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I can't log onto my Apple iCloud account on my Mac because I have an old iPhone which I don't remember the passcode to. Why isn't the Apple ID password enough? I don't want to erase my iPhone data just yet.

I have always been able to log onto my Apple iCloud account on my iPhone, though I have now forgotten the passcode to the phone itself. Now that I bought a Mac, I cannot log onto the same Apple iCloud account unless I agree to erase everything on my iPhone. Shouldn't the Apple ID password grant me the rights to everything regarding my Apple ID regardless of which devices I can't remember the passwords for?

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Posted on Sep 11, 2019 3:32 AM

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Posted on Sep 11, 2019 9:58 AM

Passcode was created in an old iPhone , if you had the phone in possession disable the passcode https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204306

For you new Mac , you can still sign in with same Apple ID and password used in an iPhone ( the iCloud account is not locked from the server end ) .

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I can't log onto my Apple iCloud account on my Mac because I have an old iPhone which I don't remember the passcode to. Why isn't the Apple ID password enough? I don't want to erase my iPhone data just yet.

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