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fingerprint

  1. C

    Where is password for protected file?

    I have a password protected file on my Mac. My fingerprint opens it successfully, but if I choose to open it with a typed-in password, everything I try gives me a 'wrong password' error. I have this file in iCloud and would like to open it on my iPhone as well as my Mac. But for that I need...
  2. M

    What would cause the fingerprint/password to go away?

    I have a user with a new Mac laptop running 11.2.3 and suddenly his fingerprint disappeared from System Preferences, his password changed or was deleted, and his wifi profile in System Preferences -> Profiles became unsigned and therefore no longer usable. I was able to resurrect him by using...
  3. M

    TouchID or FaceID

    I'm seeing a lot of mixed reviews about Face ID compared to Touch ID and a lot of people saying they prefer Touch ID. I am curious to why? From past devices Touch ID was far from perfect for me. Most of the time it wouldn't work and thats with 4 fingerprints set up 2 on each thumb. This is...
  4. L

    fingerprint not working anymore

    Hi, I have an iPhone 6S and ios 11.0.1 Since i upgraded to ios11/11.01 the fingerprint recognition has not been working. I have deleted my finger print several times and re done it - but overtime it works for about 5 minutes then just never works. Any ideas what this could be or how to solve...
  5. ILikeAllOS

    Something I haven't heard about in any of the rumors

    So we all know that at least one of the iPhones is rumored to contain an embedded home button this year. However, there's something nobody has been talking about. Currently the camera uses a sapphire lens so that the camera sensor doesn't pick up scratches. The home button also uses sapphire so...
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    Headphones Buzz With Fingerprint

    I was playing a game with my headphones in, and on a loading screen, I opened my iphone 6s using the fingerprint scanner. When I did that my headphones started buzzing, mostly in the ear closest to my phone. I took my finger off it and tapped it sporadically to make sure that is what caused it...