How can I confirm my Recovery Key?
I have it [well, at least the first one anyway], from the first time I set up TSA, but now I forget if it may have changed if I had to turn off TSA for specific applications, then I turned it back on again. How do I test it?
Mac Pro 2.66 Quad-Core Intel Xeon, Mac OS X (10.6.5)
You are not going to actually see your Recovery Code anywhere except where you wrote it down when you were given it - that's the whole point.
Click the link I highlighted above and enter the key:
If you want to you can get a new recovery key:
When you create a new key, your old Recovery Key is no longer usable.
Okay, yes Roger, I understand all this, which I can do, but the 4 digit code sent to my iPhone is NOT the "Recovery Code" which is a long string of characters and numbers similar to an IP address with letters and dashes instead of periods.
I need to test or see my "Recovery Code."
Thank you for your patience.
Go to http://appleid.apple.com on a computer and sign in. You will need to get a verification code sent to your trusted device. Then click 'edit' in the Security section:
This will expand the section and you will see a link to get a new Recovery Key:
OK... an iPad first gen is not directly compatible with 2FA. Again, there is no recovery key with 2FA. You could always go back to 2 Step Verification.
Devices must be at iOS 9 or later. See the hint below about older software.
Thank you Roger, but I am never "asked for" my Recovery Key. I simply enter my Apple ID and my password, and then the 4 digit code sent to my iPhone, and I'm in.
Where can I "see" or manually "confirm" my Recovery Key? Are you saying to enter my Recovery Key for my "Password?"
Thank you Roger. I ended up calling Apple and they told me just to generate a new Recovery Key which I did. Now I know for sure the new key number and will file it away in all the appropriate places.
Thank you for your help and patience,
John
Roger - I used the steps you outlined in this post to try and get a new recovery key for an original iPad. The recovery key option is no longer available. Yet, the iPad continues to insist I must have a recovery key to get logged in to my apple services. What can I do to generate a new recovery key since I do not have the old one.
All help is greatly appreciated.
Many thanks!
Roger - For whatever reason our apple ID pages are layed out different. On my page, I do not have the recovery key option under the "Security" heading. My trusted Devices are listed separately and outside of the "Security" section as their own stand alone section. I've gone through every section and there is no option for a Recovery Key. One more thing, I do have two factor verification ON.
Any idea on what to do next?
Many thanks!
Okay. We are on the same page. I have 2 Factor Authentication On and my security options look like yours. The issue is I can't get my iPad 1st generation to stop asking for a recovery key to activate apple services. The iPad will not accept my password with the 6 digit verification code. Instead, it asks for the Recovery Key number. So the options as I see it are: 1) get a recovery key number regenerated since I do not have the original recovery key number or 2) find a workaround so the iPad accepts the password. Either way, I need help and I am open to all suggestions
Many thanks!
Go to that URL and sign in in the usual way. Then click this link:
2 Factor Authentication does not have a Recovery Key.
2 Step Verification does.
This what the security section for 2FA looks like.
Sign into http://appleid/apple.com and when prompted apply the recovery key; see if it lets you in. (Unlike some other services the recovery key is not single use.)
How can I confirm my Recovery Key?
