iMac 27” continues to ask for my apple account password and finally gives an error.
I reinstalled the macos, changed my apple-account password but the problem continues.
what can ve the problem?
Okay, problem solved.
It turns out that Apple does not allow the same password for my iMac and Apple-account. I somehow succeeded in changing my Apple-account password on one of my other devices to the same password as my iMac. Then my iMac got 'confused' and started to give messages with problems.
Thanks for thinking with me!
Okay, problem solved.
It turns out that Apple does not allow the same password for my iMac and Apple-account. I somehow succeeded in changing my Apple-account password on one of my other devices to the same password as my iMac. Then my iMac got 'confused' and started to give messages with problems.
Thanks for thinking with me!
Opps, I missed that. Sorry.
Try booting into Safe Mode according to How to use safe mode on your Mac and test to see if the password is accepted. If it's successful boot normally and try again.
Note: if you have a wireless keyboard with rechargeable batteries connect it with its charging cable before booting into Safe Mode. This makes it act as a wired keyboard as will assure a successful boot into Safe Mode.
take the suspect (Mac) out of the loop (for now)
are you able to login to iCloud.com (as one example) from another device
this is to verify your correct appleid credentials — the copy/paste to rule out typo
is what I’m saying
i once had my master text document typoed (transposed characters) - was driving me crazy
again, screenshots may tell a different story…
A screenshot of the prompt may be useful as second set of eyes
some prompts call for user login PW - I enter my Apple ID (it chokes)
have you verified your Apple ID by logging into iCloud (for example)
I work this by typing my PW in text (a folder name), then copy/paste that into the login prompt - to rule out typo
but I use long complicated generated PWs…
warning: I may not have read your entire posts
When I try to log into my apple account I enter the password and I get the two way verigication code on my other devices (iPhone/iPad/macBook). After entering the verification code the iMac continues to ask for the pasword and when fibally gives an error.
That is one of the things I did as you can read.
iMac 27-inch: Apple ID password prompt fails repeatedly
