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<blockquote data-quote="colmack" data-source="post: 1624207" data-attributes="member: 334352"><p>I've been a Mac owner for about 6 months (Macbook Air 2014, Mavericks, OS X version 10.9.5). There have been absolutely no problems whatsoever - until today. I don't know whether the problem is the Macbook or me! I could be overlooking something really basic, but I don't think so.</p><p></p><p>In normal use, I close the lid to send the Mac to sleep between sessions, and raise the lid to carry on. Occasionally I shut it down fully, or restart. Today for the very first time (for no particular reason other than to get to know my machine better), I thought I would Log Out. No problem, until I tried to log in again.</p><p></p><p>After logging out, the screen is blank except for an Apple logo near the top, and two other logos representing my user account and a guest account. However, at this point the screen seems to freeze - I can't activate my account or bring up a password window (which was the next thing I was expecting to happen) - my finger on the trackpad can make the pointer move, but there's no way I can do anything more with it. All I can do is shut down everything completely by pressing the power button till the screen is blank, then again to start it up.</p><p></p><p>What is happening? Why can't I log on again?</p><p></p><p>PS: The plot thickens...</p><p></p><p>On an impulse, just before submitting this query, I tried logging off and on again using a mouse instead of the trackpad. Result: no problem whatsoever; up came the password window as soon as I clicked on the icon representing my account.</p><p>The question now becomes, therefore, why isn't it working when I tap the trackpad to 'click', when it works perfectly when I use a mouse?</p><p>It's not the most serious problem in the world - it's just that I hate it when something illogical like this happens and I can't solve it! Any suggestions most welcome...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="colmack, post: 1624207, member: 334352"] I've been a Mac owner for about 6 months (Macbook Air 2014, Mavericks, OS X version 10.9.5). There have been absolutely no problems whatsoever - until today. I don't know whether the problem is the Macbook or me! I could be overlooking something really basic, but I don't think so. In normal use, I close the lid to send the Mac to sleep between sessions, and raise the lid to carry on. Occasionally I shut it down fully, or restart. Today for the very first time (for no particular reason other than to get to know my machine better), I thought I would Log Out. No problem, until I tried to log in again. After logging out, the screen is blank except for an Apple logo near the top, and two other logos representing my user account and a guest account. However, at this point the screen seems to freeze - I can't activate my account or bring up a password window (which was the next thing I was expecting to happen) - my finger on the trackpad can make the pointer move, but there's no way I can do anything more with it. All I can do is shut down everything completely by pressing the power button till the screen is blank, then again to start it up. What is happening? Why can't I log on again? PS: The plot thickens... On an impulse, just before submitting this query, I tried logging off and on again using a mouse instead of the trackpad. Result: no problem whatsoever; up came the password window as soon as I clicked on the icon representing my account. The question now becomes, therefore, why isn't it working when I tap the trackpad to 'click', when it works perfectly when I use a mouse? It's not the most serious problem in the world - it's just that I hate it when something illogical like this happens and I can't solve it! Any suggestions most welcome... [/QUOTE]
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