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iCloud won't recognize my apple id

I upgraded Lion and everything else tonight on my iMac, and low & behold iCloud shows up. Yay! Or so I thought.

I only use one email address for all my Apple stuff (iTunes, Apple Store, App Store, etc.) but when I try

to log into iCloud, I get the following message:

User uploaded file


I never had a MobileMe or .Mac account. Did I need one? I checked and made sure my Apple ID worked

with iTunes and the App Store. And of course, I was able to log into my account here. Can anyone suggest

something to help me with this?


Thanks!

iMac 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Oct 14, 2011 11:31 PM

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Posted on Oct 15, 2011 1:15 AM

Problem solved.

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Oct 15, 2011 9:24 PM in response to lindlermom

Well, first I had to go to the Apple ID page (http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/) and verify with Apple. They send an email to you then you click on it and it verifies you. After that, I went into Disk Utility and ran Verify Disk Permissions, and Disk Repair Permissions. Then I restarted my Mac. Weird, huh? But it worked. Apparently on some accounts it just doesn't register in iCloud's brain. I use the same ID and pass on all my Apple stuff, and was able to get into everything but iCloud. Hope this helps.

Oct 24, 2011 1:17 PM in response to Techiya

Hi Techiya,


I need more info. Are you trying to access iCloud from your iPhone, iPad, iMac or PC? (You don't need a MobileMe account). Do you have an Apple account on iTunes? If you do, you just need to re-verify it for iCloud. Also, are you getting this error when pulling up Safari? That is the only time I've ever seen this error, and usually it's on Safari for Windows. Let me know.

Oct 24, 2011 9:25 PM in response to Techiya

Don't worry about a mobileme or .mac account. First of all .mac doesn't exist anymore. MobileMe does have free accounts, and you can find it in your System Preferences on your iPad or iPhone 4 - click on it and set up your free account. It may not work however, if you still haven't verified your Apple ID. So, go to appleid.apple.com click on Create an Apple ID. Put in your email address (even if it's the one you already created an account with) and it will either ask you to make a password, or it will tell you that the email you put in is already in the system. It will ask if you want to reset your password. Click on that link, and either put in the password you've already been using, or create a new one. It will then send an email to you with a link in it - click on that link and you'll be verified! I had to reset my password and I just used the same one as before. Try this, see how it goes.🙂 Try not to get discouraged. 😝

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