Hey Bill, thank you for all your help. It just wasn't doing what it was
supposed to. I spent a half hour on the phone screensharing with Apple and we
got it to work by having me type in my apple ID and password instead of relying
on touch ID. Voila! She didn't know why it made the difference but it did.
All good now!
On 14 Aug 2023, at 9:56, Bill Cole wrote:
> On 2023-08-14 at 12:18:47 UTC-0400 (Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:18:47 -0700)
>
> Jo mailmate@lists.freron.com
>
> is rumored to have said:
>
> "By the continue on your device(s) message in iCloud it’s telling you to use
> the device needed and the application on that device for that password.
> Doesn’t sound like you did anything wrong so far. So let’s look at MM, where
> of course you’ve already entered the new app-specific password appropriately."
>
> Except I did NOT create a new app specific password, I merely NAMED it
> 'mailmate' — I never got to a screen that asked me to enter an actual
> password. that's what I'm saying, it just kept taking me back to the
> beginning again.
>
> It never lets you enter a password of your choice. It GIVES YOU a password it
> has created after you give it a name. The display (on Safari) looks like the
> attached image.
Jo
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