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On second account on a Macbook, how to logon to second Apple ID

I have two users on my Macbook Pro. It's old enough to be runnng El Capitan. On the standard user, I can Sign in to my primary Apple ID <Apple ID 1>. I am able to use all the iCloud functions. When I logon to the Admin user, in the past I logged in to this primary Apple ID. Now I want to sign in to another Apple ID <apple id 2>. When I try, I get an error message: Your Apple ID "<apple id 2>" could not be used to sign in to iCloud (34608)


This Macbook is linked to the Apple Id of the Standard User.


My questions are:

  • Does Apple allow a second Apple id to sign on from a device linked with another account?
  • If not, How do I use an Apple computer with more than one user? How do the other accounts establish a sign on to their Apple ID iCloud account?
  • Has this changed for newer computers?


I haven't been able to find this specific information on the Apple Support sites. I've seen some discussions over the years about mulitple ID on one computer, but haven't seen an answer the question.

MacBook Pro 13″, 10.11

Posted on Jun 8, 2022 4:26 PM

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Posted on Jun 10, 2022 7:44 AM

Thank you for the reply. It is good to know that having two Apple IDs on one computer is supported, but not signed in at the same time. After signing out of both IDs (one in each user account) and initiating the sign in again I was able to sign in both IDs in different user accounts.

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Jun 9, 2022 1:24 PM in response to DoctorBrown

Hello DoctorBrown,


Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you have questions about using more than one Apple ID in a user account on your Mac at a time. While there isn't a way to use two Apple IDs at once, you can sign into other user accounts, or sign out of iCloud and into another Apple ID on your account.


Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac


We hope this helps.


Cheers!

On second account on a Macbook, how to logon to second Apple ID

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