How do you turn on accessibility keyboard without logging in? The video is about how to login in when the keyboard doesn't work. So the method shown here is totally useless. Is the Mac not able to show keyboard at the login screen?
Right, you have to set this up beforehand. If you are stuck in a situation where your keyboard isn't working unexpectedly, then what you do depends on the situation. Is it just that your wireless keyboard's battery is dead? Plug it into your Mac then and you can use it as a wired keyboard while it charges.
@@macmost Thank you for showing that Accessibility Keyboard, at sign-in screen. I have the M1 Mac Mini for 5 months and had monitor not waking up, everyday, until the last update Big Sur 11.3.1. When the monitor is out, then you cannot type anything, The real ugly thing, the monitor is up but the keyboard(s) is not working, 5 times in 5 months! Re-starting a dozen times, then, suddenly the $5 Inland mini keypad works! Van
You are awesome! Had to borrow a USB keyboard from a friend, but it was totally worth it to be able to log in and set up that accessibility option. It stinks that this is a common issue, but thank you for the solution!
I was locked out of my macbook some of my keys to enter my password were messed up (after having wiped the keyboard). I googled solutions on my iPhone but didn't find any until I stumbled on this video. I tried "option+command+5" and it worked. Thank you SO much.
I had this great problem with my iMac external keyboard. Thank to your video i was able to reconnect and login again. I used the power cable and made my wireless keyboard to a wire keyboard. Now it is working. Thank you.
Thank you thank you thank you! Took your advice and used my charging cord as a USB connector to the computer, problem solved! Saved me lots of time and money 😅 and met my work deadlines! Thank you !!!
Dude, you just saved me a lot of hassle. Thank you so much. Something as simple as not knowing my Mac Bluetooth keyboard can be connected by the lightning cable.
Gary your video is excellent. You are great at tutorials. But agree.. why!!!!??? Doesn’t apple allow accessibility keyboard from login considering how many people spill drinks on keyboards rendering them useless.
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
Ahhhh wish I had known this before. Thanks for sharing. Will have to borrow my friend's wire keyboard to log in and set it up, but now I know to have that set up so I won't run into the same issue again. Thanks!
Thanks, I ran into that when I updated to OS 11.5.? and the USBs on the mother board quit working with the keyboard so I switched to PCIe USB and success. Anyway I now have the accessibility keyboard active. Good tip.
I did what you said to put the usb cable on the keyboard and it worked… I was able to enter the password and gain access to my IMAC. Thanks for your help!!!!! 🙂😃🚀
I had this happen on my new M1 iMac - I had to hard reboot by pressing button on the back. I had tried plugging in my keyboard but that didn't do the trick either. The accessibility keyboard trick bis a good one.
My MacBook Pro is getting on in years and just within the last week has begun having an issue where the keyboard and trackpad don't work at all and i'm unable to do anything except use the power button to turn it off and on (which doesn't always fix the issue). I'm going to buy a USB keyboard in the morning and hope that this tutorial works for me too. I know it's time to get a new laptop but i just can't afford to drop $2K right now on it. Thanks for this Gary!!!
Thank you so much! You we're answer to prayer! Plugging in the magic keyboard did it, as I didn't know there was a place to plug in. Thank you. God bless you!!
100%. You got it. Helpful video! Also, I discovered while trying to set up an iMac for the first time that you can turn on that virtual keyboard on screen if the iMac won't yet acknowledge your wireless keyboard. With a USB mouse, you can click on each letter/number in the virtual keyboard and get through the setup and then update bluetooth settings to see your wireless keyboard and trackpad. So you don't have to run out and buy another keyboard! This feature is in the Accessibility settings very early in the setup menu. Click on "MOTOR" and a keyboard will open on screen, so if you at least have a USB mouse, you can get through setup.
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!
I have already bought it. Anyway virtual keyboard on a screen can be triggered somehow before log in because I have done a couple of times. I do not really know how I did it
The accessibility keyboard option only works if you’re logged out, but it does not work if the computer has been shut down or restarted. Do you have a fix for that?
It should be there. Maybe you are on the screen where it is already asking for a password (no user choice). Cancel out of that to go up a step and see.
Thank you so much, my new IMac keyboard is not working and I didn’t even think about finding my adapter and plugging it into monitor. Then I have to figure why the blue tooth isn’t working.
Well I am grateful that I know how to turn that accessibility keyboard on. You would think it would be a default. I mean that's the reason we need it in the first place. By a small miracle the coffee dried up and I was able to use my keyboard to log in and the fist thing i did was follow your video to get that option enabled thank you. Now I head to Apple to see if anything else is wrong. Thank you
Sticky keys at login is/was a lifesaver!!!! The additional thing was that I setup a user account with no password on my older Mac! I logged into the guest account with just the mouse and screen shared with my new Mac using sticky keys to get in. The keyboard viewer.doesn't do caps, but sticky keys does. I was stressing out that I wouldn't be able to get into my newer Mac 2017. It's just one key on my bluetooth keyboard! I agree, this should be standard like on a pc. I wondered why not for many years!!! As per your instruction I set it up at login. No need to screen share to get in. Now off to troubleshooting that key that doesn't work. Thank so much!!!
Go to your neighbor and ask any available keyboard for ten minutes then enable accessibility keyboard in groups settings for login and give back the keyboard. Done. You have it accessible untill you have another keyboard available. That's what I've done. Thank you for the video! It helped.
old imac with none of these options available... no buttons to click on login screen, i keep holding down power button on bluetooth keyboard, it still doesnt connect :/
I have Big Sur latest update running. I go to "users & groups" and I have no box labeled "accessibility options". I have two tabs labeled "password" and "Login items". Any idea whats up?
I had a question for the accessibility keyboard to work. I realized the keyboard only works if I have already logged into the mac once. If my mac had restarted or turned off and then back on the keyboard feature is not there. Also the screen mirroring featuring I had enabled but it didn't work from restart. I think these 2 options work if the user logged in once and then now is in lock screen. Am I correct about this?
I just did a software update and now my wired Mac keyboard isn’t recognized. I’ve unplugged and plugged back in. Nothing. Tried getting a Mac Bluetooth keyboard to pair. Nothing. What do I do now? I can’t login
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?
I think you put the keyboard into pairing mode and it should ask if you want to use it. If that doesn't work call Apple Support and they should walk you through it.
The option + comd + F5, omg I was helping a friend how to upset her wifi router and we forget to bring the actually mouse, and This literally help me how to use iMac without a mouse thank you so much
We had lightening strike modem/router and it fried. Have new one, but the all in one Mac desk top computer (2011) has a frozen cursor. I can't log in. I Have a wireless keyboard and mouse and it's not automatically recognizing new wifi--router/modem. I've tried a wired mouse and keyboard, but it still won't move cursor so I can log in. I don't think the computer was damaged as it starts up, I think the wireless/Bluetooth mouse and keyboard are not connecting to new WiFi. So I can't get to menus at all. Mysteriously the printer came back to life and recognized new WiFi. Any suggestions? Thank you.
Thanks for the video! But can anyone tell me what are the keys on PC keyboard to turn macbook on? My mac keyboard doesn't work completely including the power button and I just didn't find any info on the net how to turn it on with a regular USB PC keyboard. Thx in advance!
It should come on by just opening up the lid. Or are you shutting down completely? (Let it sleep, especially in your situation). Also, of course, get it fixed or replace it as I wouldn't use a MacBook for anything important if it is so damaged that even the power button is broken.
How do you turn on accessibility keyboard without logging in? The video is about how to login in when the keyboard doesn't work. So the method shown here is totally useless. Is the Mac not able to show keyboard at the login screen?
Right, you have to set this up beforehand. If you are stuck in a situation where your keyboard isn't working unexpectedly, then what you do depends on the situation. Is it just that your wireless keyboard's battery is dead? Plug it into your Mac then and you can use it as a wired keyboard while it charges.
@@macmost Thank you for showing that Accessibility Keyboard, at sign-in screen. I have the M1 Mac Mini for 5 months and had monitor not waking up, everyday, until the last update Big Sur 11.3.1. When the monitor is out, then you cannot type anything, The real ugly thing, the monitor is up but the keyboard(s) is not working, 5 times in 5 months! Re-starting a dozen times, then, suddenly the $5 Inland mini keypad works! Van
@@TTVNHTD Have you talked to Apple about this? Take advantage of your AppleCare and get them to fix this issue.
Guest account I guess
Useless
You are awesome! Had to borrow a USB keyboard from a friend, but it was totally worth it to be able to log in and set up that accessibility option. It stinks that this is a common issue, but thank you for the solution!
So, no you can’t help. Thanks.
did you ever figure out what to do with yours cause im having this issue and nothing is working
I was locked out of my macbook some of my keys to enter my password were messed up (after having wiped the keyboard). I googled solutions on my iPhone but didn't find any until I stumbled on this video. I tried "option+command+5" and it worked. Thank you SO much.
So the solutions for how to login to you Mac if your keyboard is broken are
1) get another keyboard
2) go back on time.
I had this great problem with my iMac external keyboard. Thank to your video i was able to reconnect and login again. I used the power cable and made my wireless keyboard to a wire keyboard. Now it is working. Thank you.
Perfect timing. I needed this trick today to sign into my iMac. Thx!
Great tutorial! Thank you, Gary! 👍🏻
Oh my god thank you so much for this in needed it more than you could ever imagine
you are the man Gary! I enjoy your videos thanks a lot! so many things I did not realize you can utilize with mac.
Thank you thank you thank you! Took your advice and used my charging cord as a USB connector to the computer, problem solved! Saved me lots of time and money 😅 and met my work deadlines! Thank you !!!
Like about accessing the virtual keyboard in login page, do we have a possible option in El-Capitan? Thanks a bunch.
Wow thank you so much! The only video on TH-cam that actually helped me. Definitely subscribing
Thank you soooo much! I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of that myself! Your a real life saver!
Dude, you just saved me a lot of hassle. Thank you so much. Something as simple as not knowing my Mac Bluetooth keyboard can be connected by the lightning cable.
So very helpful and informative. For sure it pulled me out of a tight spot. Thanks a ton !!
Wow This happened to me last week. Thanks this was a very helpful video.
Thank you! Great video! in a matter of seconds i was up and running by using your suggestions!
This work! Thank you. I was trying for like an hour to login into my Mac. I found this video it was so helpful!! 😊👍🏼
I love you haha really I was about to buy a new one, this Happened to me before and had to buy another one. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! 🙏🏻
Thank you. Needed this.
I didn’t know this! Thanks!
Detailed without the nonsense, thank you.
I struggled for a hr logging in, But now I’m in thanks to you. Blessings brother!!!
Thanks a ton. Saved my day. Straight to the point. 👍
appreciate this video. It was a big help learning the accessibility function. Liked and subbed. Thank you.
Gary your video is excellent. You are great at tutorials. But agree.. why!!!!??? Doesn’t apple allow accessibility keyboard from login considering how many people spill drinks on keyboards rendering them useless.
super helpful and to the point
Hi thanks for the ideas.
However could you please let me know, the model numbers of the Apple keyboards that's possible to use also as a wired one.
Any of the current Magic Keyboards. www.apple.com/shop/mac/accessories
Super helpful, thanks Gary!
Omg bro thank you very much, I thought I was gonna get in trouble for not being able to log into my Mac
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
Mind blown. No idea you could use a Bluetooth keyboard through a USB cable. Thanks for the tip!
Ahhhh wish I had known this before. Thanks for sharing. Will have to borrow my friend's wire keyboard to log in and set it up, but now I know to have that set up so I won't run into the same issue again. Thanks!
Hi Gary how do l get my trackpad to work on my Mac computer I’ve been into system preferences but it just keeps searching
Thanks, I ran into that when I updated to OS 11.5.? and the USBs on the mother board quit working with the keyboard so I switched to PCIe USB and success. Anyway I now have the accessibility keyboard active. Good tip.
Oh man you saved me lot of trouble today! Thanks a lot :)
Big help! Thank you!!!
Awesome tips...thank you
Good to know this. This was the most terrible part of buying a new Mac mini. I have Bluetooth keyboards so I was scrounging for usb keyboard.
I did what you said to put the usb cable on the keyboard and it worked… I was able to enter the password and gain access to my IMAC. Thanks for your help!!!!! 🙂😃🚀
I had this happen on my new M1 iMac - I had to hard reboot by pressing button on the back. I had tried plugging in my keyboard but that didn't do the trick either. The accessibility keyboard trick bis a good one.
My MacBook Pro is getting on in years and just within the last week has begun having an issue where the keyboard and trackpad don't work at all and i'm unable to do anything except use the power button to turn it off and on (which doesn't always fix the issue). I'm going to buy a USB keyboard in the morning and hope that this tutorial works for me too. I know it's time to get a new laptop but i just can't afford to drop $2K right now on it. Thanks for this Gary!!!
Thank you so much! You we're answer to prayer! Plugging in the magic keyboard did it, as I didn't know there was a place to plug in. Thank you. God bless you!!
I don’t have that thing at the top so what do I do now only have the time and wifi logo at the top
Same
That’s really helpful!
Thanks 🙌 this made my day!
100%. You got it. Helpful video! Also, I discovered while trying to set up an iMac for the first time that you can turn on that virtual keyboard on screen if the iMac won't yet acknowledge your wireless keyboard. With a USB mouse, you can click on each letter/number in the virtual keyboard and get through the setup and then update bluetooth settings to see your wireless keyboard and trackpad. So you don't have to run out and buy another keyboard! This feature is in the Accessibility settings very early in the setup menu. Click on "MOTOR" and a keyboard will open on screen, so if you at least have a USB mouse, you can get through setup.
Thanks man this helped alot.
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!
thank u soo much...saved my day u're the best♥️
Thank you ... most helpful DIY video I ever watched. 😍😍
Thankyou, saved my sanity today! Now to figure out how to turn off the keyboard use as a mouse option, that got me into this predicament!
This was very helpful thank you
Thank U!! U literally saved my life and made my day.BTW, today was my B-day. U just gave me the biggest gift I could think of to me!!
I was not able to crack the code cuz my magic keyboard was not recognized for whatever reason before I met U.. Thank God I found U!!
Thanks for your help
No amount of thanks will ever be enough.
You have no idea how much you helped me.
Bro I had never realized that trick with “converting a Mac keyboard into a wired one”. I deeply appreciate the help!
Thanks a lot. But how to sort it out if Mac is restarted and no keyboard?
Fr
I having this problem right now
He just said.. go buy a cheap external keyboard. Dam.
I have already bought it. Anyway virtual keyboard on a screen can be triggered somehow before log in because I have done a couple of times. I do not really know how I did it
My on and of button doesn't work ...
The accessibility keyboard option only works if you’re logged out, but it does not work if the computer has been shut down or restarted. Do you have a fix for that?
It should be there. Maybe you are on the screen where it is already asking for a password (no user choice). Cancel out of that to go up a step and see.
Thanks, it was helpful
Thank you so much, my new IMac keyboard is not working and I didn’t even think about finding my adapter and plugging it into monitor. Then I have to figure why the blue tooth isn’t working.
Well I am grateful that I know how to turn that accessibility keyboard on. You would think it would be a default. I mean that's the reason we need it in the first place. By a small miracle the coffee dried up and I was able to use my keyboard to log in and the fist thing i did was follow your video to get that option enabled thank you. Now I head to Apple to see if anything else is wrong. Thank you
How long before coffee dry up?
Genius! Thank you!
Sticky keys at login is/was a lifesaver!!!! The additional thing was that I setup a user account with no password on my older Mac! I logged into the guest account with just the mouse and screen shared with my new Mac using sticky keys to get in. The keyboard viewer.doesn't do caps, but sticky keys does. I was stressing out that I wouldn't be able to get into my newer Mac 2017. It's just one key on my bluetooth keyboard! I agree, this should be standard like on a pc. I wondered why not for many years!!! As per your instruction I set it up at login. No need to screen share to get in. Now off to troubleshooting that key that doesn't work. Thank so much!!!
This is a year later and you saved me again! Thanks!
Go to your neighbor and ask any available keyboard for ten minutes then enable accessibility keyboard in groups settings for login and give back the keyboard. Done. You have it accessible untill you have another keyboard available. That's what I've done. Thank you for the video! It helped.
Great great tip. Thanks much
old imac with none of these options available... no buttons to click on login screen, i keep holding down power button on bluetooth keyboard, it still doesnt connect :/
Thanks Gary :)
Didn't expected the keyboard to work by simply connecting it with a cable :D
I have Big Sur latest update running. I go to "users & groups" and I have no box labeled "accessibility options". I have two tabs labeled "password" and "Login items".
Any idea whats up?
Sounds like you have a user account select. You have to select Login Options at the bottom left.
Thanks for the info! I can help someone else if they accidentally turned off the Bluetooth like I did. Haha
Thanks worked!! Plugged in Apple keyboard to computer it worked. Thanks!!
I had a question for the accessibility keyboard to work. I realized the keyboard only works if I have already logged into the mac once. If my mac had restarted or turned off and then back on the keyboard feature is not there. Also the screen mirroring featuring I had enabled but it didn't work from restart. I think these 2 options work if the user logged in once and then now is in lock screen. Am I correct about this?
Possibly. Experiment and see. That's all I would do, but I don't have that problem with my keyboard so I can't run that experiment.
Very helpful and excellent presentation - thank you!
The accessibility keyboard option totally worked since only my q through p row wouldn't work. Thanks!
That really works 👍👍👍 It helps me a lot.
Exactly what i need ! Now i can work
So the accessibility keyboard can be adressed for login only ?
Thank you so much.
Thank you so so much. You are a life saver
Thanks, very helpful. 🙏🏻
Thanks homie. I appreciate you for real.
I just did a software update and now my wired Mac keyboard isn’t recognized. I’ve unplugged and plugged back in. Nothing. Tried getting a Mac Bluetooth keyboard to pair. Nothing. What do I do now? I can’t login
Thank you so much! I was in a panic! You helped me without spending any money!
Awesome video in time. Thanks
1:45 man, thank you so much! It’s working for me! Problem solved👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Is there a way to pair a keyboard at the login screen.
Thanks a lot, I just connected keyboard with iMac and it did work
Legend. Thank you so much!
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?
I think you put the keyboard into pairing mode and it should ask if you want to use it. If that doesn't work call Apple Support and they should walk you through it.
Thanks. Finally found a simple solution that worked.
The option + comd + F5, omg I was helping a friend how to upset her wifi router and we forget to bring the actually mouse, and This literally help me how to use iMac without a mouse thank you so much
You. Just. Saved. My. Life.
With the charging cable for bluetooth keyboard
thankyou so much it is very helpful
We had lightening strike modem/router and it fried. Have new one, but the all in one Mac desk top computer (2011) has a frozen cursor. I can't log in. I Have a wireless keyboard and mouse and it's not automatically recognizing new wifi--router/modem. I've tried a wired mouse and keyboard, but it still won't move cursor so I can log in. I don't think the computer was damaged as it starts up, I think the wireless/Bluetooth mouse and keyboard are not connecting to new WiFi. So I can't get to menus at all. Mysteriously the printer came back to life and recognized new WiFi.
Any suggestions? Thank you.
You said a wired keyboard didn't work either? Could be a serious problem then. Take it to the Genius Bar and have them look at it.
Thank you so much!!!
Thanks Gary!! BTW where does the Intro music come from?
Do you mean the little "stinger" at the beginning? That's just something made in GarageBand a long time ago.
@@macmost Yes...I think its cool!
Thanks very much thought it was going to be a new keyboard 👍
Thanks for the video! But can anyone tell me what are the keys on PC keyboard to turn macbook on? My mac keyboard doesn't work completely including the power button and I just didn't find any info on the net how to turn it on with a regular USB PC keyboard. Thx in advance!
It should come on by just opening up the lid. Or are you shutting down completely? (Let it sleep, especially in your situation). Also, of course, get it fixed or replace it as I wouldn't use a MacBook for anything important if it is so damaged that even the power button is broken.
@@macmost Thx for the swift reply. No its not damaged, but the keyboard just doen't work for some reason. Yes. it was shut down completely )
@@hydoj If the keyboard isn't working, then something is seriously wrong. I would have it checked out immediately and not trust it until then.
You are amazing, Gary!