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# A Cutting Egress
- URL: https://helpful-koala.pikapod.net/a-cutting-egress/
- Published: 2025-12-20T13:59:37.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-20T14:11:13.000Z
- Author: Robert Rackley
- Tags: Tech, #robert-2, #Import 2026-07-11 23:34, #Import 2026-08-02 01:19, #Import 2026-09-14 17:25

About a week ago, many bloggers were writing about the nightmare scenario of getting [locked out of your iCloud account](https://gregmorris.co.uk/locked-out-of-your-life/?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net). Indeed, what could terrify a geek more? There was sense of panic at the realization this could occur.

Nick Heer [writes at *Pixel Envy*](https://pxlnv.com/linklog/apple-account-lockout?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net):

> What I am stunned by is the breadth of impact this lockout has, and what a similar problem would mean for me, personally. I do not blame Buttfield-Addison or anyone else for having so much of their digital life ensconced in an Apple Account. Apple has effectively made it a requirement for using the features of its devices and, thanks to Apple’s policy of only trusting itself, creates limitations to using third-party services.

This kind of issue can be devastating. Most of what was written about the impact focused on family photos being erased or rendered inaccessible.

I lost early baby photos of my first son to what I believe was an iCloud issue. I’m still trying to locate CD backups that I did of iPhoto years ago to see if I can retrieve them. I also lost music and while this isn’t a type of data that comes up in most of the discussions about the issues with iCloud, it can be very problematic.

The music I lost by using iTunes match and then Apple Music included a ton of music I had purchased on Emusic. It also included hypnosis sessions that I had done with a therapist when I was going through a long period with IBS. Those are recordings I can’t get back.[1](#fn1-27691) All that vanished when I canceled my Apple Music account (which was experiencing frequent problems).

Getting a NAS has been on my radar for some time. My godfather is offering me a godson discount on some drives to populate such a device. I’ll be adding purchasing something like this [UGREEN NASync DH2300](https://nas.ugreen.com/products/ugreen-nasync-dh2300-nas-storage?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net) to my new year’s resolutions. I've already busted out [SuperDuper](https://shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net) to help with those carbon copy clones. 

**Source:** [hey.paris](https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/?ref=helpful-koala.pikapod.net)

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1. Fortunately, I no longer have IBS and don’t need the benefit that hypnosis provides for that condition. [↩︎](#fnr1-27691)