Incorrect Apple Account password for 'Sign in to Podcast' pop-up on Mac

Hey Bob the Lobster!

Typically when this happens either you are signed into iCloud and Media and Purchases with different accounts, OR something purchases in another app, such as Music/iTunes/App Store, etc. was purchased with a different Apple account, that you are not signed in with, hence why it wouldn’t accept the correct credentials you are using to authenticate it.

Could you please confirm either:

If you are signed in to two diffeeent accounts in System Settings > Apple Account > iCloud/Media?

Or:

If you’ve had a different Apple account in the past other than the one that is signed in to your Mac?

Cheers! Glad to help out if I can, as anyone else here!

Hey again, no worries.

If you check your System Settings > Apple Account, (Formally referred to as Apple ID), you’ll probably see two different accounts, one in iCloud and the other in Media/Purchases.

If you don’t, then you may be signed in with this other account separately in any number of apps, whether it be App Store or the TV app.

It may confuse things less if you were to sign in and stick with one account for both, although those purchases cannot be transferred to another Apple account, so that might make you not want to separate them. Some people prefer to keep separate accounts, while others may mistakenly have two accounts in use for different services.

In any case they are two different Apple accounts, as long as you don’t lose access to either should be just fine.

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