I was reading the apple supports communities terms and use...

I found something that said "Apple may offer you benefits and award privileges for your participation in the Site. The benefits and privileges provided do not create an employee, agency or independent contractor relationship between you and Apple, and you may not present yourself as a spokesperson for Apple." What does that mean?

In addition to the above, it means that if you have received 8,000 points awarded by Original Posters (OPs) of threads, either as Solved or Helpful, you might get a tee-shirt.
I'm not trying to belittle the importance of helping here. But you need to know that if you are interested in this, you will need to unselfishly spend a lot of your time here helping others. They may remember to mark your response as Solved or Helpful, or thay may not (most often the case).
The benefits I have received by participating here include:
     Constantly improving my knowledge, by researching info for posters
     Knowing I am "paying forward" for those who helped me in the beginning
     Watching new posters grow and learn from particating here
     Being part of a community that strives to help all Mac users
     One Black Short-Sleeved Tee-Shirt
All the best.

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Apple Support Communities Terms of Use

Hello All,
I have been using the Apple forums for many years now and in all those years I have never witnessed the degree of flaming, trolling, name calling that I have seen in many of the post here in the FCPX forum.
To be a member on the Apple forums (which include the FCPX forum) you had to agree with the "Apple Support Communities Terms of Use" which places you in a legal and binding agreement.
There are several parts of the agreement but here is the portion that is most relevant:
Submissions
Stay on topic. Apple Support Communities is here to help people use Apple products and technologies more effectively. Unless otherwise noted, do not add Submissions about nontechnical topics, including:
Speculations or rumors about unannounced products.
Discussions of Apple policies or procedures or speculation on Apple decisions.
Be polite. Everyone should feel comfortable reading Submissions and participating in discussions. Apple will not tolerate flames or other inappropriate statements, material, or links. Most often, a "flame" is simply a statement that is taunting and thus arbitrarily inflammatory. However, this also includes those which are libelous, defamatory, indecent, harmful, harassing, intimidating, threatening, hateful, objectionable, discriminatory, abusive, vulgar, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, or offensive in a sexual, racial, cultural, or ethnic context.
Post constructive comments and questions. Unless otherwise noted, your Submission should either be a technical support question or a technical support answer. Constructive feedback about product features is welcome as well. If your Submission contains the phrase “I’m sorry for the rant, but…” you are likely in violation of this policy.
This is just a portion of the terms of use.
So if you have posted something and feel that another forum member is doing any of the above items to you, you can go to the bottom of their post and report their post as "Abuse" These get read and get noticed.
These forums are for people who have questions about software or hardware and how to use them.
Mike

Alternatives for Help Resetting Security Questions and/or Rescue Mail
     1. If you have a valid rescue email address, then use this procedure:
         Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions.
     2. Fill out and submit this form. Select the topic, Account Security. You must
         have a Rescue Email to use this option.
     3. This is the only option if you do not already have a valid Rescue Email.
         These are telephone numbers for contacting Apple Support in your country.
         Apple ID- Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security. Select
         the appropriate country and call. Ask to speak to the Account Security Team.
Note: If you have already forgotten your security questions, then you cannot
         set up a rescue email address in order to reset them. You must set up
         the rescue email address beforehand.
Your Apple ID: Manage My Apple ID.
                         Apple ID- All about Apple ID security questions.

The Apple Support Communities site is malfunctioning

I typed out a very long post about problems with a disk image. After clicking post, I got an error message saying that I do not have access to post this content. All the text I had entered was lost!
I was the one who posted the "emergency broadcast system" thing. About two minutes after posting, I got an email from Apple saying that you removed it. :-P I was just trying to see if the site would accept my post before I retyped my it. It's probably wise to type it into Pages first so I don't lose everything again. <sigh> Please try to resolve this ASAP.

you have basically answered your own issue - when creating a NEW Question - and in anticipation of it being long - do it external and paste it
The reason why you were stymied the first time is a known (by many here, but not by new folks) glitch - your session was Timed Out because of perceived inactivity. Oddly, a long REPLY session PREVENTS being logged out! So, external editor is NOT necessary for replies.
When you say "I got an email from Apple saying that you removed it" - you must understand that we are NOT Apple - just users helping users. Without seeing the post that was removed, I can't say what about violated the Apple Support Communities Terms of Use. ⬅ accessible at the bottom of all forum pages - sometimes our gracious Hosts are strict and others lax.
see you around
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I was on the apple support site and typed my question in the small box at the bottom but couldn't figure out how to send it. The person at the other end couldn't read what I typed.

I was on the apple support site and typed my question in the small box at the bottom but couldn't figure out how to send it. The person at the other end couldn't read what I typed. I have a new OS10.8.4 and can't find "empty cache" when I'm ready to close Safari. How do I do this? Thanks

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4448839

How do I uncheck "This solved my question" on the Apple Support Communities forum?

I checked an answer as "this solved my problem" when it actually did not, and I don't want anyone to be mislead.
How do I uncheck "This solved my question" on the Apple Support Communities forum?

You can't uncheck it. You'll need to post the question again.
You could also just add the comment that it was not actually answered.

How do I unsubscribe from the Apple Support Communities?

Please advise me on how to unsubscribe from the Apple Support Communities.

Click here and turn off the email notifications. If you don't want them all turned off, go to each of the areas you want to unfollow and click the Following button at the top right corner; if you're running ad-blocking software, you may need to temporarily disable it.
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How does someone earn points in the Apple Support Communities?

How does someone earn points in the Apple Support Communities?

Hi mariksmit,
mariksmit wrote:
Too bad most guys i replied to found solutions but didn't acknowledge it.
That happens. Many Original Posters don't reply. Just keep helping.
When I get a thank you (without points) that gives me a buzz. With points, a bigger buzz.
Regards,
Ian.

How do I change my name that appears when I post a question on the apple support communities web page

How do I change my name that appears when I post a
question on the apple support communities web page?

This isn't possible without creating a new Apple ID.
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HT201272 I need a refund on my books I purchased from itunes because my ipod will not support them. I was on the apple chat last night and they tried to help but it did not work and they told me my ipod was to old to support them. I was wondering how do I

I need a refund on my books I purchased from itunes because my ipod will not support them. I was on the apple chat last night and they tried to help but it did not work and they told me my ipod was to old to support them. I was wondering how do I get the refund on them?

Try the 'report a problem' page to contact iTunes Support : http://reportaproblem.apple.com
If the 'report a problem' link doesn't work then you can try contacting iTunes support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/- click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

How to I stop getting email from the Apple Support Communities?

How do I stop getting email from the Apple Support Communities? I am being innundated with hundreds of emails daily. Help~~

If you are getting them from a forum as a whole (as opposed to just individual threads), then towards the top right of that forum page make sure that it says 'receive email notifications' in the Actions box :
If it says 'stop email notifications' then click on it so as to stop them

I joined apple support communities today and I have 110 e-mails. How can I turn this off.

I joined apple support communities today and I have 110 e-mails from the community. How can I stop receiving these email that are not related to my problem?

Ha ha quite the welcome-
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3661

Here's what changed in the 'Apple Support Communities Use Agreement'

The terms for this website were revised 24 April 2014; they were previously revised 7 May 2013; they were previously revised 6 April 2011.
If you'd like to know exactly what changed, see this 'diff', which shows exactly what changed.
Basically, Apple just added this (as points 12 and 13 to the 'General' section :
If you provide any ideas, suggestions, or recommendations on this site regarding Apple’s products, technologies or services (“Feedback”), Apple may use such Feedback and incorporate it in Apple products, technologies, and services without paying royalties and without any other obligations or restrictions.
For questions or problems regarding your Apple Support Communities account, please post a question in the Using Apple Support Communities forum, or email [email protected]
For all versions, see Apple Support Communities Use Agreement
Helpful?

Thanks; I may be wrong of course, but I thought para. 12 was there all along and only 13 was added (which, FWIW, is an excellent idea in my humble opinion). Also, the ToU are available by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page here.

Do all questions in the Apple Support Communities get answered?

I asked a question with high detail on Feb 1, 2014 at 7:16 PM. I have checked many times, and there are still no replies. I am curious as to whether questions eventually disappear or are deleted? The URL to my question is Here. Also, how long should it be until I recieve an answer? I am also curious as to whether my question is marked as answered; I replied to it with some extra information and I think that because it shows up with one reply that people may think that it has been answered. D: Any ideas?
Message was edited by: Chr15C0nn3r1111
Added a space between "people" and "may" as it appeared as "peoplemay".

Curious as to what you had asked, I clicked on 'here' but the original question did not appear; instead I found the edit request.
For anyone interested, I found it under your profile ... the link being ...
iPod Touch 5th Generation not showing...: Apple Support Communities
One other matter to consider is the subject itself. When you post in a popular column, that post will move down the list far more quickly than in a specialist area. Of course, the question needs to be posted where it will receive attention from the gurus.

Why can't I sign in to the Apple Support Communities on my iPhone?

I was able to sign in on my iPhone and then I plugged it in to my computer and did a Restore + Update and now I am unable to sign in? When trying to sign in on my iPhone after clicking 'Sign in' the page reloads and goes back to the Apple Support Communitys home page.
I can still sign on on a computer (using it now) but i would really like to view it from my iPhone.

Update: Managed to fix this by going into Settings > Safari, then under Privacy & Security i changed 'Block Cookies' from 'Always' to 'From Third parties and advertisers'
Not sure how the setting was changed from its default but yeah.
After this I was able to sign straight in with no problems!

Apple Support Communities Spellcheck and The Box about why something was Edited

Hi,
Two Questions.
1) Has anyone found a way to make the choice in the SpellChecker anything but English US.
I can change it for one post but the next always is back at English US
(I know the HTML Editor is subject to my computer's settings and is somewhat helpful if untidy)
2) If you come back to edit you post a similar box to the Title Box on the Original Post appears below the main Reply area. (Small and narrow but can have plenty of text added)
It has a standard "Message was Edited by :- (Your alias)" pre-filled.
I prefer/used to add new lines in the Previous software and add why I had Edited.
I find that adding a new line does not actually add them when posted. In fact a Space between the end of my alias and the new add-on text is missing.
Has anyone found a way to tweak the actions of this Box ?
(I have tried HTML <br> tags and the <p> tags to no avail)
9:46 PM      Friday; May 13, 2011
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb( 10.6.7)
 Mac OS X (10.6.7),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously

initial Reply
Ralph (without sig)
From here down is the Edit (At least one)
Problem 1)
Second issue
This pic was the Original default message then two Enter keys to create a line with nothing on and then the text.
Followed by two more enter keys and the br tag and that line as in the pic.
The most that happens is a space is actually created (which may or may not be new)
I preferred under the old system to also say why I edited something and now it looks like a mess (See Below the Sig stuff)
7:42 PM      Saturday; May 14, 2011
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb( 10.6.7)
 Mac OS X (10.6.7),
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images."  No, Seriously
Message was edited by: Ralph Johns (UK)    I can Add A line (space) and type a new line but it will not Post this way    <br> Adding extra this way (with br tag)
2nd Edit to Message was by: Ralph Johns (UK)

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