I have 3 Apple TVs, including a brand new one, and they all require me to log in multiple times per week - 10% of the time Apple locks my account and I have to get on my phone/laptop to unlock it. This has been happening for years and I was hoping the brand new one would fix this.
Is there a fix to this?
For as good as Apple is with most things, this is such a horrible experience. Especially when it happens in the middle of a movie.
I also tried to purchase a movie the other day and after entering my password it told me I had to get on another device and confirm my payment method in the iTunes store, which I had literally done the previous month. I also recently bought a new Mac mini and Atv through my Apple account. Sigh. Ended up just buying the movie through Prime.
I thought this was just an Apple thing. Whenever I log into my Apple account, at least one other device will make me log in again. I used to assume it was because I pretty much only use macOS (no iDevice in a long time) and maybe I was too infrequent.
The my inlaws got iPhones and they have to verify their Apple account and login again a few times a month. They don’t buy anything with them, so it’s nothing to do with financial security.
I talked to a couple of people after that who said they all do that on their Apple devices and just never really thought about it. They didn’t realize the other platforms don’t make you do that.
Call it a security feature. 🤷