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Setting up recovery

When trying to add a trusted recovery person I get an error that the person must be using iMessage. The person IS using imessage

Posted on Jul 22, 2022 12:33 PM

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Posted on Jul 22, 2022 8:19 PM

As per the support page Set up an account recovery contact - Apple Support - even if your trusted recovery person is using iMessage, they should have


"All of your devices must be running iOS 15, iPadOS 15, watchOS 8, or macOS Monterey or later. "

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