Take Control of Your Apple ID, 4th Edition

Prevent Apple ID Problems

It’s likely you acquired this book to solve problems, but I want to start off by telling you how to prevent common ones. These issues mostly affect account access when you lose a device, forget or lose a password, experience a hacking attempt that leads Apple to lock your account, or otherwise need to regain access.

Tip: These options vary by how your Apple ID is protected: with a password, code-based two-factor authentication (code), or hardware security keys. I mark in parenthesis (password), (code), and (keys) to mark features specific to those types. For more information about 2FA and security keys, read Authenticate Your Apple ID Login.

Make Sure You Can Self-Recover

Apple offers a fairly large number of methods ...