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« on: May 17, 2017, 04:05:19 pm »

Apps that use iCloud will require app-specific passwords starting June 15

Apps using iCloud will get a little harder to access, but a lot more secure.

Apple has sent out a support email explaining that, starting June 15, third-party apps using iCloud to store data will require app-specific passwords across the board. If you want to continue using your favorite third-party app with your iCloud account, you'll have to enable two-factor authentication and generate individual passwords for each app.

The email was reported on originally by MacRumors.


  Beginning on 15 June, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third-party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or other mail, contacts and calendar services not provided by Apple.
 
  If you are already signed in to a third-party app using your primary Apple ID password, you will be signed out automatically when this change takes effect. You will need to generate an app-specific password and sign in again.


I know this sounds like a serious inconvenience, but...

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