Major Apple ID issues

Finally solved it by starting in recovery mode & reinstalling Sierra. Worst experience ever, Apple!

Hm wait perhaps I can install Sierra on top of itself?

The only thing I am precious about really is the Spectrasonics Omnisphere installation which is on that partition because it is a quite complex installation process for that.

Didn't fix anything. I can login on iPad, iPhone, AppleTV, MacOS 10.7 and MacOS 10.13 but this installation of 10.12.6 has some log files that prevent me from going anywhere. Works in the web browser though but not on any of the Apple apps.

Software Installs (past 30 days):

    Install Date Name (Version)

    2019-03-29 Spectrasonics Update

    2019-03-30 iTunes (12.8.2)

    2019-03-30 Safari (12.1)

Diagnostics Information (past 7 days):

    2019-04-13 11:59:41 iTunes.app CPU

        Executable: /Applications/iTunes.app

    2019-04-13 11:29:20 helpd Memory

        Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/HelpData.framework/Versions/A/Resources/helpd

    2019-04-13 11:07:25 fseventsd Crash (9 times)

        Executable: /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/FSEvents.framework/Versions/A/Support/fseventsd

    2019-04-09 11:22:22 WindowServer CPU

        Executable: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/SkyLight.framework/Versions/A/Resources/WindowServer

    2019-04-09 06:39:18 com.apple.WebKit.WebContent Crash

        Executable: /System/Library/StagedFrameworks/Safari/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent

        Details: 

            Bundle controller class:

            BrowserBundleController

    2019-04-09 00:24:22 sandboxd Memory

        Executable: /usr/libexec/sandboxd

    2019-04-08 22:37:13 Finder.app CPU

        Executable: /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app

End of report

Ok sir, well I didn't think the data above that said anything which could be related to this issue. Not this either of course. I've cleaned the system and restarted so let's see, starting iTunes again... nope, same issue again. I just can't login. It also begins by alert boxing; You don't have permission for this action. Do I have permission to lower my mac into a sink of water? ;)

• Tried unauthorizing

• Tried authorizing

• Tried reset logs functions inside iTunes

Same problem.

I'm computer savvy enough to be certain the problem lies in system files on this particular OS partition but I followed another guide and couldn't find the folder named adi – and I see all hidden files too.

I just wish there was a terminal command that could wipe out old App Store data so that it goes out on the internet to handshake because it never happens, it stops at some checksum / whatever.

absolutely, wrote that before but no it had no effect

I have never experienced anything like this really

Truly miss the OS9 when hits like this are happening on the radio or remove on the radio and scrabble the hits and replace are with is

You tell me. But the apple id works everywhere else and even on the same very machine if logged in with High Sierra. I wish there were some kind of Apple ID files repair procedure. Apple has shot themselves in the foot I guess? Can iTunes even be downloaded outside of the apple store today? A reinstall of that *might* work.

Just to try something I'm in High Sierra now on the same machine. I've erased iTunes, App Store and Messages and some other related files on the Sierra partition & been running repair permissions a couple of times. Perhaps it will solve something? :D We'll see.

(I even created a new admin user to try solving it but the same old log files are accessed by the new user account, which means it didn't solve anything whatsoever)

No I must have missed something as I've only been on Mac since last... temptation of christ... ;-) Will check, thanks.