The System Preferences icon on my iMac dock has a red dot with the number 1 in it. However, nothing in the System Preferences window itself or in the Notifications Center list shows any indication that a notification is 'active'.
Reading elsewhere, the red dot on the Notifications icon seems to be part of the icon design, but why the red dot and number on my dock icon?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)
Go to icloud in system preferences, and mine was asking to 2 stage authentication. After this was sorted mine was normal.
I don't see a a 'not now' button on my two step authentication, please help me find it. I only see the option to continue and set it up.
I am running Sierra 10.12.6 if that helps.
I don't want 2 factor identification. Now what?
I have this problem but the answer given didn't help. I have 2-step authentication enabled but still have the red dot on my sysprefs icon.
This IS an issue, I have signed out of all, logged into all, passed 2 factor verifications for all, still have a few red dots going on ...
10.2.6
10.13.1
what if I don't WANT 2 stage authentication?
The post you refer to notes that the red dot is part of the icon design, but I believe the statement refers to the 'Notifications' icon in System Preferences, not to the System Preferences icon in the dock.
If it is true that the System Preferences icon itself has a red dot, then the design has changed on my Mac within the last week! Prior to that, the System Preferences icon in the dock did NOT have a red dot.
Thank you very much. Your answer was absolutely right. If only the Mac was as helpful as you! 🙂
This also worked for me. Thanks!
Same here - I just access 2 stage authentication and said "not now". The red dot dissipated. Thanks!
If you already have the 2 stage authentication turned on and the red dot is still visible, sign out of icloud and then sign back in again. This worked for me 🙂
Perfect that solved it for me also.
Where did you see "not now"? The only option I see is "Continue". I definitely don't want 2-factor for my Apple ID.
Thanks,
-r
I already use two factor authy but I still have the notification badge on the system preferences in the dock. When opening SP there is no option to to continue with two factor authy.
Please help.
Why is there a red dot on my iMac system preferences icon?
