Yes, Alan, I do have all three of those things active in my touch ID settings. Everything checks out in the settings. And I posted this question to both places because I know there are people on Mac visionaries who do not subscribe to the iPhone list. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 28, 2015, at 10:10 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > > Mary, > > I think you might want to post your Touch ID issue to viphone because I think > a larger population of Touch ID users are on that list. > > I'm curious about your Touch ID and Passcode settings. I'm asking the below > from an iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 perspective so I hope they make sense. > > What do you have the Use Touch ID For setting turned on for? My choices are > iPhone unlock, Apple Pay, and iTunes and Apps Store. I hate to be elementary > but I'm assuming you do have those last two turned on? > > Do you have the Require Passcode setting set to immediately or to some other > setting? > > Do you have Passbook option turned on in the Allow Access when Locked setting? > > These are just some of the things I'd suggest you look at to make sure they > are set to get the Touch ID results you're expecting. > > Good luck. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mary Otten > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 11:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Touch ID and purchasing things in the Apple online stores > > Yes, I tend to turn my phone off at night when I'm asleep. That is, of > course, unless it is being charged. But I have certainly turned my phone off > on various occasions since getting it. So that may explain the problem. > Unfortunately, I don't have anything I want to buy right now to test out the > theory, since it has been less than four hours since I signed in and made > that purchase. > Mary > > Sent from my iPhone > > >> On Sep 28, 2015, at 9:34 AM, Regina Alvarado <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Mary, have you turn your phone off lately? I believe there is a time period, >> about 4 hours, where you can use your fingerprint after signing in with your >> Apple ID. If you have shut down your phone, you have to always sign in. >> Clear as mud? >> >> reggie & Lex >> >> On Sep 28, 2015, at 12:08 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I am confused about the use of touch ID in places like the iBooks store, app >> store or iTunes store. I thought I was set up for that. But I just purchased >> an iBook. I hit the buy button and was prompted to sign in with my password. >> I put my finger on the home button for touch ID, nothing happened. So I >> signed in the usual way and the book was purchased. Now I don't have a >> problem signing in. I have been doing it for a long time. But I am confused >> as to how this touch ID thing is supposed to work. There must be some >> setting I am missing. Or I just don't understand its operation. >> Mary >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
