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Dick Watson Author

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Advanced Data Protection just spins and spins

I've tried enabling Advanced Data Protection from two different Macs; after I type in the recovery key, all it does is spin and spin until I get bored and Force Quit Settings. The one that's running now on this MBP has been running like this for about ten hours now:

Then what?

FWIW, I also had issues creating a recovery key on my iPad. Twice I tried and twice it refused to accept the key I typed back in as valid even though I checked/rechecked what I was typing multiple times. I only got *that* to work by doing it from a Mac instead.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Jan 3, 2023 9:31 AM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jan 3, 2023 9:57 AM

Dick Watson wrote:

I've tried enabling Advanced Data Protection from two different Macs; after I type in the recovery key, all it does is spin and spin until I get bored and Force Quit Settings. The one that's running now on this MBP has been running like this for about ten hours now:

https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/ed154dae-48e6-415e-8715-044490ad7b6f

Then what?

FWIW, I also had issues creating a recovery key on my iPad. Twice I tried and twice it refused to accept the key I typed back in as valid even though I checked/rechecked what I was typing multiple times. I only got *that* to work by doing it from a Mac instead.

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