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  1. boxxyfied

    TouchID causing macOS to freeze

    morning! so I looked around and can't find my issue so hoping someone can help out. ISSUE: Anytime TouchID is pressed, where a prompt is not there for its use, the whole computer locks up - completely freezes, no trackpad, no keyboard, nothing. completely frozen. I have to manually force...
  2. B

    Face ID vs Touch ID

    So lets have this discussion. I want to see true points where Touch ID would be better than Face ID and vice versa. We all know Face ID hasn't been used by any of us yet so we can only take Apple's word for it to work as advertised. (Looking at those screaming how terrible Face ID is when they...
  3. vbiro

    FaceID with apps that use TouchID

    Does anyone know how FaceID works with apps that currently use TouchID for authentication? Will it "just work"? Or will developers have to add the functionality in which case I'll have to go back to manually entering my password until they get around to it?
  4. marty1980

    FaceID Multiple Users

    I read the security features for FaceID and the biggest issue I see for me is how it handles "changes to your face." It says if you change your face (shave thick beard off), FaceID will require a pin and then it will update your FaceID imprint. I often allow my family and friends to use my pin...
  5. MichaelMidnight

    Taking Photos: TouchID vs FaceID

    Like most of you, I hardly ever use my phone to take actual voice calls but rather use it as my main camera for pictures and video. Now there's been lots of talk of sensors and OIS, but it just dawned on me on the actually execution of these new iPhones in the wild and in every day situations...
  6. C

    iPhone iOS 11 fixed TouchID on iPhone SE

    Hey all, just wanted to let you know: I am convinced that a couple of months ago (one of) the last iOS 10 Update(s) broke the TouchID functionality of my wife's iPhone SE. After contacting Apple Support, Apple conducted remote hardware testing of the device and concluded a hardware defect...
  7. jun180

    Other Would you give up 3D Touch for TouchID in the display?

    It was interesting to read a report by Ming-Chi Kuo stating that 3D touch was a reason why the in-display TouchID sensor for the new iPhone X never made it to production. Here's a section from the article on 9to5mac.com: "While this year, Face ID is limited to the iPhone X, Kuo believes it will...
  8. marty1980

    FaceID vs TouchID

    Rumors of the iPhone Pro removing TouchID and relying on FaceID instead have me concerned. It took me a while to trust TouchID to the minimum level I do now. And I have bigger doubts in regards to FaceID. Most of the critics I pay attention to seem to be focused on how fast FaceID will be and...
  9. KeanosMagicHat

    Possible explanation for new Lock Screen style Notifications Centre

    Just had a thought which adds some fuel to the fire on the latest rumour regarding the removal of TouchID. Initial beta testers of iOS 11 were confused when they pulled down the notification centre for the first time to find that it now looks like a more like the lock screen. If there is to be...
  10. M

    What's up with all the hate with rear Touch ID?

    I have been reading the rumors about the next iPhone. And we all know the Touch ID might in the back, but macrumors' readers don't it like why? Sincerely why? I have used Phones like that and it seems a good place for a fingerprint reader, your finger naturally rest in that place and you almost...
  11. G

    TouchId lost my Fingerprint

    Just wondering if anyone else has had their fingerprint stop working? Today my MacBook Pro touchID stopped working and asked me for a password after it went to sleep, after a few times of this I went into touchID in the properties, and no fingers are configured...I've had the Mac since day one...
  12. S

    Love the i7+. Disappointed in the new home button.

    I recently discovered a surprising inconvenience in the home button. After reading about the disappearance of the physical home button, I still thought the button would be primarily pressure activated. It turns out the new home button won't register at all with gloves on. I discovered this...
  13. NCWildcat

    Waking up phone with TouchID when iPhone 7 is laying flat on desk?

    So at work I often keep my phone laying flat on my desk and can't always view notifications as they come in. So when I want just wake up my iPhone 7 with TouchID, it reads my fingerprint so fast that it unlocks the phone, when I just want to view notifications. I have verified that...
  14. cs.oyen

    iPhone 6 - No TouchID after LCD repair

    Hi! Today I sent my iPhone 6 to a screen replacement. They replace the screen but after the replacement the TouchID stopped working. I got a error message telling me that is not possible to activate TouchID on my phone. I already try DFU mode and restore but without success. Any way to make...