Comments on: Getting a message to Update Apple ID Settings on iPhone, iPad, or Mac?

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:19:58 +0000

This is a lot of hoops-and-twirls to get rid of a little red badge (which I, too find extraordinarily annoying). I have the same issue: about once-per-week where I get the red badge asking me to re-enter my AppleID password.

All of these solutions offer temporary relief, which is really no relief at all.

I do not use two-factor authentication on my AppleID. My hypothesis is that this message is all about getting the user to enable two-factor authentication and that the message/badge would go away permanently if two-factor authentication is enabled.

By: Peter Parslow

Peter Parslow — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:41:36 +0000

Hi,
in my case, none of these have made it go away.

I got this ‘stuck’ “Update Apple ID Settings” after transferring to a new (to me) iPhone.
When I select “Continue” and enter my Apple ID login, I need to enter my iPhone Passcode (OK) and then enter the passcode of the “other iPhone” – but it doesn’t accept the passcode of the iPhone I’ve just migrated from.

Issue remains after wiping the old one, removing it from my iPhone account, even removing the backups of that old phone from iCloud. Still insists on me entering that old passcode, and then won’t believe it when I do.

Any thoughts welcome? In the meantime, I’ll just ignore the message – everything else is working fine.

By: Kathy Heuchling

Kathy Heuchling — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:40:19 +0000

I had been trying to pair Air Tags and the iPhone kept wanting the password to a previous Apple ID. After following the steps in your article, I was finally able to set up the tags. Thank you so very much.

By: Stephen D

Stephen D — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:12:07 +0000

I rest my apple id password on my Iphone and when I tried to sign into my Imac it asked for a verification code which was on my phone. I entered that no problem but it said “unknown error has occurred”. I then tried to deactivate the keychain on Icloud but it was already deactivated. I then went to the Keychain folder and deleted the folder with the long name of numbers and letters and then tried to activate the Keychain in the Icloud apple id settings. It asked for my old password and new password and verification and after carefully entering this information was prompted with another message saying an error has occurred. I am on Catalina, is it possible to upgrade to a different OS system to fix this problem? Thanks in advance for any help.

By: Hinglaj Dan Charan

Hinglaj Dan Charan — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 15:43:20 +0000

It is ok. Wish to start this apple ipot. Help is required .

By: Volt

Volt — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:47:01 +0000

Before I did any of the steps, I turned off my iphone 12 Pro. Then back on. Issue was resolved.

By: Roger Laffoley

Roger Laffoley — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 18:26:56 +0000

Hi,

My buddy is a 73 year old retiree and he was given an iPhone Xs from his daughter back in February. She erased her data etc and he transferred his details from his older iPhone. Unfortunately many of the apps are not working as his Apple id is continually being requested. The id he has no problems with but he cannot remember the password. He and his daughter have tried to rectify this a few times now and even went to the Local Apple Shop here in St Helier Jersey. Each time thet were told that Apple would get in touch either by phone or text, using the telephone details provided, on a certain date at a certain time. This never happened and the local shop were pretty useless apparently. I gave it a go twice and I was given dates and times twice but my buddy did not receive a call nor a text. The next date given is the 12th May. This is a ridiculous situation and to be told it is an automated system is quite frankly nuts especially as it does not appear to work. My buddy’s daughter always upgrades to the latest apple iphone but is not impressed this time round I can tell you. Why do you not have a hotline to sort this sort of problem out as I note it is regularly complained about on social media etc. Yours response would be appreciated. Thanks

By: Greta Soderlund

Greta Soderlund — Sun, 11 Apr 2021 20:20:10 +0000

Thanks a lot for all your well written and extremely informative articles, making my Mac-life more livable!

By: George

George — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 20:36:36 +0000

The more i try to get full access of my iphone back the worse it gets. I have never in my life seen such unbelievable B.S. I have 2 red badges Confirm Iphone Passcode and that i have entered it correctly way, way too many time to count and Update apple ID settings. Please HELP

By: Anna. Lawson

Anna. Lawson — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 17:14:19 +0000

I am soo dumb on this iPad and also my iPhone I need someone really telling me by phone preferably how to. Fix my problem…. I have set passwords and wrote them down so I can remember them but my devices refuse to accept my known passwords. I am so frustrated please I need you…..I only have WiFi on my phone and no computer Hot Spot only. Is having my IPad and iPhone interfering with each other,also I need to just have 1 FB acc but I have three, please help me I want to delete but I am afraid I will lose important data and photos if I do something wrong,my IPad is only 2 yrs old but my little iPhone is about 4 yrs old. Do I need to get a new iPhone I don’t like big ones I love my little phone Apple I think it is all I need,please answer meThank you Anna

By: Debra Zaino

Debra Zaino — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 12:10:16 +0000

THANK YOU! The red badge was driving me crazy. It would ask for my iPad passcode and then my iPhone passcode. I recently replaced my iPhone with an iPhone 11. It kept prompting me for the iPhone passcode, not the iPhone 11 passcode so I couldn’t authenticate. Ugh!

By: Anita

Anita — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 16:29:16 +0000

This is ridiculous ! Androids do not deal with this nonsense .. so done with Apple!

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 27 May 2020 16:27:43 +0000

Hi all,
I had this with update Apple ID settings on loop for months on my MacBook and iPhone. Also, could not enable keychain on either device.Multiple contacts with Apple support.
What did not work: Change Apple ID password, Sign out of iCloud and back in again, Reboot MacBook, Library/keychain- remove and start new keychain, lots of other things!
What DID work: Eventually I spoke with an Apple tech advisor who sorted the problem. He noted two things. Firstly there was a new update Catalina.10.15.5 (that day) which I updated and I also updated my iPhone- iOS 13.5. Secondly, he noticed that a home computer( iMAC) was linked to my Apple ID- this is used by other family members so he got me to remove it from my Apple ID list.
Hey presto! When I signed in after the updates and removal of iMAC from Apple ID I got the update Apple ID settings. This time I was asked to put in the code I would use to log into the home iMAC- and I have now solved the problem!
I hope this helps someone.
Tina

By: Pesach Sherbow

Pesach Sherbow — Wed, 13 May 2020 15:27:39 +0000

I purchased Iphone 11 and did a side by side change over from a 6s. All good BUT the apple ID. It just stalls . I have gone down your list and tried all and still it will not work. I can access Cloud from my computer OK I try on my 6s and it does the same thing now. HELP!

By: Van

Van — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:42:44 +0000

Why my IPad keep asking me to update Apple ID and would not recognizes my pw. I’m really struggling to update your Apple ID settings on the iPad… please help!

Thanks,
Van

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:00:15 +0000

I want more storage on my iPhone and any free software for more storage software

By: SW

SW — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 03:48:26 +0000

Solved. Had two other devices using the same Apple ID. Updated the new password on all devices & notification badge is gonzo!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:16:51 +0000

I got a iPhone 11 I put my Apple ID in and it downloaded some of it but won’t finish the rest just says updating Apple ID settings. And when it don’t work it says to update Apple ID setting and tells me some account services will not be available until you sign in again. Anyone know how to fix this?

By: Umar Sumaila

Umar Sumaila — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 17:47:18 +0000

I get stuck when trying to update Apple ID settings. I’ve tried everything I know but it’s still not working. Kindly help me if you can

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:11:30 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Jones.

Hi Elizabeth,
I have checked that, and none of my devices show in his list.
Thanks for the suggestion.