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someonehere 9 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Apple users are being locked out of their Apple ID...

I feel like these random behind the scenes issues happen a month or two before WWDC to give Apple the foundation they need to announce new services.

I had read Apple is switching the name AppleID to be Apple Account or something similar at WWDC. Me thinks they are quietly pushing code that somehow is causing this for people.

Maybe it’s an age of account issue or some other commonality.

I signed up for an at me account twenty years ago and still use that as my living and haven’t had issues. Maybe icloud.com users?

sjackso 9 months ago [–]

As a datapoint, yesterday's lockout affected my Apple ID that is based on a ~25-year-old mac.com address.

LeoPanthera 9 months ago | [–]

As another datapoint, my account is equally old, also mac.com, and I have not been affected.

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