Q: Apple ID
Why email addres?
10 yrs Apple ID was just a 'name'
I even configured and registered my Apple iPod Touch 4G new only 6 weeks ago w/o using email address as Apple ID.
I upgraded to iOS 5 the 2nd week it was out and again, no email address.
Yesterday, Saturday, I restored by iPod to clear up hopefully some issue or other.
So now all my content that is under my old Apple ID.
You understand I sure don't want to change. I don't like change even.
And I sure don't think one of my email address is one bit secure or more secure.
No way.
Now it INSISTS and won't let me authorize my iPod (guess it isn't mine, seems like it is leased to me and is really not mine) so I can't use my old Apple ID.
Note: I use complex IDs and keywords and passwords generated by programs, not easy to type on an iPod or to remember even, but requires using a password manager to access and use them.
Easy to make a mistake, makes it hard to use otherwise.
I get really annoyed, frustrated, with such overbearing rules imposed and even changed mid-stream.
Draconian digital management of my property.
All I want to do, after spending 6 hrs loading the iPod is access it again.
Why didn't it ask for and switch to new ID then and there when it was restoring the iPod???
Isn't that more logical time and place?
Is to me. But what do I know, I just own it, used it as was for the last month just fine.
iOS 5 has been nothing but annoying, waste of time, and add insult to injury.
iPod touch, iOS 5, Windows 7 x64 3.2GHz
Posted on Oct 30, 2011 6:12 AM
I want to know the ramifications of changing Apple ID.
Change to what? I have no need or intention of using or being forced or pushed into something.
First iCloud, then iMessage, and all for the purpose of...?
An ID just for forums. Makes sense to me.
An ID for purchases. Yup.
Separate for iCloud.
What does not make security sense is "one to bind them all." Or that email is secure, it is not.
Since Apple ID contains all of the user's personal information, including credit card and bank account number, a stolen Apple ID could be very costly to its owner. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ID
Apple IDs and iCloud
Oct 12, 2011 · When you first set up your iOS 5 device, enter the email address you use with MobileMe email as your Apple ID. If you skipped the setup assistant, go to ... http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
MacWorld:
Bonus iMessage tip: If the folks you share an Apple ID with will all use iMessage, it’s a good idea to use your new, unique iCloud accounts for iMessage, too. By default, iMessage will try to use your main Apple ID, and sharing that ID across multiple iMessagers will only lead to trouble. To change your iMessage address to a unique email address that only you use, go into Settings and choose Messages. Next, tap Receive At, and then tap on the Apple ID at the top of the screen. In the pop-up dialog that appears, choose Sign Out, and then sign into your unique account instead.
I always tell folks to Google.... so,
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Apple+ID+email+address+required+iOS+5
This thread with same question and concerns but not resolved or adequate explanation:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/1649392
In iTunes:
This is where you can change the ID to the Email address that you gave during the update to iOS 5 process.
I did this while the iPad was connected and since then I have had no problems.
I think Apple should have changed this during the update process and that failure has led to the issue we have been discussing.
Is all this necessary? change ID, change iTunes Store, all my purchases for what? my security? I think not.
This Wikipedia may not be "official" but it is helpful, links to same tech support articles, and centralized, good starting point that tries to put it all together.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_ID
How to configure iCloud if you share an Apple ID
Fess up, is this to get everything under an iCloud with an Apple email address and one person step to "owning" user's credentials. Nothing, zero, zilch, about actual "security."
Posted on Oct 30, 2011 7:47 AM