My Public Profile

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My Public Profile

I recently purchased a new laptop and updated my 'Public Profile' showing the new laptop and such.

I kept my old laptop. I recently logged into 'Discussions', with my old laptop, and 'My Public Profile' showed my old laptop as the 'Model' I use.

I logged out, went to my new laptop, logged in, and checked 'My Public Profile'. It showed my new laptop as the 'Model' I use.

Logged out, went back to my old laptop, logged in, and there it was, 'My Public Profile' showing my old laptop as the 'Model' I use.

What's up with that?

Macbook Pro 13" 2.26ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Nov 8, 2009 9:55 PM

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Answer 1

b noir

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Nov 9, 2009 8:58 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

Logged out, went back to my old laptop, logged in, and there it was, 'My Public Profile' showing my old laptop as the 'Model' I use.

Hmmmm. Try clearing the cookies on the old laptop. Any impact (when logging back into Discussions) on what model you see from that lappie?

(In your Public profile, I'm currently seeing: "Macbook Pro 13" 2.26ghz".)

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Answer 2

Nov 9, 2009 9:42 AM in response to b noir

hi b noir,

I am replying via my old laptop. I did as you suggested, emptied cache in Safari, emptied history, removed all cookies, not just 'apple' cookies.

But here's another interesting quirk; when I log into my Profile, using this old laptop, and then click on 'My Posts', the only posts it shows are those made on this old laptop. It doesn't show all the posts I've recently posted using my new laptop. This is really strange!

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Answer 3

Nov 9, 2009 9:46 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

And here I am replying on my new laptop.

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Answer 4

b noir

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Nov 9, 2009 9:49 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

Oh! I see. you're actually running *two completely different identities* on Discussions, Tom. You've got the "baron von benjamin" alias and the "Thomas B. Robison" alias. So any edits you make to the "baron von benjamin" public profile won't show up in the "Thomas B. Robison" public profile (and vice versa).

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Answer 5

Nov 9, 2009 9:59 AM in response to b noir

How can that be? I am signing into the only account I have, with the only ID and password I have. I do remember changing from my name to the 'baron von' name, but shouldn't that have superseded the other.

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Answer 6

b noir

Level 9

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Nov 9, 2009 10:12 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

How can that be? I am signing into the only account I have, with the only ID and password I have.

I'll defer to ali b (and other folks) on the technical details of what happened here, Tom. (Fingers crossed someone will be along soon to walk you through that.)

But in the meantime, fingers crossed the following ali b post may provide some useful background information:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10192541&#10192541

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Answer 7

romad

Level 3

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Nov 9, 2009 10:28 AM in response to b noir

I'm not ali b, but here are the links to your 2 different Apple Discussions profiles:

Thomas acct: http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=269853

baron acct: http://discussions.apple.com/profile.jspa?userID=327889

Note that the first was created on May 11, 2005 while the second was created on August 12, 2005.

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Answer 8

ali brown

Level 7

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Nov 9, 2009 10:33 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

Hi Thomas!

You have two Apple Account IDs.

Thomas B. Robison registered 5/11/05
baron von benjamin registered 8/12/05

Using the new Mac, when you are signed in with the baron account click Here.
Make a note of the Apple ID but don't post it here.

Then using the old Mac again click Here and note the Apple ID.

Are they exactly the same?

ali b

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Answer 9

Nov 9, 2009 10:35 AM in response to romad

hi romad,

yes, I've noticed that. How did it let me do that? And how do I get rid of the older one?

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Answer 10

Nov 9, 2009 10:45 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

The difference between the two is that both are the same except, one ID has the continuation of my email address, where the other one is just my ID, without email address.

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Answer 11

ali brown

Level 7

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Nov 9, 2009 10:49 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

Thomas,

That confirms that there are two different accounts, as the Apple ID is what is used to Log In.

You cannot delete either account, just discontinue using whichever you do not want.

ali b

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Answer 12

Nov 9, 2009 10:55 AM in response to ali brown

ali b,

OK, I get it, though it's still kind of strange. Thanks for your help in this matter, appreciated!

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Answer 13

Nov 9, 2009 10:56 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

Thanks for all the help, everyone!

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Answer 14

ali brown

Level 7

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Nov 15, 2009 11:29 AM in response to Thomas B. Robison

You're Welcome "Baron" Thomas!

ali b

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