Hi I’m using my Mac iPad and I just got an email from Macforum.com to go on the site but I forgot the password. I was going to change it, but I’m not sure if that will change my Apple password for iCloud. I don’t want to change my Apple password. I don’t remember if they’re the same or not.
iPad mini 6, iPadOS 16
They are not. That's an independent 3rd party forum at Mac-Help.com. It has nothing to do with Apple.
If you created an account there, then go there and delete it. That account would have nothing to do with your Apple ID, so your password would not need to be the same for that.
They are not. That's an independent 3rd party forum at Mac-Help.com. It has nothing to do with Apple.
If you created an account there, then go there and delete it. That account would have nothing to do with your Apple ID, so your password would not need to be the same for that.
Do not use the same password everywhere.
Duplicate passwords and password re-use means you’re one mistake (a mistake made by somebody unknown at some website you’ve logged in on somewhere) away from massive problems due to what is called “credential stuffing”; just as soon as one website or service has one breach and leaks what are too-often-poorly-secured credentials, those sake credentials are tried (“stuffed”) everywhere else. A Bad Day often ensues.
Use unique passwords, and use iCloud Keychain or another password manager to keep track of the passwords.
Here? Use whatever MacForum has for a password reset mechanism.
If that’s also the same password elsewhere, time to change that password everywhere else it’s been used, too.
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What is macforum.com?
You mean these forums right here were you are posting? These are apple discussion forums at https://discussions.apple.com
For these forums, it needs to be the same, because it uses your Apple ID as your login to these forums and as such it expects the password associated with that Apple ID.
Thank you, I didn’t know it wasn’t Apple. I’m just going to delete the emails since they’re not Apple. Also I am not worried about resetting the password because I don’t think I ever signed up for that. I don’t use Microsoft if that’s where it’s from. Thank you.
I never do use the same passwords but i thought it was needed for that site which is why I wrote in. I’m going to delete that. I do store my passwords also, those that are important I don’t even store. I keep them in a safe place. Thank you.
This is how I receive monthly notices, if they’re not from Apple please let me know so I can delete it.
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Does my macforum.com password have to be the same as my Apple pw?
