Support MacMost Through Patreon

There are usually several posts per week for Club MacMost posted at Patreon. To see these, go to patreon.com/macmost and scroll down to the Latest Posts section. Note that you must be logged in to your Patreon account to see the posts. So if you see “Log in” at the top right, click that and log in with your Patreon ID and password. If you can’t remember your password, go to Patreon Login Help.

It sounds like either you are simply not logged into Patreon, or you are logged in, but using a different account than the one you are supporting MacMost from.
▶ If you aren’t logged in, then Patreon doesn’t know who you are and doesn’t know you are a supporter and should be able to view the content.
▶ If you are logged in, but not using the same account, then Patreon doesn’t know that you should be able to view the content either. It thinks you are someone else.
▶ Make sure you are logged in, and make sure the email address shown at https://www.patreon.com/settings/basics matches the one you use to support MacMost. If not, log out using the three vertical dots button at the bottom of the web page and select "Log Out." Then log back in again using the right email address. Once logged out, any Patreon.com page should feature a Log In button at the top. Or you can go directly to https://www.patreon.com/login.
▶ Note that it is easy to accidentally create a second account if you log in one time with your email address, and another time with the “Continue With Apple” button. Those are separate login methods and would create two separate accounts.
For more help, go to Patreon Support: I have two accounts.

▶▶▶ Also see this troubleshooting video. ◀◀◀

If you are having trouble logging into Patreon, first make sure you have the right email address. Look for the most recent email message you received from Patreon and check the "To" header to see what Patreon thinks your email address is. If it shows something with @privaterelay.appleid.com as the "To" then you used the "Continue With Apple" button to create your account and now much use the "Continue With Apple" button to log in again to get to your account.

Otherwise, if you see one of your email addresses as the "To," then you now know which email address to use to log in with.

Note the login page for Patreon is https://www.patreon.com/login, but if you don't see a login page after going there it is because you are already logged in. Look for a vertical three-dots button at the bottom left corner of any Patreon web page. Click that and then choose "Log Out" to log out and then go to https://www.patreon.com/login to log back in.

If the problem is you can't remember your password, or the password you have isn't working, then you can use this page to get into your account.

If you are still having trouble logging in then go to this page to get direct support: Patreon Login Help.

Yes. Go to patreon.com/macmost and scroll down to the Recent Posts section. Look for the Search Posts box and type in your search phrase. Or, if you use the search box at the top of the main MacMost.com site, you will get results both from the free content at MacMost.com and the exclusive posts at Patreon.

The search field at the top of MacMost.com will search for videos at both MacMost.com, Patreon.com, forum answers and other content. So if you need to find something MacMost published, that search box at the top of this page is a good place to do it.

At Patreon you can send a message directly to me. You can also use the "Chats" feature in Patreon. Chats is a great place to ask a question not just to me, but to the entire membership of Club MacMost. For instance, you may want to know what others use for something, or get recommendations.

But for regular questions, I’d rather you used the form at macmost.com/ask instead. There are two reasons for this. First, the form asks for important information that will help me answer your question. Second, I can indicate on the form when I am not available to answer questions (weekends, holidays, vacations). I like to maintain a good work/life balance so I’d rather questions only come in when I am working, and not at other times.

Patreon provides a chat/forum of sorts. Here is the one for MacMost: patreon.com/cw/macmost/chats. You can post there as a part of the Club MacMost community and get responses from Gary as well as others.

It is easy to accidentally create a second account if you log in one time with your email address, and another time with the “Continue With Apple” button. Those are separate login methods and would create two separate accounts. The privacy protection you get with "Continue With Apple" prevents Patreon from knowing you are the same person.

Once you are logged into this second new account, you will notice you can't view the exclusive videos there since that account is not a Club MacMost member. So then you may subscribe with the second account, giving you two paid subscriptions.

Carefully check the email you receive from Patreon and you'll notice that some go "to" your regular email address and others "to" a different email address, usually a privacy address that comes with using the "Continue With Apple" button.

The solution is to log out and then back into the account you want to get rid of. In your settings with that account, cancel your MacMost membership. Then log out and back into the account you want to keep.

▶▶▶ See this troubleshooting video. ◀◀◀