{"id":9903,"date":"2016-09-29T13:56:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T20:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/?p=9903"},"modified":"2016-10-01T12:16:20","modified_gmt":"2016-10-01T19:16:20","slug":"how-to-disable-apples-two-step-verification-and-enable-two-factor-authentication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/tutorials-5\/how-to-disable-apples-two-step-verification-and-enable-two-factor-authentication\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Disable Apple’s Two-Step Verification and Enable Two-Factor Authentication"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I signed up for the extra level of security Apple offered called Two-Step Verification. With the advent of iOS 9, Apple started offering Two-Factor Authentication. \u00a0If you want to read about the differences, I’ve listed the two Apple support articles about the offerings. \u00a0The main difference between the two is that Two-Step Verification relied on the code being sent via the less secure method of SMS, and the newer Two-Factor Authentication uses built-in funtionality in iOS 9 and above.<\/p>\n

Two-step verification: https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204152<\/a><\/p>\n

Two-factor authentication: https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT204915<\/a><\/p>\n

My goal \u00a0was to enable my Apple Watch to automatically unlock my Mac running macOS Sierra, which requires Two-Factor Authentication, so we’ll go through those steps as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Open System Preferences, Security & Privacy<\/h3>\n
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Check the box next to your Apple Watch’s name. Note the watch must be running iOS 3, and the Mac must be running macOS Sierra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Confusing message telling you to turn off two-step verfication<\/h3>\n
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Hitting OK won’t do anything. \u00a0Open a browser and go to http:\/\/appleid.apple.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Scroll down to Security<\/h3>\n
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and tap on Edit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Select Turn Off Two-Step Verification<\/h3>\n
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Select Turn Off Two-Step Verification (again)<\/h3>\n
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Make up fake answers to security questions<\/h3>\n
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Confirm your birthday (no idea why)<\/h3>\n
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Confirm your rescue email<\/h3>\n
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Click OK<\/h3>\n
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Open System Preferences, iCloud<\/h3>\n
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Select Security tab and select Set Up two-factor authentication<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Choose Set Up<\/h3>\n
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Turn on anyway<\/h3>\n
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Apple appears to think I still own every device I ever purchased. You may or may not see this warning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enter 6-digit verification code<\/h3>\n
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This code will be sent to the Trusted Phone Number you saw back on the Security section at appleid.apple.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enter your macOS account password<\/h3>\n
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This is the password you use to log into and unlock your Mac.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4-digit code<\/h3>\n
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This was the tricky step – you KNOW this one, not sent to you. \u00a0I had no memory of them ever sending me one or me ever setting one up, but I guessed what it was. \u00a0I have no idea what this is for and how it’s secure at all. If you tap Forgot Code you’ll see the next screen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Approve this Mac using another device<\/h3>\n
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This didn’t work when I tried Use Other Device (nothing else got a code). Luckily I did figure out the 4 digit code in the previous step.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finish on your phone<\/h3>\n
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The iPhone will now ask you for a Passcode<\/h3>\n
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This is the passcode or password you use to unlock your phone. \u00a0So many passcodes, it’s getting harder to figure out what they mean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enter Your Mac’s account password<\/h3>\n
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Now it’s the user account password AGAIN that you use to unlock and log into your Mac.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finally check the box again to select your Apple Watch to unlock your Mac<\/h3>\n
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Technically you didn’t have to do this step the first time, you could have started at the AppleID site but I wanted you to enjoy the same journey as me. \u00a0Back to System Preferences, Security & Privacy, General tab.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reboot the Mac<\/h3>\n
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They don’t tell you to do it but both Steve and I had to reboot to get the Apple Watch to unlock our Macs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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I signed up for the extra level of security Apple offered called Two-Step Verification. With the advent of iOS 9, Apple started offering Two-Factor Authentication. \u00a0If you want to read about the differences, I’ve listed the two Apple support articles about the offerings. \u00a0The main difference between the two is that Two-Step Verification relied on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4374,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[150,152,9],"class_list":["post-9903","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","tag-mac-tutorials","tag-security-tutorials","tag-tutorials","post"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9903"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9934,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9903\/revisions\/9934"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.podfeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}