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VPN Masking/iCloud Login [closed]

(previously falsely migrated to SuperUser) When you login to iCloud, often the IP address of the person logging in will be shown, or the location. The device that will be used to login to the account ...
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Lenience for questions that "might attract opinions"

This question about options for running a Mac after it's no longer supported was closed within one hour of submission. Meanwhile, a question about Windows flash drives remains open for more than a day ...
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Could the mod closures of questions be more consistent when using the "need to show research" close reason?

I see that a mod closed How can I change the microphone volume of some Bose QC 35 II headphones connected to my iPad 9? with the close reason: Questions must demonstrate a reasonable amount of ...
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How to request that a deleted answer be undeleted?

My answer to iPhone 6 Battery quickly drains and jumps battery percentage was recently deleted because: This probably should be an edit to the question, as it doesn‘t directly answer the question ...
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2024: a year in moderation

It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year. As most of ...
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(How to) Request that the specialized topic tag [live-photos] not be a synonym for the much broader general tag [photos]

Problem Summarize I would like to explore and contribute on the focused tag of [live-photos] without getting tossed into the largest broader [photos] tag. The [live-photos] tag …/questions/tagged/live-...
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Do you guys not give new people hints on improving questions?

So I asked a Recovering old, deleted videos on an iPhone on the main site, which as far as I could tell is on topic. I am new here so I could be wrong, but it was suddenly closed as off topic without ...
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Should [shortcut] be renamed to [keyboard-shortcut], and [shortcuts] a synonym of [shortcuts-app]?

I've seen many posts with the shortcut tag that are actually about Shortcuts, not keyboard shortcuts. Many keyboardless iOS questions have this tag too. I've fallen victim to the same mistake too; ...
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Closed questions for no reason

I asked a question about transferring between iPhones, and got closed for no reason. I also wanted to know some free virtual machines that could be applicable to Macs, and after a while, it got shut ...
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Is "Can I install any of Google's apps on an Apple Silicon (arm64/M1) Mac? Which ones and how?" a practical problem/valid question?

Is "Can I install any of these Google apps (that's a link to all the ones in Apple's App Store) on an Apple Silicon (arm64/M1) Mac? Which ones and how?" a practical problem/valid question ...
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A lot of people wonder why they can't find google apps in the Mac App Store. I did, and so I created a Q&A for it. Baffled by resulting hostility

A lot of people wonder why they can't find google apps in the Mac App Store. I did, and so I created a Q&A for it after I figured it out. Baffled by the hostility that followed. https://search....
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Why no "Sign-in with Apple" on Ask Different?

It seems like a no-brainer...espcially since, when you sign up, it offers you to sign in with Google.
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The question about historical origins is closed as opinion-based

I'm here at Stack Exchange for a very long time, and I never created such posts. But hey, is that post is really, my God, opinion-based? The origin of "Apple" color palette @bmike closed ...
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where are drafts stored, are drafts autosaved as I write?

I just spent 10 minutes preparing a question and made the mistake of double clicking on an image hoping an edit tool might come up to crop it. It just loaded the picture file raw into the widow so I ...
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Is It Allowed To Post Ideas About Solution To Collutz Conjecture Here

I am new new here. Am I allowed to discuss my ideas about proof of the Collutz Conjecture?
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