Security Notification about Watch on Mac

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Security Notification about Watch on Mac

I'm working on my Mac and just got a popup saying "Your Apple ID and phone number are now being used for iMessage on a new Apple Watch. If you recently signed into "D's Apple Watch" you can ignore this notification."

I didn't sign into my watch since last night (and I've had the same series 4 watch since 2018) and the popup doesn't say what to do if I did NOT recently sign into D's Apple Watch. How can I find out whether someone has stolen my number, or whatever other problem this might be?

iMac 24″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jul 3, 2022 6:28 AM

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-Bubba-

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Jul 3, 2022 6:34 AM in response to Delamaine

First check for unusual activity - Check your Apple ID device list to see where you're signed in – Apple Support

If you see anything you don't recognize - If you think your Apple ID has been compromised - Apple Support

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-Bubba-

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Jul 3, 2022 9:40 AM in response to Delamaine

Not that I know of- clearing Safari's cache doesn't affect Messages. However, it does affect signing in with Apple online, so if you clear the cache, then sign in to iCloud, you'll likely get a security message about it.

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Jul 3, 2022 6:35 AM in response to Delamaine

If you think your Apple ID has been compromised

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Jul 3, 2022 6:53 AM in response to -Bubba-

Thanks. Everything looks good. Question, I cleared the cache and cookies on my Mac this morning. Is that something that might have caused this message to pop up?

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