Q: How to keep my Apple ID from being locked?
I have a great Apple ID which I got 15 minutes after Steve Jobs introduced @mac.com email addresses.
It's simple. Easy to remember. Something my friends understand. And doesn't have weird numbers.
Unfortunately, being so simple other people with a similar name get it confused with their @mac.com address.
For instance, if my ID was Steve@mac.com, others may think that's their ID when they really signed up as Stevie@mac.com, Steve1@mac.com, Steven@mac.com, Stephen@mac.com, SteveR@mac.com.
You get the idea.
Unfortunately all these other "Steve"s try to log onto my account with the wrong password.
Over and over.
This causes Apple to automatically lock my account since it looks like someone is trying to break in.
Instead of locking my account, could Apple please just send me an alert?
They tell me when a new device signs in. Why not alert me that the account will be locked after a certain more number of tries unless I tell them not to lock it.
Or perhaps there is such a technique and I just don't know about it.
MacBook Pro
Posted on Mar 28, 2016 8:43 AM