Password problems

If one changes the User APPLE ID password from here https://appleid.apple.com/.

ALL Devices using that Specific APPLE ID account will have to have the New Password applied to continue to use a Apple Services connect to that Apple ID Account.

The Computer Password is a totally different matter.

Though related to Apple ID - the password for the User Account on the computer is Not the Same Password as the Apple ID password.

penelope256 wrote:

I know that the ID should be the same on all machines, but why would the password have to be different. I have a very old iPad it works fine but constantly asks me for the password which after 13 years I have forgotten and of course nothing can be done until I find out which one of the 500,000 passwords I have used over the years and written down and since forgotten or are not accepted. I use the old iPad only to play sudoku and I keep it regularly and meticulously cleaned (History and website data). All I want to know is why can't I use the same ID and the same password on all 4 of my machines (2Macs and 2 iPads). Thanks to the 2 kind fellows who replied to my earlier posts.

" I know that the ID should be the same on all machines, but why would the password have to be different. "

The Apple ID is not the same thing as the Device Password .

Example of mine and hope the may clear things up.

I have 2 Apple Desktop computers, 1 Apple Laptop and 1 Apple iPhone.

One Apple Desktop has a password ( fake password for this reply) of 1A2B3C, the second Desktop has ( fake password for this reply) of 9Z8Y7X, the laptop has ( fake password for this reply) a1b2c3 and the iPhone as a PIN of my wife's birthday six digits.

Therefore all 4 devices each have a separate and unique password.

Though, all four device all use the same Apple ID and same Password.

penelope256 wrote:

Yikes, thanks for your patience and for your reply - jolly good of you. I have to say that it doesn't make sense. Apple very carefully tells you that your ID and password are used for all accounts. Of course they are if we go use shopping accounts!

I see I am not the only one complaining about the complexity of Passwords on Apple. I think I shall return my new MacBook. The system is obviously not suited to the ordinary user. Some idiot decided to be too clever by half with Apple sign in. We pay a **** of a price for Apple products and it is about time Apple's chief executive and his overpaid executives had some respect for its ordinary clients that don't have an artificial intelligence chip inserted in their grey matter.

I have 5 Apple products, more fool me! all I want is one ID and one password to operate all five. This is a complicated world, we all have to remember far too many numbers and passwords these days and we still get every crook in the business world poking their noses into our private world on computers and phones. Take a look at Apple Cache and History to see at least a 1000 unknown advertising spies watching one's every move in just one day. I find it absolutely disgraceful. Thank you Mr. P. Phillips for reading my rant. Kind regards

" I have to say that it doesn't make sense. Apple very carefully tells you that your ID and password are used for all accounts"

Where exactly does that appear - a link would be helpful

It would appear one does not really understand the concept Apple ID + Apple ID Password versus Device Password

The Device Password is Not the Same as Apple ID Password.

One can use the same Device Password on as may Apple Devices as one has. In my example - I chose to illustrate the password aspect of it ( Device Password ) is different than my Apple ID Password.

As for the reminder of " my rant " - to each their own.

Have been in the Apple Eco-System since 2003 and never had issues such as yours.

What Password if one can elaborate further.

There is the Apple ID Password and there is the Computer Password.

Then there is the iDevice PIN

Under normal circumstances the three are different and perform different functions.