I cannot access my Appleid on my old MacBook Pro!

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I cannot access my Appleid on my old MacBook Pro!

On my new MacBook Pro (2020 Intel) I have no problem and my old MacBook (mid 2009) is also registered under devices .

When accessing my Appleid on my old MacBook, the system is accepting my id and password, and after entering the numbers for the two-factor identification I receive just a white page back.

When accessing iCloud on my old MacBook, the system is asking my password over and over again. No message for wrong password. On my iPhone I receive a message for entering the two-factor numbers, but the system is asking only for my password.

Note that I did upgrade the old MacBook Pro to OSX 10.10.5 Yosemite just before I noticed this issue.

Could somebody help me?

Thank you very much

MacBook Pro 13″, OS X 10.10

Posted on Mar 15, 2021 7:45 AM

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Answer 1

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Eric Root

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Mar 15, 2021 5:30 PM in response to Hues G.

Are you running any anti - virus programs? Using a VPN?

Try setting up another admin user account in System Preferences/Users & Groups to see if the same problem continues. Also try the Safe Mode.

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Answer 2

Eric Root

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Mar 16, 2021 7:47 AM in response to Hues G.

You are welcome. For the 2 Factor Authentication code, if you see a password box, enter the password (ABC) followed by the code (123) or ABC123 (no spaces).

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