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Apple credit card gotcha - ka jowct - 09-29-2019
A gotcha for me, anyway. I don't need the card, but would sort of like to have it. Couldn't remember why I had decided not to pursue it so I went into wallet and clicked on Apply. And the snag appeared immediately: you must have two-factor authentication enabled. I did that briefly when I got my current iPhone and thought I was going to go nuts while it was active. I can't go through that crap on a regular basis. No card for me.
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - Markintosh - 09-30-2019
The Apple Card was the impetus for me finally configuring 2FA. It was a big process of first going to some intermediate early form of 2FA, and then updating to the current 2FA. It was a pain because I needed to sign in and out of two Macs, a phone, an iPad and an ATV multiple times to get everything in sync.
Once it was done though, I really have not had a need to sign into my account more than one time in the last month.
I also discovered that I needed to enable Apple Cash to accept credits on purchases...but now that is done, using Apple Cash to send cash via messages has been convenient.
Do it!
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - jdc - 09-30-2019
As alluded to, its pretty much a one time thing.
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - vision63 - 09-30-2019
Markintosh wrote:
The Apple Card was the impetus for me finally configuring 2FA. It was a big process of first going to some intermediate early form of 2FA, and then updating to the current 2FA. It was a pain because I needed to sign in and out of two Macs, a phone, an iPad and an ATV multiple times to get everything in sync.
Once it was done though, I really have not had a need to sign into my account more than one time in the last month.
I also discovered that I needed to enable Apple Cash to accept credits on purchases...but now that is done, using Apple Cash to send cash via messages has been convenient.
Do it!
Just Googled 2FA and my statement is: "Oh that, yeah."
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - RAMd®d - 09-30-2019
I already had it enabled, so the process was painless for me.
There's only been a couple of times when some evolution required me to do the Two-Factor Dance.
And it was quick and painless.
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - space-time - 09-30-2019
2FA, the way Apple implemented it, used to a pain. for some reason I did NOT have to sign out and back in to my account in several months, so I do not know if they improved it. Now that I think about it, I just upgraded my iPhone, restored from the old iPhone (scanned the moving cloud) and I think I had to enter my password, but I do not recalled getting any 2FA codes.
2FA is good in general, but not the way Apple implemented it (unless it got better lately).
Re: Apple credit card gotcha - ka jowct - 09-30-2019
Seems like it is a problem if you have a bunch of devices. For our situation, it was freaking torture. I backed out while I still could.