The 'Setup Two-Factor Authentication' button is present on both my Macbook running OS X El Capitan and iPhone 6S running iOS 9.0.2, but when I click on it on either device I get the message 'Two-factor authentication is not available for your Apple ID at this time'. Anyone else getting this. I thought the setup button only appears once it's available for you to set it up.
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.0.2
Not yet for me. It would be interesting to see if they're just making it available based on surname or something arbitrary like that. Mine begins with Y so I could be waiting a while!
Was your mates appleid created earlier then yours?
No, that's the bummer.
My AppleID was created in 2010.
His was created in 2011.
😟
TThey'll soon realise if it is a bug when they notice so few accounts are using it I guess.
We've had another successful turn on of 2FA over on the MacRumors forum.
Mine still wont turn on though 😟
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/icloud-2-factor-authentication.1934237/
Yep, paying for additional iCloud storage. Still no 2 factor auth for me.
Thank you, but, this was covered on the 4th post of this thread. So, the "Official" word is not correct.
Well, it's a new year and I still can't enable 2FA. This sure is a very SLOOOOOOW roll-out.
Milesjf,
DId you call Apple and get resolution? Your description matches mine exactly except I have an iMac in addition to my 6+ and my 2015 MBPr. All updated with the latest OS.
I believe Apple is still rolling this out albeit at a glacial pace though I cannot corroborate this.
If you update to iOS 9.3 it is now turned on for everyone.
I switched off 2SV, and 2FA was immediately available to turn on.
iCloud Control Panel is for Windows.
Same for me - not available, but I'll stick with two-step verification for the time being.
Strange.
All I can leave you with is this...an extract from the iOS 9.3 release notes.
"Two-factor authentication is now available for all iCloud accounts"
contacted apple senior advisor, two conditions that Apple does not seem to advertise.
1 credit card on file
2 every device is locked with passcode.
Still unable to turn on two-factor authentication even when the Set-up button is present
