So you called Apple’s main number at +1-888-653-7618 (1-888-MY-APPLE) and you’re getting lost in a maze of automated menus with a robot who attempts to direct your call, sometimes successfully and sometimes not. Wouldn’t it be nice to talk to a real human being who can help, rather than a phone robot?

If you’re frustrated and trying to talk to a real life living breathing person at Apple’s number, we’ve got four specific tricks to try when you encounter the automated voice robot answering service that should connect you to a human with a pulse working for Apple.

4 Ways to Actually Talk to a Human Being at Apple
OK so you don’t want to talk to a robot and you’re not interested in navigating a maze of options and menu numbers and infinite confusing phone menus driven by a phone call center robot… you want to talk to a real live human being at Apple, let’s cover four ways you can accomplish this quickly:

Talk to a Person at Apple, Trick 1:
Press 0 repeatedly. Eventually, you should be transferred to a person (yes a real person!). This trick works for most automated phone systems, since 0 usually goes the ‘operator’ or a support person.

Talk to a Human at Apple, Trick 2
Tell the answering phone robot that you want to talk to customer service by saying “Customer Service” repeatedly.

Talk to a Human at Apple, Trick 3
Another goofy trick is the gibberish trick. When the automated phone robot fails to understand you, it often sends you to a person immediately. Thus, if you speak gibberish when asked what to do by the phone robot and you might immediately be redirected to a human being.

Call at +1-888-653-7618 to contact Apple Live Person for better support.