Apple ID questions for Mac users

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How hard is it to change the verification phone number for an Appke ID number? How is it done?

I don't have one and want to get one — but only if changing the verification phone number isn't a bear.

I've found instructions like this on Google:

Change your Apple ID to a different mobile phone number
  1. Sign out of every Apple service and device that's using your Apple ID.
  2. Go to appleid.apple.com and sign in.
  3. In the Sign-In and Security section, click Apple ID.
  4. Enter the mobile phone number that you want to use as your Apple ID, then select Change Apple ID.

But I have a landline, not a mobile phone. How can they tell the difference? Does it matter?

Thanks!
 
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If you have lots of apple devices or apps but no mobile, it does make many of their systems fail. have you ever tried to use text messaging on your home phone? You get a pop up, they send a message to your home phone, which either phones you and reads the text massage, as in “ message from double-you, double-you, double-you, haitch, tee, tee, pee, slash, slash, colon or whatever, the the code, which you write down wrong. It’s a total faff to use a home phone number and not a phone.
 
rob aylestone said:
If you have lots of apple devices or apps but no mobile . . . .
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I only have two — an iMac and a MacBook.
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. . . it does make many of their systems fail. . . .
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What makes their systems fail? Having a landline?
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. . . You get a pop up . . . .
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Where?
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. . . they send a message to your home phone. . .
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Who does?
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. . . which either phones you and reads the text massage . . .
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Either?
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. . . which you write down wrong. . . .
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=O.
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. . . It’s a total faff to use a home phone number and not a phone.
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I have both: a phone number and a phone.
 
Gotcha! You'll still continue to get the odd weird phone messages. Using apple services on a non-cellphone can be very frustrating. I've had four requests for me to do things this week from Apple (We've sent a message to your mobile phone, click on the link) without a phone, your log-ins will be required more and more often.
 
In case whatever workarounds are documented turn out to be more fiddly than useful, you might try using a Google Voice number (if you already have a Google account). They can accept text messages, or they could when I was using one on a business card for a while. (It got "reclaimed" by Google late last year after a year of non-use.)
 
Sorry - I meant MOBILE phone with text, and IOS. It's kind of linked to the apple thing, although I think you know this and are just resistant to Apple making you do things. While my broadband was being converted to fibre recently, I had lots of text messages sent to the landline phone and it truly was horrible. Here in the UK - ordinary telephones of the traditional kind are finishing next year. It will be VOIP phones or nothing. The old ones will simply cease to function. phones will have to use cellular or wireless, or hardware network connections - and pretty much all these can do modern stuff, unless you want to stay stuck in the past. Sadly - Apple consider 3 years to be a VERY long time, so your phone, in the Apple world is just lacking connectivity they consider essential. I wish you every bit of luck. You will need it!
 
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. . . I think you know this and are just resistant to Apple making you do things. . . .
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I love Apple. That's why I'm getting an ID number.
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. . . It will be VOIP phones or nothing. The old ones will simply cease to function. . . .
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Condolences. I worked in an office with VOIP phones once. Our calls kept going dead. A nightmare. When I became the director, the first three things I did were change banks, commission a full audit, and switch back to landline.
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. . . unless you want to stay stuck in the past. . . .
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Let's dial down the snark. I just came here to some simple questions.
 
Changing the verification phone number for an Apple ID can sometimes be a bit tricky. I've had my fair share of difficulties, too, especially when my old number became inactive. It can be frustrating. As for using a landline instead of a mobile phone, I'm not exactly sure how Apple distinguishes between the two. However, I've found a workaround for some situations. For certain subscriptions and services, I use a temporary Australian phone number, which has been pretty handy. It's a bit unconventional, but it gets the job done.
 
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