Q: Changed iCloud Email
Dear Forum
for various reasons i have changed my icloud/apple ID Email. for iCloud, what is the repercussions? i cant simply change the email on Photos can i? i have to log out and in, which deletes all iCloud items from my machine. is that right?
this doesnt bother me on anything except Photos. will i lose all my face IDs and Albums?
OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
Posted on Sep 24, 2016 11:45 PM
If you simply changed the email address associated with your Apple ID, you are the same "person" to iCloud.
You need to sign out and then back in with your newly updated Apple ID to update your Mac.
This does temporarily remove some of your iCloud content from the Mac only. That content will be restored once you have signed in again. Your content on iCloud is not affected by signing out.
If you created a net new Apple ID, you can only be signed in to iCloud with one account at a time. Therefore, only 1 iCloud Photo Library at a time.
Posted on Sep 25, 2016 2:35 AM