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Title: How to use 2FA on older Apple devices that won’t let you enter a verification code Post by: HCK on August 16, 2019, 04:05:12 pm How to use 2FA on older Apple devices that won’t let you enter a verification code
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Most people who own Apple hardware have different generations of equipment in use. And because the company’s gear can last a long time, you can wind up with some old equipment—like an ancient Apple TV or Mac that’s being used to serve up video or what have you.</p><p>Apple has shifted aggressively to require two-factor authentication (2FA) with Apple ID accounts as a way of deterring account hijacking. This is admirable, though it has some adverse side effects for people who have multiple Apple IDs for historical or other purposes. (I wrote a couple of years ago about using multiple macOS accounts (https://www.macworld.com/article/3201785/how-to-use-two-factor-authentication-for-your-apple-account-without-using-an-apple-device.html) and other tricks to manage that.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3429368/how-to-use-2fa-on-older-apple-devices-that-wont-let-you-enter-a-verification-code.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: How to use 2FA on older Apple devices that won’t let you enter a verification code (https://www.macworld.com/article/3429368/how-to-use-2fa-on-older-apple-devices-that-wont-let-you-enter-a-verification-code.html#tk.rss_all) |