EBOOK EXTRAS:v2.0.1 Downloads, Updates, Feedback TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR APPLE ID by GLENN FLEISHMAN $9.99 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! Table of Contents Read Me First ............................................................... 4 Updates and More ............................................................. 4 What’s New in Version 2.0.1 ............................................... 5 What Was New in the Second Edition ................................... 5 Introduction ................................................................ 7 Apple ID Quick Start .................................................... 8 Where to Log In with Your Apple ID .......................... 10 Understand Your Apple ID ......................................... 12 What’s an Apple ID? ........................................................ 12 From a Murky Past, Apple ID Emerged ............................... 13 How Apple Uses the Apple ID ............................................ 15 Manage Payments with Your Apple ID ................................. 21 Prevent Apple ID Problems ........................................ 30 Make Sure You Can Self-Recover ....................................... 30 Avoid Losing Access ......................................................... 32 Use Two-Factor Authentication .................................. 34 How 2FA Works ............................................................... 34 Enable Apple’s 2FA .......................................................... 36 Log In with 2FA ............................................................... 42 Work with 2FA ................................................................. 49 Troubleshoot 2FA Problems ............................................... 53 Sign In with Your Apple ID ........................................ 58 How It Works .................................................................. 58 Use Sign in with Apple ..................................................... 60 View and Remove Linked Accounts ..................................... 63 Manage Multiple Apple IDs ........................................ 66 Use Separate Accounts for Purchases and iCloud ................. 66 Work with Apple ID Across Countries .................................. 70 2 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! Manage Two iCloud Accounts ............................................. 73 Split or Migrate Apple IDs .......................................... 76 Split an Apple ID Between Two People ................................ 76 Migrate from One Apple ID to Another ................................ 84 Share with Your Family .............................................. 86 Enable Family Sharing ...................................................... 87 Review Family Subscriptions ............................................. 93 Manage Family Members as Organizer ................................ 94 Turn Off Family Sharing .................................................... 96 Subscribe to Services ................................................ 97 Apple’s Many Subscription Offerings ................................... 97 Apple One .................................................................... 102 Cancel Subscriptions ...................................................... 103 Cope with a Hack of Your Apple ID Account ............. 105 Recognize an Attack in Progress ...................................... 105 Stop an Attack in Progress .............................................. 106 Solve Common Problems ......................................... 109 Set Up 2FA Without a Device ........................................... 109 Reset Your Password ...................................................... 110 Deal with a Locked Account ............................................. 112 Update a Credit Card for Purchases .................................. 113 Manage an Unavailable Email Address .............................. 114 Cope with an Account Lost Forever ................................... 115 Appendix A: Legacy Apple ID Issues ........................ 117 Deal with Accounts Without Email Addresses ..................... 117 Handle Two-Step Verification ........................................... 117 About This Book ....................................................... 121 Ebook Extras ................................................................. 121 About the Author ........................................................... 122 About the Publisher ........................................................ 123 Copyright and Fine Print .......................................... 124 3 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! Read Me First Welcome to Take Control of Your Apple ID, Second Edition, version 2.0.1, published in November 2020 by alt concepts inc. This book was written by Glenn Fleishman and edited by Joe Kissell. This book offers all the information you need to manage your Apple ID, from setting up two-factor authentication to using it with Apple’s various services and stores, including troubleshooting access to your account if (or, perhaps, when) something goes wrong. If you want to share this ebook with a friend, we ask that you do so as you would with a physical book: “lend” it for a quick look, but ask your friend to buy a copy for careful reading or reference. Discounted classroom and Mac user group copies are available. Copyright © 2020, Glenn Fleishman. All rights reserved. Updates and More You can access extras related to this ebook on the web (use the link in Ebook Extras, near the end; it’s available only to purchasers). On the ebook’s Take Control Extras page, you can: • Download any available new version of the ebook for free, or buy any subsequent edition at a discount. • Download various formats, including PDF, EPUB, and Mobipocket. (Learn about reading on mobile devices on our Device Advice page.) • Read the ebook’s blog. You may find new tips or information, as well as a link to an author interview. If you bought this ebook from the Take Control website, it has been added to your account, where you can download it in other formats and access any future updates. 4 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! What’s New in Version 2.0.1 This version has a handful of minor changes, mostly to update details about Apple One, the company’s new bundled subscription service that was unveiled since version 2.0 appeared; see Subscribe to Services. I’ve also made some tweaks to the explanation around the Apple ID recovery key, a feature Apple added to accounts in September 2020, but as of late November 2020 has not fully explained or possibly completely enabled. See Set a Recovery Key for 2FA. What Was New in the Second Edition This edition of the book has been substantially expanded to include two increasingly key areas that are directly connected with Apple IDs and which people have indicated they need more guidance and trou- bleshooting help with: • Family Sharing: Apple introduced Family Sharing several years ago as a way to share purchases and pool iCloud storage among up to six people in a family group. In September 2020 and later in the year, Apple added new features to Family Sharing, including letting in-app purchases and subscriptions be shared (at a developer’s discretion) and the Apple One family subscription plan. Family Sharing is based entirely on grouping Apple ID accounts. See Share with Your Family. • Subscriptions: While previous editions of the book mentioned subscriptions, Apple now offers so goldarn many that I added an entire chapter to explain what’s available and at what cost, how it’s tied to your Apple ID account, and how to manage these services. Read Subscribe to Services. • Payment methods: Apple’s tools for managing payment methods associated with your Apple ID—adding, changing, deleting, and viewing them—are quite a big ball of wax. In this updated edition, I pick apart the details so you can better figure out how to pay and 5 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! what’s being charged. Consult Manage Payments with Your Apple ID if you dare. Also in September 2020, Apple released iOS 14, iPadOS 14, and tvOS, with macOS 11 Big Sur soon to follow. This book has been updated to reflect interface and service changes that came along with it. (I’ll update the book if anything in the final shipping version of Big Sur is different from the current public beta.) The largest change to Apple ID this year was the return (with the release of iOS/iPadOS 14) of the recovery key, a way to restrict pass- word resetting for your account as well as a way to unlock a restricted Apple ID account. See the full details in Set a Recovery Key for 2FA. Note: Apple added COVID-19 privacy-preserving exposure notif- ication in iOS/iPadOS 13.7, but it’s not tied to your Apple ID at all. For more on that feature, see my book Take Control of iOS & iPadOS Privacy and Security. 6 Click here to buy the full 124-page “Take Control of Your Apple ID” for only $9.99! Introduction Your Apple ID is the center of your identity when it comes to managing Apple accounts and gear. It’s your iCloud login. It lets you prove you own hardware devices. It’s associated with purchases and subscrip- tions you make at Apple’s various stores. It’s a way to group your family’s accounts and Apple financial transactions. It can also be used