> Yeah but just how many cases do you know where people just store the recovery key file on their desktop, lose the printout or whatever... You are asked to ma

> Yeah but just how many cases do you know where people just store the recovery key file on their desktop, lose the printout or whatever... You are asked to make a choice of who gets the custody of the recovery key: you or Apple. If you 1. choose to keep it safe yourself, 2. can't remember the password, and 3. lose the key, well... you've cooked yourself. > or they only have one iDevice that they use for 2FA so they can't log in to their Apple account... I don't use iCloud for recovery, but my understanding is that you can just log in to iCloud from the Mac in question (I do get 2FA prompts on my Mac). I might be wrong. In case you also lose access to iCloud, go to an Apple Store - they will reset it for you (bring your ID/passport/driver license/etc, it's an involved process). > Any widespread way of encryption must take the most braindead user into account or whoever rolls it out will be inundated by utterly stupid and preventable complaints. Yeah, Apple is pretty good at that. Not perfect, but miles ahead of the competition.