Take Control of Your Apple ID, 3rd 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 or two-factor authentication (2FA). I mark in parenthesis (password) or (2FA) to mark features specific to those types. For more information about 2FA, read Use Two-Factor Authentication.

Make Sure You Can Self-Recover

Apple offers a fairly large number of methods that let you regain access to your account without having to convince ...