I got a junk (and aggressive, a bit threatening) scam email where the sender spoofed one of my iCloud aliases (that I never use) as both the sender and the recipient. How do they do that? Do they pick up the alias on the dark web (like everything else) or has my Apple iCloud account been compromised? The content of the email was very generic and meant to frighten someone into sending money ..read more

In an epic mistake, I selected “mark as junk” instead of “mark as read” on my entire trash folder. Inevitably, 90% of all my mail is now going to junk instead of my inbox. Ironically, some junk is coming to my inbox (although that was the case before as well). Is there a way to reset the junk rules holistically instead of individual email by email as it comes in? I have tried Mail > Settings > Junk Mail > Reset multiple times to no luck. Disabling junk mail for a period of time is not a... Read more ..read more

I want to use Passkeys as much as possible especially for my Apple ID account. When I go the App Store on my iPhone to sign in, there is no option to select a passkey option. However, when I want to sign in to my Apple ID account on the website version using a browser, I do have the option to select to use a passkey. See images below. From the App Store from my iPhone. No option to setup or use a Passkey Apple ID using Browser WITH Passkey option ..read more

I want to use Passkeys as much as possible especially for my Apple ID account. When I go the App Store on my iPhone to sign in, there is no option to select a passkey option. However, when I sign in to my Apple ID account on the website version using a browser, I do have the option to select use a passkey. But not on the App Store app itself from my iPhone. See image. Apple ID using Browser WITH Passkey option Apple ID Sign in page using web browser WITH the use... Read more ..read more

Hello, I recently setup iCloud Mail and Calendar in an attempt to move off of Google’s services. Mail is working well, but for some reason, iCloud Calendar is not working well with invitations and makes this service essentially unusable for me. If I send an e-mail invitation to someone, they receive the event as being organized by a random address like “2_sidnfbrksoanrfjo@imip.me.com”, rather than my email address. If I receive an e-mail invitation from someone, it does not... Read more ..read more

Did anyone else get kicked off their Apple ID randomly? On April 26, 2024 at around 7:56pm EST I was working on my MacBook Pro when suddenly I got a FaceTime pop up that Apple ID had randomly signed me out and close out my messages app and asked me to go into settings which I did and told me that I was blocked?! I had to unblock it using my computer password and then reset my Apple ID password in which I had to re-sign on to all my iOS devices. Seems very fishy. Anyone else ..read more

Anyone have a number for US based support of any kind? The Savings side has absolutely terrible support ..read more

Facebook says this: "Restore Facebook end-to-end encrypted messages with iCloud Drive"​ Does this mean that it's possible for deleted Facebook messages to be recovered through iCloud Drive as long as they were encrypted? Or if I delete a message on my phone is it also deleted on iCloud Drive? And would the messages restored on iCloud Drive be any different than the ones I Facebook will let me download on my computer through the "secure storage" option? Or is the information stored... Read more ..read more

Hi, I’ve started getting repeated push notifications that tell me someone is trying to log in using my Apple ID, from Russia, China and other countries. Apple say they can’t stop it, but it’s becoming increasingly annoying. I’ve had 10 attempts in 3 days. I’ve also seen plenty in the media about this being a “thing” with people getting hundreds in a row rendering the device useless. Should I be worried and is there anything I can do? Thanks in advance Jason ..read more

Every time I sign in to my iCloud account and enter my passcode and selecting the Don’t Merge option, it takes like 5 minutes or even more to eventually sign in. Why is this happening? I even have a fast internet connection ..read more