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I have a Macbook Air, and I want to use two factor authentication. However, I would like to know if there is any app that I can use on my Android Phone, to allow two factor authentication. Right now I use either Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator to generate Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) codes. Either for Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Dropbox, Electronic Arts or Team Viewer. Isn't there any option from Apple side, that would allow me to use an external software to use two-factor authentication?
Don't take me wrong, Apple's two-factor authentication works quite well. Even better if you have an iPhone, an iMac and a iPad. You could use any of them to allow Apple check on two-factor authentication.
However, I do have a Macbook, and I would like to use two-factor authentication, and only being able to allow access through my notebook, really isn't the best option. Does anyone know of alternatives? Thanks in advance. For Apple's implementation of two-factor authentication requires a trusted device. This, currently, can be either an iPhone, iPad, iPod touch (iOS 9+), or a Mac running OS X El Capitan or later.
This is where the verification code will be sent to. However, two-factor authentication can also work with a trusted phone number to a device that can receive either text messages or phone calls. This, I believe, can be a non-Apple device. AFAIK, there isn't an Android app that can generate an Apple ID verification code.
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Thanks for the help Tesserax. Actually, what I am doing right now is receiving codes through my phone. It is just that, I really do like having the two-factor authentication turned on. However, I travel outside of my country once in a while. And I have already been locked out of some of my accounts with 2FA! It is just that every app wants to have its proprietary 2FA. Battle.net, Steam, Apple.
And at the same time, there is a kind of standard 2FA, that Google and Microsoft use. They do offer an app, where you can just touch and allow or deny access, much like apple does. However, at the same time, they do allow a standard code generator, like Google Authenticator or Microsoft Authenticator to generate offline codes.
By the way, I do have a Windows Phone and an Android Phone. And Microsoft Authenticator generates Google's 2FA codes, and Google Authenticator generates Microsoft's 2FA codes. That is the beauty of standarization. П˜‰ I was really hoping that someone would know how to use one of those standards code generators to generate the apple codes.
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But, it seems like there is not really a way to do that.:/. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only. Apple may provide or recommend responses as a possible solution based on the information provided; every potential issue may involve several factors not detailed in the conversations captured in an electronic forum and Apple can therefore provide no guarantee as to the efficacy of any proposed solutions on the community forums. Apple disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third parties in connection with or related to your use of the site.
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