I’ve written about what seemed like random issues with my Apple devices here and here. It looks like these supposedly unexplainable Apple Migraines might not be quite so random. At least of late.
The issues are maddening. At apparent random times the Macs I use will disconnect from iCloud, losing the ability to Sign in with Apple Watch and jettison the Continuity features including Handoff and Universal Control. At times a reboot would rectify the problem. At other times not. I’ve spoken several times with Apple Support and they have no answer they are willing to reveal.
Recently though I’ve detected a pattern. Apple has released quite a few operating system updates in these last few months. Several of those were what Apple calls Apple Security Responses meant to fix security holes and are smaller updates. We’ve also seen two larger OS updates in recent months. If you follow the news you know roughly when these releases will drop. Regardless of type, the last five releases prompted an iCloud disconnection the morning the updates would be released.
I’d say it’s like clockwork, but that’s a risky statement. Stranger still is that during at least two of these cycles after installing the OS updates I got the alert that a new Mac had been added to my account.
That notification haven’t appeared for the last three updates. I’d call Apple Support and talk to them about it, but that’s been proving to be a waste of time with this and other issues.
Apple just released what is probably the last major OS updates for Ventura and iOS 16 as well as their other devices. There may be more of those Security Responses before Sonoma and iOS 17 roll out in the fall. I’ll post updates if I see this behavior continue. Is this an answer? Probably not. But it is a clue.
In the meantime, it’s still catch as catch can when it comes to pinning this down conclusively, and as long as Apple Support remains silent on the issue who really knows what’s going on behind the scenes.
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