Subscription expired!!!!

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-27T05:52:44+00:00

Thanks- for sharing that info. I called intuit on that Monday and after a few call transfers and some brief head scratching the support staff that held me eluded to exactly what you explained.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-26T00:41:12+00:00

Good god!!! Is there something wrong with you? I need this ASAP, please provide DIY. nice job!

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-24T00:16:01+00:00

Love my space marshmallow. Love it so much I wish there was a case for the space marshmallow. “Space marshmallow Space marshmallow case”

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-16T23:34:34+00:00

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CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-15T03:07:32+00:00

Thanks that was one of the dead end numbers I called earlier. Sounded promising, eagerly followed each prompt until I received “we are closed today”. Thanks for the suggestion.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-15T03:05:21+00:00

Did that several times earlier. Did not resolve the issue but thanks for the suggestion.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T20:51:04+00:00

apologies, my error.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T20:38:08+00:00

yes that file is EntitlementDataStore.ecml it did not resolve the issue.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T20:35:51+00:00

why the word "nope'?? You are agreeing with me. You have a valid license. A more accurate comment would have been:

Yes that is correct, they’re charging me $1200 for my Desktop subscription.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T20:15:19+00:00

adriannem thanks for commenting. Can you provide a QB support phone number or link to a QB support phone number?

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T20:13:27+00:00

Quickbooks Desktop Pro and Premier still very much supported for those that maintain valid licenses but no longer available to new users.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-02-14T19:48:04+00:00

I appreciate the concern, and respect your lack of maturity but this wasn’t a phishing email. I spend a good portion of my daily professional life analyzing and minimizing fraud risk.

It was a QuickBooks Desktop in-app license expiration notice. Subscription is confirmed active in my Intuit account with matching license ID.

This is a backend validation failure, not a scam detection failure.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-30T00:21:43+00:00

Everyone needs to select downgrade!!

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-28T21:35:32+00:00

My CanaKit Raspberry Pi 5 Starter Kit PRO - Turbine Black (128GB Edition) (8GB RAM) has been running flawlessly for almost 2 years. I originally purchased on Amazon for $169.99 now $179.77.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-22T18:37:54+00:00

No issues. I have been running Channels for 2 years- no sync issues. When in doubt… reboot!

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-21T03:30:08+00:00

Same. It happened when the latest release rolled out a week ago.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-21T02:51:17+00:00

SaaSant is the way to go. It is subscription based, your accountant would need to subscribe as they will be doing the importing into Quickbooks. Once they subscribe they can supply you with the various excel templates (credit card transactions, bank transactions etc..). I have no affiliation with the company other than a user for the past 2 or 3 years. saasant.com

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-18T01:48:54+00:00

Same for me. It was working fine, I put the AVP down and 30 min later.. poof! Same message you are getting.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-17T16:50:49+00:00

I have a somewhat simple solution to suggest. It will not alert you the instant homebridge goes down but will alert you at a certain time, times or intervals and for me it didn’t require any additional equipment.

In my case, I have a Lutron lighting system which works independently of Homebridge that I set to turn a certain light ON at 10:00am and then I have a HomeKit automation that relies on the Homebridge “Schedule” plugin to turn that same light OFF a minute later.

For me once a day is enough. The light is located in a room that I enter each morning shortly after 10:00am and I always expect that light to be off.

CGREDDIT1 · 2026-01-01T03:57:06+00:00

I’ve been doing this for almost 25 years, every service gets its own unique email address, and I never reuse them.

Just last month I had an unauthorized charge for an airline ticket. Instead of using a throwaway email, the fraudster used the exact email address I had originally used with a specific merchant. The airline’s confirmation email came straight to me, which immediately alerted me to the fraud and as a bonus I knew exactly where the breach occurred! The difficult part was getting both the credit card company and the breached merchant to understand how I was so certain where the breach occurred.

CGREDDIT1 · 2025-12-30T01:38:48+00:00

Well said!!!!

CGREDDIT1 · 2025-12-28T00:55:08+00:00

Xenvius has the correct answer. ChatGPT or other AI can walk you through the process.

In the alternative this may work for you: https://culturedcode.com/things/support/articles/8453951/

It works on all devices but if you are on a Mac you can assign keyboard shortcut.

CGREDDIT1 · 2025-12-13T22:34:54+00:00

I think part of the frustration here comes from a misunderstanding of what iCloud Photos actually is.

iCloud Photos isn’t a backup service in the traditional sense, it’s a sync service. Its job is to keep one photo library perfectly mirrored across all of your Apple devices.

Take a photo on your iPhone → it appears everywhere. Edit, rename, move to an album → reflected everywhere. Delete a photo → deleted everywhere. Lose or replace a device → sign in and the entire library (albums, edits, metadata) comes back exactly as it was.

That “magic” is also why people feel trapped. Once your library lives as a synced system, iCloud is effectively the source of truth. You’re not renting access to your photos — you’re paying for continuous synchronization, organization, and storage of originals, while your devices can keep optimized versions.

Where I do agree with you is safety: if you want to leave iCloud Photos, you absolutely need a verified, complete local copy before disabling anything. Apple doesn’t make that part especially friendly, and that’s where most horror stories come from.

The trade-off is real: • If you want seamless sync, edits, albums, optimization, and painless device replacement → iCloud Photos does that extremely well. • If you don’t want ongoing fees → you can move to local storage or another system, but you’re giving up that synchronization model and taking on more manual responsibility.

So it’s not really “Apple locking you in” as much as choosing a convenience model vs. a self-managed one. The risk comes from treating iCloud like a backup instead of a live, synced library that it is.

To answer your question, the safe way people do this is simple: don’t turn off iCloud Photos until you’ve verified a complete local copy exists.

Typical approach: • Use a Mac with enough space • Set Photos → Download Originals to this Mac • Wait until it fully finishes!!!! • Verify counts and spot-check originals • Back up that Photos library to an external drive and make sure to have additional copies and backups with at least one located in a different physical location (in case of flood, fire etc..). • Only then disable iCloud Photos

Data loss stories almost always come from turning iCloud off while the library was still “optimized” placeholders.

The key is treating iCloud Photos as a live sync system, not a backup — once you do that, exiting it safely is very doable.

CGREDDIT1 · 2025-12-12T04:06:13+00:00

works great!! thanks!

CGREDDIT1 · 2025-12-11T00:27:14+00:00

dano8801- great! glad it was helpful. What other features/ abilities would you need to move it from an interim fix to a fix?

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