Tag: apple id

Tidying up your Apple ID

I know what you are thinking! You’re sitting there convinced you don’t have an iCloud account. Statistically you almost certainly do and if you don’t, you really should. But that is not the subject of my most recent rant but rather its close relative, its ancestor in fact – the Apple ID. Nearly everyone who …

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Change your Apple ID password today

Your Apple ID is your link to Apple and is plugged into every service from iTunes to the Appstore. Recently reports are coming in of Apple ID accounts being hacked. Details are sketchy because this is very new, but it seems that those affective have been reporting odd messages appearing in their phone (all written …

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Why its a good idea to Manage your Apple ID

There is a lot of confusion out there about the difference between an Apple ID and an iCloud account. And often there is good reason for this. Your Apple ID and your iCloud account can be the same thing but they can also be sepparte. For example… I have an iCloud account and so does …

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Apple ID security threat.

Late last week it was reported that a flaw had been discovered in the Apple ID password resetting process. It was reported that if someone had a modified URL and your birth date they could reset your password and gain access to your account. Fortunately Apple patched the hole very quickly and, coincidently, released a …

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