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Title: How to generate app-specific passwords with iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac Post by: HCK on May 18, 2017, 04:05:22 pm How to generate app-specific passwords with iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Third-party apps using iCloud will be required to use app-specific passwords. Here's how to generate one. Updated May 2017: Rewritten with current steps for generating app-specific passwords. As of June 15, Apple will require all third-party apps that use iCloud to store data to use app-specific passwords for added protection. App-specific passwords ensure that your Apple ID isn't compromised if you need to add your iCloud account to a third-party email, calendar, or contact manager app. It creates a password that those third-party apps will store instead. It is just another layer of protection that will ensure you're protected from nefarious activities. You'll need to have two-factor authentication enabled in order to generate app-specific passwords. Two-factor authentication is different than two-step verification. How to enable two-factor authentication Note: Whenever you change your Apple ID, all of your app-specific passwords will automatically be revoked and you'll have t... Source: How to generate app-specific passwords with iCloud on iPhone, iPad, and Mac (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/PGs2woMTPKU/how-generate-app-specific-passwords-iphone-ipad-mac) |