Anyone not seeing "Apple ID Verification Code" dialog box to enter two-factor code sent to your trusted device to activate Mac OS X iMessage app?

After having to perform a hard shutdown using my MacBook Pro power button, I am stuck in a continuous loop trying to activate Mac OS X Yosemite iMessage app...as there is no dialog box shown, after clicking on the "OK" button shown in the photo below, to enter the Apple ID verification code that was sent to my trusted iPhone device. If anyone else had this same issue, how was it resolved? I have been hesitate to uncheck the two-factor authentication requirement.


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MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jan 10, 2017 1:16 PM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2017 1:29 PM

Dooooh...well after reading Apple's article (Two-step verification for Apple ID - Apple Support) on how two-factor authentication works...I discovered that for those applications that do not support entering verification codes you can generate an app-specific password by signing in to your Apple ID account page and in the Security section, click Edit > Generate Password. So assuming the Mac OS X Yosemite iMessage app does not support verification codes which seems odd, I generated an app-specific password and entered it into the Mac OS X Yosemite iMessage Apple ID login dialog box and It worked.

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Jan 10, 2017 1:29 PM in response to ksalvail

Dooooh...well after reading Apple's article (Two-step verification for Apple ID - Apple Support) on how two-factor authentication works...I discovered that for those applications that do not support entering verification codes you can generate an app-specific password by signing in to your Apple ID account page and in the Security section, click Edit > Generate Password. So assuming the Mac OS X Yosemite iMessage app does not support verification codes which seems odd, I generated an app-specific password and entered it into the Mac OS X Yosemite iMessage Apple ID login dialog box and It worked.

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