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Apple id reset encrypted data verification#

If the Second Device needs verification ( not "approval") with a 2FA code, click Allow on the Mac and enter the code on the Second Device as usual. If the Mac prompts you for the login password, don't enter it yet, you'll do that in the next step. After this is complete, it may ask you to log in again on both your Mac and Second Device.Enter your phone number and follow the standard steps. Click through the dialogs, saying yes, you want to enable 2FA. Since 2FA is now definitively off on your account (even if the text on that previous screen might have suggested otherwise), it will prompt you to enable 2FA as if it were the first time.Just click the "Continue…" button next to that. It will probably still have the "approve your Mac" nag, or some other text saying that you have to "update your Apple ID details" or whatever. That said, restart both the Mac and Second Device and make sure you are signed into iCloud on both. This whole issue seems to be caused by the Second Device being completely off when the Mac attempts to enable 2FA.Please link multiple email addresses to your Apple ID in the future.

If for some reason you can't access the email they sent you, I'm 99% sure you're out of luck and will have to reset encrypted data.

First, turn off 2FA as outlined above.

The Second Device can be an iPhone, an iPad, or any other Apple device that can receive 2FA verification codes. Here, I'll refer to the Mac as, well, the Mac, and also a "Second Device" this is the device that the Mac wants you to approve itself from. Now, I'm going to go though the exact steps I followed to get out of this mess.

From here it will ask you to reset your password, and you'll have to answer your security questions again next time you log in, but two-factor auth will be completely off-server-side, anyway, your devices might still be confused.

Click the link in the fourth paragraph entitled "return to your previous security settings":

The only way to turn it off nowadays is right after turning it on, from the email they send to every email address associated with your account when you turn it on. This is your best bet at resetting things. This will force them to ask the Apple ID servers for re-authentication, and might clear up any erroneous cached data. So, first, some useful things to try in general: If you're struggling with this, too, then you can do it. Hoo boy, it was a looong process, but I just got it working! First I'll share some general useful tips that might help, and then I'll attempt to walk through the exact steps I went through to resolve the problem. (Solution for macOS 10.13.6 High Sierra YMMV with other OS versions.)