![]() But I also wonder what happens when I change the MacBook password (will it be changed on Apple's side as well?) or the MacBook gets stolen (can I reset/untie/replace it somehow?). Now I am not sure what's the real reason for that password request. If actually true then Apple might just use the MacBook password to encrypt that iCloud data and thus would need me to provide the password to download iCloud data to the iPhone. Apple does not have the key to decrypt the iCloud data on their servers), but I am not sure about that. There seem to be some rumors about Apple using "real" encryption now (i.e. ![]() The second suspect would be iCloud encryption (Data, Notes, Backup etc.). Now I cannot remember to have submitted my MacBook password to Apple during the MacBook setup procedure, but I might have just forgotten that. ![]() I wasn't prompted to enter such code when I logged into iCloud on the iPhone yesterday, but had to enter the password for the MacBook (instead?). One would be 2FA, the other one iCloud encryption.ĢFA usually asks me for a 6-digit code that is presented on a trusted device. I searched a bit around and found two possible suspects.
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