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Q: Mavericks asks for icloud password everytime on startup

I have a Macbook Pro Mid 2012 model. Ever since I upgraded to mavericks I've had several problems (which mostly include sluggish system and poor performance). The most annoying problem is that on every start-up, I get prompted for my iCloud password. Even though I enter it, it always pops up on every start-up. The other problem with this is that the computer takes a while to start up and won't fully function until that pop up message appears. Is there any way to get rid of this annoying message. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like (in the red box I just covered up my email address).

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MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012), OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on May 29, 2014 12:50 PM

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Q: Mavericks asks for icloud password everytime on startup

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  • by poffenhaus,

    poffenhaus poffenhaus Jul 30, 2015 2:42 PM in response to dianeoforegon
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    Jul 30, 2015 2:42 PM in response to dianeoforegon

    This helped me, too!

  • by natersoz,

    natersoz natersoz Sep 10, 2015 7:51 AM in response to Wama103
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    Sep 10, 2015 7:51 AM in response to Wama103

    Wow. Apple: Fix your $hit

  • by BobHarris,

    BobHarris BobHarris Sep 10, 2015 8:11 AM in response to natersoz
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    Sep 10, 2015 8:11 AM in response to natersoz

    This is a user-to-user forum.  We are not Apple.

    I encourage you to send Feedback to Apple via:

    <http://www.apple.com/feedback>

  • by mdp123,

    mdp123 mdp123 Sep 15, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Wama103
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    Sep 15, 2015 7:30 AM in response to Wama103

    I've tried many of the above fixes.

     

    None of them worked. 

     

    Unexpectedly, this was my fix.

     

    I was solving another issue with iTune Family Plan and my login. 

     

    I have an old AppleID from the days of @mac.com 

    Newer versions of that username allowed me to login to Mac specific services, those ending in @iCloud.com and @me.com. 

     

    However, if machines were not setup with the original @mac.com username, it would constantly ask me for the password. 

     

    Note to Apple, this may solve this nagging window that came up 3x in a row after startup. 

     

    And entering correct password doesn't help, because the OS was trying to authorize a different login name than what Apple's web sites allow in. 

     

    Make all your machines your old username with @mac.com and you're golden. 

     

    mdp

  • by kahri,

    kahri kahri Sep 26, 2015 5:03 PM in response to mdp123
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    Sep 26, 2015 5:03 PM in response to mdp123

    this sounds right to me. Every once in a while apple will try to convince me to change my @mac to a @me or @icloud.

    This iCloud issue has made me realize I don't need any of the icloud services. I'm also an android user so I already use most, if not all, the same cloud services by google (photos,contacts,calendar,drive, etc....) Not to mention 3rd party dropbox and the like. I just unchecked all icloud services and forward my @mac mail to gmail.

    just my .02

    kahri

  • by cacSlick,

    cacSlick cacSlick Aug 18, 2016 4:43 AM in response to Wama103
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    Aug 18, 2016 4:43 AM in response to Wama103

    I was having this issue on my iMac, which started all of a sudden yesterday and today when I booted up. I had no clue why, because I typically don't use iCloud. I looked in System Preferences > iCloud, which showed me the items that were checked. One being Documents and Data. So I unchecked that. Then I saw that almost all of the 5gb of storage were taken up by a backup of my iPad. I just did OS updates on both of my iPads day before yesterday. Apparently, some of the settings got changed, because I have had one of my iPads for years and the other for months and have never done a backup. After going through the Settings > iCloud section of the newer iPad, sure enough a bunch of things were turned on and checked in Settings > iCloud. Changed all settings, hopefully the popup won't show up on my iMac tomorrow. <rolls eyes>

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