Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." <"David B."@invalid.org> Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: You can protect your Mac from malware by following three simple rules! Date: Mon, 25 May 2026 22:15:33 +0100 Organization: Retired Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <6a137f3c$0$24$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6a145fda$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net VmPQCzQTkgvc3AFMvAzzLATlv/c4BrL6x0AAlfYYHq5w48vll+ Cancel-Lock: sha1:86W85OfZwPxAGfyT4CTLQuAZXAk= sha256:o0auRgjtkpE99/ngu2y0w4uQJO78CmfO+MzZGp/xEK8= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <6a145fda$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:183664 On 25/05/2026 15:42, Brock McNuggets wrote: > On May 25, 2026 at 12:40:03 AM MST, ""David B."" wrote > : > >> On 24/05/2026 23:44, Brock McNuggets wrote: >>> On May 24, 2026 at 3:30:23 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote >>> : >> [....] >>>> *User generated fault* - you uploaded something that iCloud didn't like. >>> >>> That is not at all the case. But what could one upload to break iCloud? >> >> Have you discovered what it was yet? > > The closest GUESS is that it is tied to those of us who have used iCloud from > early on... but it is server related. >> >> I'd dearly love to see something in writing from Apple which confirms >> that Apple is itself responsible for your difficulties! > > I have some emails from them but they are literally just things like; > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for contacting us. You can reply to this email or follow the link below > to leave me a voice message. > > https://supportmessaging.apple.com/app/[redacted] > > My normal office hours are 12-8pm Pacific from Tuesday through Saturday. > > I'll get back to you the next day I'm in the office. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Communication has been by phone. > >>> I have found where it seems tied to old iCloud accounts... where things have >>> not been updated properly (again, on Apple's side). >> >> Methinks you have forgotten the problems David had with iCloud! >> >> Here's a reminder:- >> >> https://i.ibb.co/kVGJyfbY/duckdrop.png >> >> All part of the learning process! > > Mine is an Apple server issue. And given how my computer is now tied to > iCloud, it impacts my local system. If I try to copy things from Documents to > say ~/Storage I get things like this (it is not consistent) > > * It copies (taking a LONG time) but then the folder is recreated in > Documents. Empty. Or sometimes only some of the contents copy and the rest > stay in Documents, and I have to keep trying to combine. There are times it > even duplicates contents so they are n both. > > * It tries for a LONG time and then fails. > > * It starts a copy and even after 24 hours it does not even start (setting the > computer to not sleep). > > * It works. > > The larger the data being copied, the worse things tend to be. > > I have looked through my old computer. Thankfully, as I have said, I did NOT > tie that to iCloud. I got my new computer about 2 years ago. All my data from > before that is safe (though since then I have organized and deleted some, so > still frustrating). Very current stuff -- from the last month or so -- seems > fine or mostly so. And has now been copied to places not on iCloud. Things > from 2 months to about 2 years ago are being the biggest pain... but even that > I think I have back. > > I will talk to them soon about where things are, but Apple is still working on > packaging my data. > > https://shottr.cc/s/PFfO/SCR-20260525-bmt Thank you for updating us on progress, albeit slow. -- Kind regards, David