I’ve been writing about technology for two decades and am routinely struck by how the sector swings from startling innovation to persistent repetitiveness. My areas of specialty are wearable tech, cameras, home entertainment and mobile technology.
Something strange is happening. Some Apple IDs are mysteriously locking their users out, and so far there’s no explanation why it’s happening. But it’s a real thing—and it happened to me early this morning.First reported by users on social media, it’s been happening since the evening of Friday, April 26, with people are turning to their Apple devices such as iPhones, iPads and Macs, only to find they’ve been locked out.
As the day went on, I read on social media that I wasn’t alone in this. Which was very comforting—maybe I hadn’t done something wrong after all.New Apple ID Password Reset Issue Hitting iPhone iPad And MacBook UsersGetting back into my account required a simple, straightforward process: thinking up a new password for Apple ID and setting that up. Not that difficult , but a nuisance. Plus, as pointed out by, app-specific passwords previously set up via iCloud have reset as well.
Let’s look on the positive side: it’s good to refresh passwords more often than many of us do . But it’s a process I could have done without today.April 28 update. There’s still no word from Apple about what might have happened, but there are increasing reports of people being affected. Asreported, one user on Mastodon said that they’d been told by an Apple support team person that “sometimes random security improvements are added to your account.
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