An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple this week introduced a new service that’s designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer their stored photos and videos to Google Photos. As outlined in an Apple support document, you can go to Apple’s privacy website and sign in to see the “Transfer a copy of your…
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User Says Apple Disabled His iCloud, App Store, and Apple ID Accounts After Payment To Apple Card Failed
Dustin Curtis, writing on his blog: About ten days ago, when I went to update a few apps in the App Store on my Mac, I was met with a curious error: “Your account has been disabled in the App Store and iTunes.” The internet is filled with stories from people whose Google accounts were locked for unexplained reasons, causing them…
iCloud For Windows Gaining Support For iCloud Passwords Chrome Extension
Apple yesterday released a new version of iCloud for Windows 10, and based on multiple reports and the update’s release notes, it appears Apple is introducing an iCloud Passwords extension designed for Chrome, which will allow “iCloud” Keychain passwords to be used on Windows machines. MacRumors reports: As noted by The 8-Bit and a few other sources, the update adds support…
Apple Experienced iCloud Issues After Christmas Surge
“If you just received a new iPhone 12, Apple Watch or iPad, you might not have gotten immediate satisfaction — Apple was having some iCloud issues,” reports CNET: The issue started early on Christmas Day, according to the iCloud account and sign-in entry on Apple’s system status page. More than a day later, as of late morning PT Saturday, the Apple…
Apple’s Fitness Video Service That Competes With Peloton Is Cheaper and Just As Good
Todd Haselton from CNBC reviews Apple Fitness+, with some thoughts on how it compares with Peloton’s similar app. Here’s an excerpt from his report: Apple’s subscription fitness app, Fitness+, launches Monday. I’ve been using it for the past several days and I think it offers a nice variety of workouts that people will like. You need an Apple Watch to take…
iCloud Outage Now Affecting 14 Different Apple Services
Apple’s “System Status” page indicates 14 current issues, some of which began nearly five hours ago. CNET reports the services affected “include Find My, iCloud Account & Sign In, iCloud Backup, iCloud Bookmarks & Tabs, iCloud Calendar, iCloud Contacts, iCloud Drive, iCloud Keychain, iCloud Mail, iCloud Storage Upgrades, Photos and Screen Time.” Engadget writes “the timing is less than ideal, even…
Apple One Bundles iCloud, Music, TV+, Arcade, News+ and Fitness+ for $30 a Month
An anonymous reader shares a report: Seems everything charges a monthly fee, these days. It also seems that every Apple event brings another way to fork over $10 a month to the company. This time out, it was the addition of Fitness+, which brings metric-focused video workouts to an Apple TV near you. To keep things simple (and to keep you…
Apple iCloud, Google Drive and Dropbox Probed Over ‘Unfair’ Terms and Conditions in Italy
Italy’s competition authority has opened an investigation into cloud storage services operated by Apple, Dropbox and Google, in response to a number of complaints alleging unfair commercial practices. From a report: In a press release announcing the probe, the AGCM says it’s opened six investigations in all. The services of concern are Google’s Drive, Apple iCloud and the eponymous Dropbox cloud…
Apple Opens Up — Slightly — on Hong Kong’s National Security Law
An anonymous reader shares a report: After Beijing unilaterally imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on July 1, many saw the move as an effort by Beijing to crack down on dissent and protests in the semi-autonomous region. Soon after, a number of tech giants — including Microsoft, Twitter and Google — said they would stop processing requests…
Twelve Years Later, Apple Is Still Trying To Erase Mac.com Email Addresses
Apple is steadily removing references to the old @mac.com and slightly less old @me.com addresses from its support documents. AppleInsider reports: It used to be that if your email addressed ended in @mac.com, you were telling the world that you are an Apple user. Now while it’s only that part of the world which is extremely geeky, you’re actually telling them…