, and the CMD-Ctrl-Option-Fn-Power does not seem to >>> accomplish anything here. >>> >>> Re FileVault, when you type your username, can you tell what you are >>> typing? In the password field, I could hear the little clicks that >>> indicate that characters are being entered. But I heard nothing in the >>> username field. And it was strange. I would type in my username, then tab >>> to go to password, but would be prompted again for username. I would type >>> my username a second time, and then I could go to the password field. I'd >>> like to use FileVault, but am now leery of ending up locked out of my Mac. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> On Sep 27, 2017, at 8:51 PM, John Panarese <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> 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] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com <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] >>> <mailto:[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. 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