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Title: iCloud password not working in third-party apps? Here's the fix!
Post by: HCK on May 24, 2017, 04:05:20 pm
iCloud password not working in third-party apps? Here's the fix!

If your Apple ID doesn't work when signing back in to third-party apps, it's possible you have an app-specific password set up for it. Here's how to find out.

Some third-party apps allow you to connect to iCloud by signing in with your Apple ID. Apple provides the option to, instead, use app-specific passwords to ensure your Apple ID is protected (this becomes a requirement for third-party apps as of June 15). You may have used an app-specific password to sign into iCloud with a third-party app in the past and forgotten you had done so. If you then try to sign back in to iCloud in that third-party app, but you use your actual Apple ID instead, it won't accept that password as proper credentials.

If you have trouble using your Apple ID to sign into a third-party app, you should check to see whether you've used an app-specific password instead.

How to check to see if a third-party app is using an app-specific password to sign in to iCloud

You can view whether you have an app-specif...

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