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Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9 showed
an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
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On 13/08/2024 07:29, Ant wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9 showed
an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

For your interest, Ant:-

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254611698?sortBy=rank

HTH
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In comp.sys.mac.systems David Brooks <BDB@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

On 13/08/2024 07:29, Ant wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9 showed
an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

For your interest, Ant:-

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254611698?sortBy=rank

Last week's updates caused this? Interesting.
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On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a Mac
I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern you if
you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using two-factor authentication.
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In misc.phone.mobile.iphone Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a Mac
I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern you if
you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using two-factor authentication.

Ah, thanks. Apple needs to make that messages clearer if that is the case. Yes, complex passwords and 2FA.
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On 13/08/2024 16:29, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any
unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a Mac
I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern you if
you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using two-factor authentication.

Agreed! I suspect that Ant didn't notice that the reference I provided
was dated LAST year - "Posted on Feb 3, 2023"
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On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

In misc.phone.mobile.iphone Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any
unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a
Mac I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern
you if you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using
two-factor authentication.

Ah, thanks. Apple needs to make that messages clearer if that is the
case. Yes, complex passwords and 2FA.

It's right there in the message: "If you recently signed in to this
device, you can ignore this notification".
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In comp.sys.mac.system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

In misc.phone.mobile.iphone Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has
access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any
unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere
else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into a
Mac I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't concern
you if you have a secure password for your Apple ID and are using
two-factor authentication.

Ah, thanks. Apple needs to make that messages clearer if that is the
case. Yes, complex passwords and 2FA.

It's right there in the message: "If you recently signed in to this
device, you can ignore this notification".

But I never signed in recently. It's always logged in online.
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On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

In comp.sys.mac.system Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

In misc.phone.mobile.iphone Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

On 2024-08-13, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9
showed an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now
has access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't
see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it
somewhere else? Or a hiccup? :/

Likely just a hiccup. I've noticed this message after signing into
a Mac I haven't used in a while, for instance. This shouldn't
concern you if you have a secure password for your Apple ID and
are using two-factor authentication.

Ah, thanks. Apple needs to make that messages clearer if that is
the case. Yes, complex passwords and 2FA.

It's right there in the message: "If you recently signed in to this
device, you can ignore this notification".

But I never signed in recently. It's always logged in online.

Like I said, just a hiccup. Nothing to be concerned about if you have
two factor authentication enabled on your account. There's no such thing
as bug-free software, and this is a minor bug.
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

Hello,

About 30 minutes ago, 2020 13" Intel MBP's macOS Ventura v13.6.9 showed
an unexpected "Device Added to Your Account -- A Mac now has access to iMessage..." notification alert. However, I don't see any unrecognizable device(s) in this Apple ID account. Is it somewhere else? Or a hiccup?
:/

Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)

I see this quite often. I have a couple of older MBAs and an old iPhone. Whenever I boot any of them up I get the above message.
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