M1 Air : no keyboard lights at logon

[lapino]

Each time I cold boot / reboot my M1 Air, my backlit keyboard is dark. Once I enter my password, the keys light up. This is very annoying when working in a dark environment. Why are my keys unlit at logon? Can I change this?

 

[jdb8167]

Each time I cold boot / reboot my M1 Air, my backlit keyboard is dark. Once I enter my password, the keys light up. This is very annoying when working in a dark environment. Why are my keys unlit at logon? Can I change this?

Mine does the same and so did my 2018 MacBook Pro. I don’t know of any way to fix it. Maybe someone here does.

 

[mi7chy]

My MBA M1 keyboard is backlit on restart and cold boot at the password prompt. When in doubt erase and do a clean install.

 

[jdb8167]

My MBA M1 keyboard is backlit on restart and cold boot at the password prompt. When in doubt erase and do a clean install.

Thanks. At least it is good to know that it is supposed to work. I’m probably not going to go through the pain of a clean install to fix it.

 

[lapino]

My MBA M1 keyboard is backlit on restart and cold boot at the password prompt. When in doubt erase and do a clean install.

kinda drastic no?

 

[EastHillWill]

This issue has bugged me for years. If the computer doesn't know it's dark, like at the start of a cold boot, it should just assume as much and light up the keys. I'm sure Apple is aware of this matter, as presumably their engineers have turned on a laptop before.

 

[cupcakes2000]

Have any of you filed a big report or a suggestion report? Easiest way to make them know.

 

[erasmo-sosa]

I found this in a another forum, "the issue" basically relates to the FileVault being enable...

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