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My phone was stolen and I received a text message asking me to log in to iCloud, but I don't recognize the URL. Is this a scam?
It's probably a scam. It would be weird for Apple to use a shady link like that.
The golden rules really for any incoming unsolicited phone calls and services is
Don't ever give out personal ...
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My phone was stolen and I received a text message asking me to log in to iCloud, but I don't recognize the URL. Is this a scam?
That is an attempt to take over your iCloud account and Apple ID by the person who stole your iPhone, or the person to whom it has been sold.
You probably should change your iCloud password if you get ...
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My phone was stolen and I received a text message asking me to log in to iCloud, but I don't recognize the URL. Is this a scam?
This is not special nor specific to Apple. When you receive suspiciously URL'd texts or emails always Google the expected service first. Always do this for every frickin' thing.
Googling "icloud ...
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Are all default Keychains on macOS synced to the cloud?
There are two types of macOS keychain:
file-based (including the "login" keychain)
Data Protection (including the iCloud keychain)
Apple intends to phase the less-secure file-based ...
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How can I migrate my backups of my iPhone to my local drive?
You can't move the content of an iCloud Backup to your computer. What you can do instead:
Disable iCloud backup on your iPhone
Use your computer to backup the phone (requires a wired connection)
See ...
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Unsaved documents being stored to iCloud
Firstly, "Unsaved" isn't really a thing, because apps like TextEdit and Pages save every document to disk, as soon as it is created.
Secondly, iCloud is many things. There is "Desktop ...
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How to list the content of a whole drive to keep it searchable when disconnected?
I'd have a look at NeoFinder.
It catalogues entire drives - it started off 25 years ago as CDFinder, for cataloguing your backup CDs but has expanded quite a bit since then.
You can index any mounted ...
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How to list the content of a whole drive to keep it searchable when disconnected?
File List Export does exactly what you want. Give it a folder (or whole drive) and its lists all files. Export to CSV and import it into Numbers.
Numbers might have problems with a large listing - ...
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How to free storage on iPhone from photos synced to iCloud
Photos optimizes storage by removing the full-resolution files. If you have a very large photo library, it could still take a few gigabytes of storage to store the thumbnails for browsing your library....
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Voice Memo file location, Ventura 13.5.2
You could try right-/control-clicking a recording in Voice Memos and selecting Services > Show in Finder:
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Transfer iCloud GCBD (China Mainland) data to iCloud global?
To post an answer to my own question here after a year.
Last week, I saw someone mention in a post (Chinese) that they "just transfer" their iCloud to the U.S. region and I'm baffled. After ...
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