YouTube 2 step verification
I have recently switched to 2-step security verification on my Google accounts. This includes YouTube. I can no longer log in to YouTube on my AppleTV 3. I have tried to use an application specific password via Google Dashboard but I get an error message on my AppleTV stating 'this account cannot be used, please use another account'.
Can someone please offer a suggestion that will sort my problem out? Thanks.
Update:
I have ruled out the problem being caused by the Google 2 step authorisation process. I removed this completely from my Google account so I just used my standard password, not the 2 step process.
The problem still exists. Its not that the error message states wrong username or password, it tells me that this account cannot be used to log into YouTube. The two messages are subtly different.
In fact, if I deliberately enter my password wrong, it tells me wrong password or username.
Strange thing is that my YouTube log-in credentials are the same as if I was logging into YouTube on my PC, and it works there, indeed it works everywhere else - just not on my Apple TV.
I have ruled out it being a problem with the AppleTV 3 itself, as I still have my Apple TV 2. The result is the same using that too.
Really stumped and getting quite annoyed.
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Firstly, as the title implies, this is a double-whammy of a problem, and obviously, it is very much my fault. The reason I'm bothering to post this, however, is to find out if anyone else has had this issue and where they are at with it.
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2. As far as I can remember, Apple, in their briefing of how two-step verification works, did not bring up this scenario, which is probably relatively common. They DO mention that they can't help when you don't have access to two of the three necessary things for recovery, but they never brought up the apparent exception of if the account is disabled, in which case having two of the three things needed is not enough. I don't understand how they couldn't have mentioned this scenario.
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Thanks for any response!Hey everyone.
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