Apple users are being locked out of their Apple IDs with no explanation


by 9to5Mac

9to5Mac— There appears to be an increasingly widespread Apple ID outage of some sort impacting users tonight. A number of people on social media say that they were logged out of their Apple ID across multiple devices on Friday evening and forced to reset their password before logging back in more

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AppleInsider—Some users are randomly getting locked out of their Apple ID accounts. Overnight, a notable portion of iCloud users were getting logged out of their accounts across all of their devices, and the only way back in was to perform a password reset. Web-based iCloud login page The log-outs weren't -- or aren't, it's not clear yet -- happening on one particular class of device. And, if you were impacted, it's across nearly all of your devices including HomePods, Apple TV hardware, iPhone, iPad, and Mac. One AppleInsider staffer said that whatever the cause of...

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