{"id":26710,"date":"2017-06-14T09:27:21","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T13:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=26710"},"modified":"2017-06-12T09:30:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T13:30:42","slug":"get-two-factor-authentication-working-in-older-apple-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/get-two-factor-authentication-working-in-older-apple-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Two-Factor Authentication Working in Older Apple Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple is increasingly encouraging us all to turn on two-factor authentication<\/a> for our Apple IDs because it adds an extra layer of security on top of the password. With two-factor authentication, when you log in to iCloud or iTunes for the first time on a new device, it prompts you for both your password and<\/i> a 6-digit verification code that\u2019s displayed on another of your Apple devices. However, those two-factor authentication dialogs appear only on Apple gear running iOS 9 or later or OS X 10.11 El Capitan or later. What if you also have an older Mac or iPad that can\u2019t be upgraded that far? Here\u2019s the trick: when you\u2019re prompted for your password, type it and press Return to trigger the authentication request. Wait for the 6-digit code to appear on one of your other devices. Next, if your password isn\u2019t still in place, rekey it, and append the code. So if your password is Pa55w0rD<\/strong> (it shouldn\u2019t be\u2014that\u2019s way too weak!) and your code is 039602<\/strong>, you\u2019d type Pa55w0rD039602<\/strong> all at once in the password field.<\/p>\n

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Apple is increasingly encouraging us all to turn on two-factor authentication for our Apple IDs because it adds an extra layer of security on top of the password. With two-factor authentication, when you log in to iCloud or iTunes for the first time on a new device, it prompts you for both your password and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,48,5,123,196,124,57,232],"tags":[223,224,248,219,220,225,246,31,192,36,243,242,244,240,238],"class_list":["post-26710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-ios","category-mac","category-passwords","category-restricted-content","category-security","category-tip","category-two-factor-authentication","tag-apple-ios-sarasota-fl","tag-apple-ios-savannah","tag-apple-newnan","tag-apple-sarasota-fl","tag-apple-savannah-ga","tag-appleios-newnan","tag-applesarasota","tag-imac","tag-ipad","tag-ipad-mini","tag-ipad-newnan","tag-ipad-sarasota","tag-ipad-savannah","tag-mac-savannah","tag-mac-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tip-2FA-older-systems.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-6WO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26727,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/new-apple-products-now-and-new-os-offerings-in-the-fall\/","url_meta":{"origin":26710,"position":0},"title":"New Apple products now and new OS offerings in the fall.","author":"computeradv","date":"June 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Apple did it. 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