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Q: Convert AOL username to Apple ID when I already use the Apple ID

I recently received notice from Apple that my old AOL username Apple ID will not be supported come the end of March. 

 

I used my AOL username many years ago to buy a few apps and albums.  I started using a new Apple ID which is my AOL email address several years ago.  So I have two Apple ID's.  The old one is p*****, the newer one is p*****@aol.com.

 

I went to iTunes on my computer as instructed, logged out as p*****@aol.com and logged in as p*****.  I immediately got a window saying I needed to update my account.  Great.  I then open a window titled "Edit Apple ID Details."  The e-mail box is already filled in with p*****@aol.com.  There are 2 additional boxes for "Password" and "Verify Password."  I create a password, hit "continue," and promptly get a red box saying the address is already in use by an Apple ID.  I know.  It's mine.

 

The red box goes on to state I can cancel and log in with the p*****@aol.com Apple ID, which I did.  Unfortunately, this does nothing to fix the p***** Apple ID.

 

What do I do?  Do I have to create another e-mail address somewhere else just to keep my purchases made through the p***** Apple ID?

OS X Yosemite (10.10.2), Apple ID

Posted on Feb 20, 2015 7:06 PM

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  • by edougl01,

    edougl01 edougl01 Mar 27, 2015 4:15 AM in response to gail from maine
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    Mar 27, 2015 4:15 AM in response to gail from maine

    I finally managed to solve this issue last night.  As best I understand it, sometime after I started using my AOL screenname as my Apple ID, I had to change my password on AOL.  I never changed the password on Apple, and it still seemed to work.  I could still log in to the Apple Store and all of that.  It still showed johndoe as my apple ID, but it was somehow "decoupled" from AOL. When I tried to authorize my music, it would accept the password I typed in, but the music wouldn't authorize.  When I went in and changed that Apple ID to jackdoe@yahoo.com, it seemed to work, but I was still getting emails from Apple to stop using my AOL screenname.  I finally figured out that when I was trying to authorize the music, I needed to type in my AOL password.  THAT allowed the music to play, and somehow logged me into a different account (that still showed johndoe as the Apple ID), which I associated with janedoe@yahoo.com.  So now I have THREE Apple IDs (the original johndoe@aol.com, jackdoe@yahoo.com, and janedoe@yahoo.com) and, most importantly to me, I can play ALL of my music on my computer.  This explanation may be confusing because I don't fully understand it myself -- but the end of the story is that typing my AOL password into iTunes authorized my music to play on this computer. And now I think I should stop getting the emails about updating my Apple ID!

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