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Alyse Stanley

Random Apple ID password resets and lock-outs are plaguing iPhone, iPad and Mac users

Apple iPhone 15 held in the hand.

If you were inexplicably logged out of your Apple ID this weekend and had to reset your password, you're not alone. It's been happening since Thursday (April 25), according to a slew of reports on social media of people turning on their iPhones, iPads, Macs and other Apple devices only to find they’ve been logged out. Worse still, nobody seems to know why. 

Though I'm team Android, I can confirm the issue as a friend of mine with one of the best iPhones ran into it on Thursday. At the time, we were in a mad dash to catch her first Metra trip into Chicago, so I assumed Apple was prompting her to reset her password because of some issue with connecting her card to the train's fare app. Imagine my surprise when I logged on this weekend to see reports of the very same thing happening to many other Apple users. 

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