Ping won't login - repeats password screen
Hi everyone,
Not sure if anyone else is having this issue as I haven't seen any threads on it so far but I am unable to login to ping. It was enabled and I received the confirmation email. Yet when I click on the ping tab it requests my password, connects to itunes for a while and asks for it again constantly. Any ideas?
Thanks
I am having the same issue. I was able to create a profile last night, but have not been able to login. Every time I go to access Ping iTunes wants my password. I have reset my password as well as the cache in iTunes and have had no such luck. I was hoping this was just a server issue last night with how busy it was, but still 18 hours later I am still not having any luck.
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