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Marcus ReedThe trusted phone number registry resides in the iCloud Keychain (SEP-backed), not the APFS volume, rendering snapshots and First Aid ineffective for recovering the 2FA trust state if the device is already authorized. Time Machine backups restore local keychain items but cannot bypass the server-side account recovery delay if no trusted device exists. Since your iPhone holds the active authentication token, focus on the Settings UI rather than filesystem forensics.