How can I resolve Apple Account association issues on my iPhone?

Uninstall and reinstall the music app

I would suggest you contact Apple about this. The people reading this forum are just other users like yourself. If you want somebody to look at the software you need to tell Apple about it.

Click on this link for Apple products feedback links --> Product Feedback - Apple

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Jean0118 wrote:

I go a message that my Device Is Already Associated With an Apple Account and I can auto-download purchases on this device with just one Apple Account every 90 days.

Did you recently change the Apple Account your phone was logged into? That's what it sounds like. If so, you need to wait until the 90 days is up before you can switch to a different Account.

I have a bought a new 2018 iPad Pro back in 2018 or 2019 but maybe two years ago it had a problem and they replaced it under AppleCare. Of course, the replacement is a refurbished unit. I knew this and was fine with it. However, I get this message now too and I am not so okay with that. I get it maybe twice a week. I also get it when I restart my device. For me it's a mild annoyance, hence why I have not called Apple.

From various articles, etc. it seems that there are two associations of an Apple device. There is the usual one we see which links it to our Apple ID and used by Find My Device, etc. When you look at your devices, this is the list of devices. Apparently, devices are also linked to your Apple Account (not Apple ID) in the back end. There is a difference apparently which I am not clear on. And this association was never used or visible until iOS 18.* so when we added/removed devices, this account association was never updated. With 18.*, this is not checked by Apple and we are having problems. If the device was only associated with one owner, there is no issue. Any device transferred has this issue. Also, based on my experience where I purchased my refurbished iPad from Apple directly, it appeara Apple was also not maintaining this association. Not sure how reliable this explanation is, but it does explain a lot if true.

I do plan on calling Apple about this, but given it happens once or twice a week, it's not a priority. I imagine, since I own an Apple device, if I tell them this bother me they should take steps to fix it ... or give me an actual brand new one! :-)

Hi all this problem has been bugging me to I tried nearly everything but no luck till today… in desperation I decided to reset the phone ( keeping all my apps data and doing back up first ) it worked a treat no message 😅👍

The only fix i found worked was settings/General/ Reset iphone / Reset….

nb suggest you back up your phone first

Please restart the phone for Apple devices

I selected cancel each time the message appeared on my screen. Finally, for the last several days the message seems to be gone. Maybe Apple fixed the issue. 🙏

Have you tried kpttnutts solution I.e. delete music app and reinstall

Try deleting the “Apple music” app and reinstalling it…

I deleted Apple Music then reinstalled and it worked for me so far🤞Thanks,

Brought my iPhone 12 Pro Max two years ago used and didn’t get this message till now after I upgraded to IOS 18.0.1 so I am on the side that this is an IOS 18 bug. Just keep pressing Cancel. Anyone know what happens if ‘Transfer’ is selected? Thanks!