Authenticator App for Apple Devices

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Authenticator App for Apple Devices

Does Authenticator App provide authentication codes that can be used for any website or app? If so, how do I access those codes on my iMac, my iPhone, my iPad and my Apple watch?

iMac 27″, macOS 15.2

Posted on Jan 9, 2025 10:39 AM

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Answer 1

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Chattanoogan

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Jan 9, 2025 10:54 AM in response to DodsonLT

Yes, Apple’s Passwords app can provide TOTP codes just like any number of other software authenticators (e.g. Google, Microsoft, etc.).

See section titled: Set up automatic verification codes

Use the Passwords app to create, manage, and share passwords and passkeys across Apple devices - Apple Support

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DodsonLT Author

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Jan 9, 2025 12:25 PM in response to Chattanoogan

Thank you. Thank you especially for your quick response.

I have come to understand that the "authenticator" applications that I have been trying to utilize are not number generators like Microsoft or Google, but repositories for "identification confirmation" that I create and store there. I already have Dashlane for that purpose. I am a bit thick-sculled and it took me considerable false steps before I finally realized this!

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Answer 3

Jan 9, 2025 12:52 PM in response to DodsonLT

You’re welcome … and you’re not being thick-skulled.

The modern security “business” is difficult to understand for far too many.

Even those of us who fancy ourselves as semi “security-conversant” sometimes get tongue-tied on keys / key seeds / passkeys / security keys / car keys / MFA / 2FA / 2SV / TOTP …

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