What leads to Apple Support Community threads being closed?

Why are so many threads closed in Apple community?



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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Jan 18, 2026 2:51 PM

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Jan 18, 2026 3:36 PM in response to rbstar1950

rbstar1950 wrote:

Why are so many threads closed in Apple community?


Of the available (bad) options, the Apple hosts seem to prefer newer threads to older.


Inactive threads get closed, while other threads can be explicitly closed by the hosts.


The older threads can be stale information, and can attract spammers.


Various of the forum contents go back a decade or two, and some of the active helpers twenty-five years.


What leads to Apple Support Community threads being closed?

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