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    iCloud keeps bringing in entire photo archive onto my iPhone!

    Hi, apologies if this has been answered already. I imagine it has but I couldn't quite find the same issue upon searching the forum. Please link me to an old post if so. My issue: I have 13,000+ photos going back almost 20 years, all backed up to iCloud (w/ the 200gb storage upgrade). I...
  2. L

    HELP icloud account recovery 2 steps authentication but I even forgot my old phone number ! PIN sent to an old phone #

    By mistake I changed my iPhone password well ! I forgot ! Phone erased from factory , I know my Apple ID and password but suddenly I need a recovery PIN and I don’t even remember what my very old (like 7 years ago ) phone number that by the way at that time it was a pre pay phone smh 🤦‍♀️ I have...
  3. G

    Storage confusion

    Hello Everyone, I have a IPHONE 11 PRO mobile phone. I currently use a paid icloud backup plan where I get 50 GB icloud storage. Currently when I click on icloud details I see 46 GB being used our of 50 GB. Check mark is shown against photos, icloud drive, notes, reminders & whatsapp...
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    256Gb & iCloud+ or 512Gb???

    iCloud+ or Internal Storage To put in context; A couple of weeks ago I bought a 256Gb iPhone 11 Pro Max on BackMarket, after uploading the backup I realized that I have 80Gb left and I thought about buying the same device with 512Gb now that I am in the withdrawal period or continue with this...
  5. H

    Websites on iPad Safari won’t close

    I open Safari on my iPad and when I click to open a new tab, a list of websites appear under the cloud icon even when I’ve cleared my history and tried closing them from the list, they reappear. I’d really appreciate some help on how to get rid of these pages appearing thank you.
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    Apple ID is a mess!

    Hi! Newbie here! Apologies, as I think this issue is going to be lengthy, but here goes... So today I got my first iPhone, an iPhone 11. Been using Samsung for years and fancied a change, plus my entire family have iPhones. I'm almost wishing I'd stuck with Samsung as setting the iPhone up has...
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    I use WhatsApp on an iPhone X. I have chat history and media backed up on my iCloud. The total size

    I use WhatsApp on an iPhone X. I have chat history and media backed up on my iCloud. The total size of the backup is around 6 GB. I had to send in the iPhone X for repair, and I’m using a temporarily loaned iPhone 6. I restored the WhatsApp chat history from iCloud, but the iPhone 6 is a 16 GB...
  8. HunnieBunnie

    FYI: What Caused Problems

    I started having some weird problems with my iphone after the last two updates, e.g. Siri was not available away from home, and some phone numbers I tried to dial came in as "number not in service," and I kept losing my Internet connection away from home. Also, some numbers I got through to, I...
  9. Michael Graubart

    Contacts not syncing in iOS 12

    Phone: iPhone SE, iOS 12 Computer:: Mac mini, macOS 10.13.6 Since updating to iOS 12, my contacts sync between my Mac and iCloud.com, but not between iCloud and my phone. Both ways in each case. I have tried decoupling Contacts between phone and iCloud, waiting for a while and then switching...
  10. Michael Graubart

    Saving Word documents

    Phone: iPhone SE, iOS 11.4.1 Mac: macOS 10.13.6 I have just installed Microsoft Word on my phone (and I have Word on my Mac, too). I typed a small text in Word on the phone. When I sought to save it, the choice of places to save it in were very limited. I chose to save it on iPhone. If I had...
  11. Michael Graubart

    Textor and iCloud

    I imagine many readers of this Forum have some experience of Textor.app, the very simple, excellent text editor for iOS. I have just installed it on my iPhone SE (iOS 11.4.1). I typed a small text and saved it to Files, and I can see it there whenever I open the Files app along with other...
  12. J

    iphone 6 storage full

    I keep getting the message that the storage on my iphone 6 is full. When I look under 'storage' in settings, it says Used 12GB, Available Zero KB. The app that shows most used is 'Photos & Camera' at 2.8GB used, but my photos are supposed to be going to icloud. I don't understand why the...
  13. G

    iCloud Activation locked

    im sure someone can relate to this problem, I need some solutions, I bought an iphone from criagslist and when i turned it on it looked good, When i tried installing my simcard it is now saying activation locked has anyone figured a bypass? im trying to activate and use the phone.. i found out a...
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    Lost all contact names!! Please help

    Hi everybody, thanks for having me on here I've just lost all my contact names on my iPhone 6; numbers are displayed but no contact names. It doesn't even let me access the 'contacts' screen on the 'phone' app. I've tried to find an archive on on the iCloud web page after logging in with my...
  15. M

    iPhone 5 lag & iCloud & Whatsapp issues

    for the past few days my iPhone 5 was very laggy, it turned off twice by itself and was stuck on the white Apple logo screen so I updated the iOS to the latest version available, 10.3.3. My phone kept having issues and I thought about logging out and logging into iCloud to try to fix the issue...
  16. Maura

    Barclays: Apple Could Benefit From Bundling Apple Music and iCloud With OLED iPhone

    MacRumors reports on a new paper from Barclays analysts that sets out what Apple could do to reduce the impact of the expected high price of the forthcoming OLED iPhone. Most recent rumours have put the 64GB OLED iPhone starting at $999, the 256GB model at $1,099, and the 512 GB version at...
  17. C

    iPhone to iCloud sync issue

    Root problem: most contacts on iPhone 6+ will not sync to iCloud. A few contacts sync without a problem. Newly entered contacts will not sync. Failed solutions: I have read and tried a number of solutions that are performed in Settings, as found on the Web. The good contacts: I can make a...
  18. H

    Activation Problem

    HELLO I have a problem with my iphone 7 plus when i try to activate it it gives me this issue help me please
  19. Maura

    Apple Apologises for iCloud Email Mistake

    9to5 Mac reports that Apple has apologised for various iCloud plans disappearing last week, as well as emails that were erroneously sent out by Apple to customers telling them that their 50GB or 100GB iCloud plans had been discontinued. In an email apologising for the incident that was sent to...
  20. J

    Can't restore iPhone 7 from iPhone 6 backup

    Hi guys, Hoping someone can help me with this really, really frustrating issue. I have recently purchased an iPhone 7 and want to restore it from my iPhone 6 so I don't lose any data, apps, messages, photos etc. I have backed up my phone to my Mac using the latest iTunes software; however...
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