This icloud account already exists

Just updated my MacBook to Catalina, and I am getting an error "This iCloud account already exists" when I try to sign into iCloud with my Apple ID.

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Posted on Oct 8, 2019 12:48 PM

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briang30 Author

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20 points

Oct 8, 2019 1:00 PM in response to briang30

Restarting my MacBook seemed to fix this problem.

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