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Anybody Have Problems to Access Some Apple Website Sections (Ej: Https: //Iforgot. Apple. Com/) with Linux Browsers

Sarah Jenkins • • 2 min read
Anybody Have Problems to Access Some Apple Website Sections (Ej: Https: //Iforgot. Apple. Com/) with Linux Browsers

I found trying to access to some apple websites sections (ej: ) with a linux browser, i got 502 Bad Gateway error

These error appears with:

  • Google Chrome Version 72.0.3626.81 (Official Build) (64-bit)

  • Firefox Quantum 64.0

I ask to Apple support and they told me that they don't have problems because the user Macs.

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Apple is blocking Linux useragent strings. Change yours and the page(s) will load with no problem. On Firefox browse to about:config, create a new string "general.useragent.override" then borrow a different useragent string of a browser Apple does not block. I chose this one at random:

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X; fi-fi) AppleWebKit/420+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Safari/419.3
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Sarah Jenkins is a veteran tech journalist with over 12 years of experience covering artificial intelligence, mobile innovations, and digital ethics. Her insights have appeared in leading technology publications worldwide.