Hi Pat and Tony, When you attempt to sign in with an Apple ID that has 'two factor authentication', this may result in a message appearing on your other Apple device/s.
This is designed to alert you if your Apple account is being accessed by someone you don't know, on a device that you have not authorised. (This is to protect your security! ) If you have just signed in to iCloud, iTunes, iMessage or FaceTime by entering your Apple ID and password (or just your password, if your Apple ID was already filled in), and almost immediately get a message on another device about someone in your city trying to access your account, you can be pretty confident it is you who have generated this message. Definitely choose the 'Allow' option to continue the authentication and sign-in process. If you don't, then you will not be able to use the account or service that your device was trying to access. What do I do with the numeric code that appears when I choose 'Allow' Once you choose 'Allow', that same device will then give you a numeric code that will then need to be entered on the other device (ie the device on which you originally attempted the sign-in), to complete the sign-in process on that device. (The numeric code is just a one-off code that does not need to be saved away.) For Pat: But why is the location shown different to my own location? The reason your other device shows some strange location in the pop-up message is that the location shown is not actually your device's location. It is an approximation of the address of your device's 'IP Address'. The IP address of your device is what allows it to access the internet, and is allocated by your Network Provider when you connect to their network. However, if you ever see a notification that your Apple ID is being used to sign in on a new device and you're not the one signing in, tap Don't Allow to ensure the sign in attempt is blocked. So don't stress if the authentication message always shows 'St Kilda' (or some other location) - unless you didn't just attempt to sign in to your Apple ID. Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage macOS Sierra 10.12.6 > On 5 Sep 2017, at 11:38 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Tony, > > I’m sure other people who know more will get back to you. I had exactly this > same experience 2 weeks ago. A message from Apple saying someone was using my > account in Wembley — which is a long way from where I live. Still, I couldn’t > be sure it wasn’t true. You probably get the same map marked with the > location and the options to allow or disallow. I kept clicking ‘disallow’ and > the cycle would begin again. After losing quite a lot of hair, I pushed the > button for a live chat. This person explained that the map was very > inaccurate and should be ignored, and I should have clicked ‘allow’. > > The person who answered said that the solution would use 2 of my ‘trusted’ > devices. For me, that was the iPhone and the iPad; the number that comes up > on one device, needs to be entered on the other one in order to prove that > you are you. I don’t remember the gnarly details. > > So I would recommend the live chat to sort to sort it out. > > Cheers, > Pat > > >> On 5 Sep 2017, at 10:32, Anthony Francis (Tony) <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> I am getting ready to punch the Computer Screen. >> >> Somehwo I lost the Affinity Program, I can’t find it anywhere in my system, >> so as I purchased it through iTunes I thought that I would go to Purchased >> and down load it again. >> Now, my problem starts from signing in with my Password, I receive a warning >> on my iPhone to let me know that “someone” is using my account, fine, click >> ok, my phone goes off again, this time with a passcode number, where do I >> put the number, there is only my e-mail address and the space for my >> Password on the desk top. >> >> Thanks all >> >> Frustrated am I. >> >> Tony >> >> Boddington >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>
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