My brother has Alzheimers, but still likes to send emails to his kids.
His email is a Gmail account.
Something changed and Apple isn't letting him log in. Every change I have tried to make, logging in as him on my computer results in a text message being sent to his cell phone.
Except that he doesn't have text messaging on his cell phone.
If I want to change his appleID, it wants to send a text message to his cell phone. If I want to change his phone number it wants to send a text message to his cell phone.
Even if I could change it, I know that he is going to increasingly run into 2-factor authentication situations. I don't want to have to phone him 3 times a week to read off his latest 6-digit code.
So, generalizing the problem: Is there a way to maintain a Google account without owning a cell phone?
