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   Hello Jay Harris!   
      
   ** On Sunday 26.09.21 - 09:50, Jay Harris wrote to JOE MACKEY:   
      
    JH> The worst for me was when I got permanently locked out of   
    JH> my Apple ID.  I had enabled 2FA on that account where I   
    JH> had all of my purchased apps, movies & TV shows built up   
    JH> over several years.  Long story short, and through a   
    JH> series of unfortunate events, I didn't have access to an   
    JH> iOS device signed into my Apple ID, nor did I have my   
    JH> backup code saved (as I thought I had).   
      
   I don't use it much, but iTunes prompts for the pw as soon as I     
   want to look at my Saved/Later items if I've been away from     
   iTunes for a few months. That has caught me offguard a few     
   times - and I stumbled on remembering the pw!   
      
      
    JH> I called Apple up expecting to be able to prove my   
    JH> identity and get access back to my account, but nope.   
    JH> Their only solution was to make a new Apple ID with a new   
    JH> email address.   
      
   I'm surprised that there wasn't any mechanism to help you     
   reinstate that same account with a fresh pw.   
      
   But I use a simple formula based on the service that I am using     
   +string, where +string never changes (unless I have to add a     
   number or a special char).   
      
      
    JH> Moral of the story:  Periodically audit your accounts to   
    JH> make sure your backup methods still work.   
      
   Or.. come up with a way to reconstruct your passwords so that     
   you don't have to remember them.  ;)   
      
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