System Setting: I have a Macbook Air and now today there is a problem with the System Setting which for some obscur reason is not allowing me to operate properly it asks me for the code to my Iphone which I don't have and then I'm just stuck?
I hope I have explained my issue. Please ask if you can understand the problem?
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iPhone 8, iOS 16
Thanks for the details—I can help you get unstuck.
Your Mac is likely asking for one of two things. If it says “Verification Code” or “Two-Factor Authentication,” that’s an Apple ID code normally sent to your iPhone. Since you don’t have the iPhone, you can generate a code on the Mac itself: Apple menu > System Settings > your name > Sign-In & Security > Get Verification Code. If that isn’t available, choose “Didn’t get a code?” in the prompt and send it to your trusted phone number via text or call. If you no longer have a trusted number, go to iforgot.apple.com to start account recovery.
If the prompt says “Enter Passcode for ‘[iPhone name]’,” that is the old iPhone’s device passcode used to approve end-to-end encrypted iCloud data (like Keychain). If you don’t have that passcode or device, click “Can’t use this device?” (or similar) and choose “Reset Encrypted Data.” This lets you finish signing in without that iPhone. It removes the iCloud copy of items like Keychain; your local passwords stay, and you can re-enable Keychain later.
If System Settings is frozen in a loop, sign out of Apple ID on the Mac (System Settings > your name > Sign Out), restart the Mac, then sign back in and use the steps above. Also make sure Date & Time is set automatically and try the sign-in on a plain network (no VPN or filter) just for the setup.
Tell me exactly what the prompt’s wording is (“Verification code” vs “iPhone passcode”), and I’ll give you the exact next taps.
Hello again, I do have an Iphone it sounds as if you think I don't have a phone? I have received no codes and the System Setting is like frosen, I am unable to sign out of Apple ID or restart let alone put in my name in, so I am absolutely stuck? Can I send you a screenshot of the window which has been turning around for hours. On top of it it says: "Some ICloud Data isn't Syncing".
I have a MacBook Air Retina - 13 inch 2019. Could it be that the Operating System needs to be looked at or updated? Please explain what you believe is the best to do? I can send you a screenshot of the window which just turns around and around i.e. is frosen on top of the window it says "Some IClouds Data isn't syncing"
Sounds like you are referring to two-factor authentication:
Two-factor authentication for Apple Account - Apple Support
See the bottom section of that page for alternate methods of access.
I want to restart my MacBook Air, so that I get rid of the window which asked me for the phone code (I do not use phone codes) But no response. I am prevented from restarting. What do I do?
Hello, thanks for getting back. Well, I am asked to enter the passcode to open the phone and I don't use such codes?
Try a hard reboot (press and hold the power/Touch ID button for ~10 seconds). Then wait a few seconds and press any key to boot back up.
Sorry, where is the Touch ID button?
Upper right corner of the keyboard. Depending on the age of your Mac, it may be a Power button (with the logo) or the Touch ID sensor that also functions as a power button.
Macbook Air System Setting asks for iPhone code
