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Update AppleID Settings - macOS Catalina

After installing Catalina, it asks me to update my Apple ID settings. I put in my password, and then it asks for my Mac password, which I give it. Then after a few minutes the message pops back up again. Happens on both my Macbook and iMac.


Logging in and out didn't help on my MacBook, there is too much to delete/re-add for me to want to try it on my iMac.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 7, 2019 12:37 PM

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Posted on Oct 7, 2019 2:43 PM

Hi Michael! This was the solution to my problem!


  • iCloud Keychain was not ticked on my MacBook Pro 2017 after updating to Catalina
  • Given that the solution was to confirm my identity using another device (entering my iPhone's Passcode on my Mac to confirm my identity), this makes sense to me - but I've been wrong before, once or twice... a day for 50 years!


If this is the case, then the UX of this process needs improvement, obviously. How many people would think to look at the status of their iCloud Keychain when faced with this behaviour? The way it currently works causes you to think something has broken or at the very least is not working (eg: iCloud is too busy, etc).


Thank-you for your post!

Peter


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Update AppleID Settings - macOS Catalina

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