Thank you Ronni I understand the process of the notification Ronni and enjoy having it. My question was that the e-mail box and the Password box are on the desktop, but when I receive the numeric code there is no where to put it. There is no other box. I am just trying to get to Purchased Apps, Products to hopefully download Affinity Photo again. It seems as if I am stuck in a loop, e-mail, Password, done, notified that someone is attempting to log in to my account, allow, up comes the e-mail box, Password box, my iPhone chimes and there is the numeric code, but no box on the desktop to put the number into??
Thanks Ronni Tony Boddington > On 5 Sep 2017, at 12:32 pm, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] >> <mailto:[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] >>> <mailto:[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 -- >>> > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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