Q: Two-stage verification enigma.
Hi all.
I upgraded my mid-2010 MacBook Pro to MacOS Sierra on 21st September, and then I re-installed Sierra on Friday to try and sort out a bug I had under guidance from Applecare.
During that re-install I decided to agree to switch on the two-stage iCloud verification system.
I then discovered another bug, with Photos for Mac as it happens, and I wanted to post a question in these communities about that. So I signed-in using my Apple ID on the MacBook Pro that I'm typing on now, and which I've had since December 2010.
Not unexpectedly, since I'd switched it on, I got a message on the screen telling me that two-stage verification was required, but it also said that my Apple ID had been used to sign in from a 'new device', rather than one I'd owned for six years.
I unlocked my iPhone to see the verification code I had been sent, but nothing had arrived. And then I realised that the verification code had been sent to my MacBook Pro, the device I'd just used to sign in with.
Sure enough, when I entered the code that I had received in one message box on my MacBook Pro screen into the spaces in another message box on my MacBook Pro screen, I was signed in and able to post in the community.
But what is the point of sending the verification code for two-stage verification to the same device being used to sign in with? Surely something is wrong here?
Posted on Oct 2, 2016 9:38 AM
You manage this in your AppleID not iCloud.com.
The security section will list the trusted devices & phone numbers.
If you think you are seeing a bug report it to Apple but I think the new device messages may be normal (if the emails list different features such as FaceTime, Messages, Apple ID account management etc).
iCloud has always nagged, provided you know what to do when you didn't trigger a warning you should be fine – Just go directly to the Apple ID page if you didn't expect to get one of these warnings, avoid following the links incase they are phishing attempts.
I'm not sure it was any better on earlier OS's isn't just how Apple make stuff these days?
Posted on Oct 2, 2016 12:26 PM
