John Siracusa

There are very few things you're even theoretically able to do with them. And practically speaking, many of the things that you're theoretically able to do, you cannot actually do. And no one can help you. You cannot get anyone on the phone who is empowered to help you. You will get different people on the phone who don't even know what the possibility space is.

There are very few things you're even theoretically able to do with them. And practically speaking, many of the things that you're theoretically able to do, you cannot actually do. And no one can help you. You cannot get anyone on the phone who is empowered to help you. You will get different people on the phone who don't even know what the possibility space is.

Is the thing I'm asking for possible or is it not possible? And if it is possible, can you do it? And they'll be like, I don't know. Maybe. Let's try this. Let's escalate to this. And just so many stories of it going on. They have not worked out all the different things. Not all of them. They haven't worked out any of the basic things, right? Even just opening accounts and closing accounts.

Is the thing I'm asking for possible or is it not possible? And if it is possible, can you do it? And they'll be like, I don't know. Maybe. Let's try this. Let's escalate to this. And just so many stories of it going on. They have not worked out all the different things. Not all of them. They haven't worked out any of the basic things, right? Even just opening accounts and closing accounts.

For the longest time, I was trying to create an Apple ID. I forget what I was doing. I was trying to create a new Apple ID. I think I spent a month trying to do it. Just to create a new Apple ID. Any Apple ID. A new Apple ID. With any address. Right? I couldn't do it from any version of Mac. It wasn't any of my Macs. I couldn't do it from my phone. I couldn't do it from my iPad.

For the longest time, I was trying to create an Apple ID. I forget what I was doing. I was trying to create a new Apple ID. I think I spent a month trying to do it. Just to create a new Apple ID. Any Apple ID. A new Apple ID. With any address. Right? I couldn't do it from any version of Mac. It wasn't any of my Macs. I couldn't do it from my phone. I couldn't do it from my iPad.

I had people on the phone trying to do it. Eventually, it started working. Nobody knows why. Why did it not work? It's like not being able to create an account on Amazon.com for a month and not understanding why no one in Amazon can help you. It's just an unheard of type of scenario.

I had people on the phone trying to do it. Eventually, it started working. Nobody knows why. Why did it not work? It's like not being able to create an account on Amazon.com for a month and not understanding why no one in Amazon can help you. It's just an unheard of type of scenario.

So when I see a message like this from Derek saying, well, the person on the phone said, if I do these 17 steps, maybe I'll be able to get into a state where I want. I would like the odds of this working successfully seem very low. I'm not saying don't do it, but just realize that like you're potentially signing up to get into a worse situation.

So when I see a message like this from Derek saying, well, the person on the phone said, if I do these 17 steps, maybe I'll be able to get into a state where I want. I would like the odds of this working successfully seem very low. I'm not saying don't do it, but just realize that like you're potentially signing up to get into a worse situation.

You really, really have to want to get into that goal state and not being able to answer questions like, oh, I have 150,000 items in a shared iCloud photo library. What happens to them? And people go, I don't know. Well, I would want that answer before I started. And I don't want that answer with some confidence. And say someone gives you an answer and they say, oh, yeah, totally. They'll be fine.

You really, really have to want to get into that goal state and not being able to answer questions like, oh, I have 150,000 items in a shared iCloud photo library. What happens to them? And people go, I don't know. Well, I would want that answer before I started. And I don't want that answer with some confidence. And say someone gives you an answer and they say, oh, yeah, totally. They'll be fine.

And you do it and they're not fine. You don't have any recourse. You can't call them up and say, I talked to this person and they said everything would be fine, but they're not. And the person is going to go, oh, that's terrible. Sorry. It's just no confidence in the Apple account system, which is why if you have your Apple accounts the way you want them or they're working, don't.

And you do it and they're not fine. You don't have any recourse. You can't call them up and say, I talked to this person and they said everything would be fine, but they're not. And the person is going to go, oh, that's terrible. Sorry. It's just no confidence in the Apple account system, which is why if you have your Apple accounts the way you want them or they're working, don't.

Leave them alone. Don't anger them in any way. I mean, it's bad enough that I'm still constantly getting locked out of my accounts. We're like, your Apple account has been locked. And it's just I mean, at this point, it's routine. So I don't freak out about it too much.

Leave them alone. Don't anger them in any way. I mean, it's bad enough that I'm still constantly getting locked out of my accounts. We're like, your Apple account has been locked. And it's just I mean, at this point, it's routine. So I don't freak out about it too much.

But like, it's just a bad system where, you know, bots are coming and trying to get into accounts and causing my account to be locked. And every time it happens, it's like, will this be the time where I'm not able to get back into my account and lose everything? We'll see. Anyway, Derek, if you undertake this, I wish you luck.

But like, it's just a bad system where, you know, bots are coming and trying to get into accounts and causing my account to be locked. And every time it happens, it's like, will this be the time where I'm not able to get back into my account and lose everything? We'll see. Anyway, Derek, if you undertake this, I wish you luck.

But if you don't have to do this, at the very least, like give it a few more months.

But if you don't have to do this, at the very least, like give it a few more months.