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Changing password by dscl causes an iCloud re-login
Your keychain password is not the same as your account password. Use the system preferences gui for password changes for accounts with iCloud and iCloud Keychain involvement.
I’m guessing you’re ...
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Two different computers, same home folder name: trouble?
I suspect that you were logged into iCloud on both machines, and that iCloud Drive (not the same thing as iCloud) was set to synch some of all of their contents including the Home folders.
There's ...
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Someone requested a Apple ID password reset
It's a bit difficult to decipher what your question is. It sounds like you should talk to your son to find out if he's been requesting the password resets. If you do not know who requested the ...
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How can I extract the TOTP secret from an iCloud Keychain?
Oh well, just before submitting the question, I remembered that Safari supports exporting passwords to a plain-text CSV file. So I did File → Export → Passwords..., and the TOTP secret was present in ...
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TouchID doesn't always work
Apple documents when it requires a password here : https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/use-touch-id-mchl16fbf90a/mac
when you start your Mac
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must re-enter their password every 48 hours and ...
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