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    iCloud Account recovery failed to result in reset link

    My company's outside IT people accidentally wiped my personal phone (which had my work email on it) and then also, while I was guessing my Apple password (what I thought it was was wrong), sent it to Account Recovery. I got an email saying: "You will receive a text or a phone call at this number...
  2. tockie

    iCloud iCloud Outage for 18hours! Acknowledge and FIXIT Apple!

    Apple's system status page lying about all iCloud service nominal 🤥https://www.apple.com/support/systemstatus/ GoodNotes listed a support article on 28th Sep: https://support.goodnotes.com/hc/en-us/articles/7897680375695-iCloud-Outage-28th-September-2023 Tones of recent report on iCloud...
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    Passkeys

    Is anyone having problems setting up passkeys? When I attempt to set them up I get a message that I need to enable iCloud Keychain. I have enabled the iCloud Keychain, and I continue to get a msg stating that I need to set it up. Could it have anything to do with VPN?
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    * Solved!*Critical iOS 16 Advanced data protection bug!

    Important warning for those downgrading back to iOS 16.5/16.5.1!** Hey all, just wanted to share this in hopes no one else runs in to this major issue. I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. On Wednesday, I decided to update my iPhone 14 Pro max to iOS 17 beta for a quick look at what’s...
  5. imnotthewalrus

    I'm running MacOS Ventura on a 2015 MacBook Pro...

    Using OpenCore, I was curious to see if it would run on a 2015 MacBook Pro. Using an external Samsung i7 500GB . The current OpenCore version is 13.3.1. EVERYTHING works! iCloud, Photos, Messages, Music library all synced with iCloud. Stage Manager works without a hitch. I have found no...
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    Crypomator

    I’m a bit ignorant but, as I understand it, you can use this app to protect files I.e. in iCloud by creating an encrypted vault (a feature Microsoft have on their cloud storage). Does anyone use Crypomator or similar apps? If so, what do you use it for and do you have any feedback please? Thanks,
  7. 268unlock

    iPhone 8/Plus Could not create apple id

    Hey guys I have 2 iphones. An iphone 7 and am iphone 8 and I am unable to create apple IDs on either. Is their any fix for this? They also gets won't sign into icloud and gets am error.
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    iCloud How long does it take for a deleted iCloud account to take affect?

    I have a iCloud account associated with an email account I want to change to a different one. The email address I want to use was mistakenly used to create a new iCloud account. After deleting the newer iCloud account, how long does it take for me to switch the old iCloud email address to the...
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    iPhone 13 Icloud account is locked

    So if you have a icloud account that is locked, it seems that if you forget one part your basically not getting anything back. Icloud account is locked. I have user name. Password. Dob. But forgot security question and believe recovery email I think is wrong. No 2 factor is set, so that's out...
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    Give wife “organizer” access in iCloud through my account

    My wife and I are on a family sharing account with my kids for iCloud. I am the organizer and she is a parent. As such she can’t do everything I can as the organizer. I want her to have unrestricted access to my iCloud account so she can modify stuff and do whatever she needs to. It’s my...
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    iCloud Is iCloud down?

    I can't login to iCloud through the web. It keeps saying my password is incorrect but I know it's not. Anyone else having issues?
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    Apple ID Resetting Apple ID Password Help

    A friend of mine lost access to his account and has been trying to reset his password for the past 6 months or so. I thought he was doing it wrong but after assisting him for the past month, I thought to ask for help on this sub. We go through the iforgot.apple.com, enter in the email associated...
  13. VincentG

    Apple ID with iCloud/me account and other account Questions

    I have has many of us more than one account for Apple Services. I would love to merge them all. But seems Apple doesn't want you to do that, the reasons don't seem clear, old mainframe technologies or not decrease the number of accounts, are some I have read. Anyway Would love that Apple let us...
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    Can't connection to iCloud

    Driving me crazy - Finder only sees some of the folders in the iCloud drive. HUGE issue is it doesn't see Documents or Desktop. That means I can't access my files and I have absolutely no icons on the desktop. Any help will be greatly appreciated! Quick! John
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    Unable to access files and desktop stored in iCloud

    I upgraded to the beta version of macOS Catalina. I have played around with it for a few days and noticed the following buggy issues: * The following applications can be slow to run / access: Lightroom, iPhoto * Microsoft Excel no longer works - which is expected since it is 32 bit More...