* * * * * iCloud this and iCloud that. What about uShutTheXXXXUp! On the plus side, I have finally restored my iPhone [1]. Of course, to do that, I had to disable “Find my iPhone” before iTunes would restore my iPhone. If course, when you do that, you get this friendly email from Apple [2]: > From: Find My iPhone > To: sean@conman.org > Subject: Find My iPhone has been disabled on iPhone. > Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 03:48:57 +0000 (GMT) > > Find My iPhone has been disabled on iPhone. > > With Find My iPhone disabled, this device can no longer be located, placed > in Lost Mode, or remotely erased using icloud.com/find or the Find My > iPhone iOS app. > > In addition, your Apple ID and password will no longer be required for > someone to erase, reactivate, and use your iPhone. > > -- > > iCloud is a service provided by Apple. > Apple ID: https://appleid.apple.com/choose-your-country/ [3] > Support: https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/ww [4] > Terms and Conditions: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet- > services/icloud/ww/ [5] > Privacy Policy: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/privacy/ [6] > Copyright 2015Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA 95014, United > States. All rights reserved. > XXXX you too, Apple! Apple is **really** pushing the iCloud [7] thing. **Really** pushing it. Like, “you know you'll be XXXXXX if you don't use this, right?” pushing it. No, I do **NOT** want to use it. And yet, I have to keep telling Apple that over and over and over again as I run various applications. Sigh. [1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/10/05.1 [2] http://www.apple.com/ [3] https://appleid.apple.com/choose-your-country/ [4] https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/ww [5] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/icloud/ww/ [6] https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/privacy/ [7] https://www.icloud.com/ Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .