How to I reply to an Apple Community question

And another Welcome!

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

Another option to effectively help ere: 

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

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

—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.

Older threads may get locked for inactivity. Could it be that your thread has a banner at the top to that effect?

Moderators can also lock threads for other reasons (e.g. too long/too many pages).

Moderators can also remove threads where some portion violates the terms of use. Then the thread may become unloadable.

Your contribution efforts are best utilized in new/recent threads. It is unlikely that the original poster may return to a thread after many months.

First, tap the arrow ⇣ to expand a menu:

Then tap "Browse" ⇡ to search for the latest posts.

From there, you can find the most recent questions to answer.

Thank you cindycreator for joining us in helping make our community great. 😉

Learn how to ⇢ share what you know and get recognized.

Hopefully, I’ll see you around!

Good luck! 👋🏼😉