This is precisely why I haven't gone for two step verification. If somebody breaks in, they break in. I do use passwords that would be hard to get though. It wouldn't take me too long to fix things if the worst happened.
Cheers Dave On 19 Jul 2014, at 01:15, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > In the last two days I have had to do a clean install of my Mac again even > though I did it last week. > > What happened was that I shut my Mac down at the beginning of this week as I > went away and didn't want anyone to get hold of the information in case there > was a break-in. So I had passworded all the information. > > On Thursday of this week, I got back and restarted the Mac. I was prompted > for my pass word which I put in. > > I was then asked for the keychain password as I had approved it from my I > phone when I originally put it in. So the Mac did not like it. So when I > finally got to the finder as I had reset my keychain, I was continually asked > for my key chain and thus I had to re-install twice because the first time > the information had not deleted properly. > > So my problem is, if I have an issue that I am asked for a keychain again as > I have approved it from my I phone, I may have the same problem again. I > don't like giving the keychain a passcode because I'm texted a very > complicated password to unlock it. There is no option in the Mac key chain to > get your device approved from another device when your Mac is asking for its > keychain. So what do people do on this list if they are asked for their Mac > keychain when they switch their Macs on if they want to approve it from their > I phone as I can see no option? > > Sorry about a long message but this was the only way to explain. At least I > have had practice doing a Clean install, perhaps a silver lining! > > Kawal. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
