Using ask the community

What thread?

This banner at the bottom of a thread:

means the thread has been locked for inactivity or age (usually about three months). Also, in my long tenure here I have seen very few posters who come back weeks or months later to look for new answers to their threads.

If you come here from a search engine, you will see far too many of those banners. Search engines are not conducive to effectively helping here.

The better way to help here: 

—Bookmark this forum site map: Site Map - Apple Community

—Choose topic areas where you feel you can best contribute. 

—Use the site map’ topic links to go directly to those topics.

—Work the first few pages with the newest posts. 

That gives posters the most current information, and they can recognize your contributions with an upvote.

Most Likely Reason: Your Apple ID is Too New / Low Trust Level

Apple Support Communities (ASC) uses a trust system.

New accounts — especially those with Level 1 (12 points) like yours — sometimes get temporary posting restrictions.

You may see Access Denied when:

• Posting too many questions in a short time
• Editing a post after publishing
• Trying to reply repeatedly
• Posting from a new device or new IP address
• Your account hasn’t been fully verified yet

This is NOT your fault — it’s an automated spam-protection mechanism.

appleneeds1 wrote:

Why am I getting an access denied message?

It appears you accessed these communities to post the above.

Maybe you are trying to post to a closed thread when you see the access denied message.