cannot sign up This Apple ID is valid but is not an iCloud account

Were you able to solve the problem? If so, how did you do it?

An Apple ID is not an "iCloud ID" until it is setup to be used with iCloud. And you need to enable the Apple ID for iCloud on a Mac or iOS device.

Once setup, you can enable iCloud on a PC, but it needs to be setup first.

See Creating an iCloud account: Frequently Asked Questions

Which says in part:

You can sign up for iCloud on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 5 or later, or through System Preferences on a Mac with OS X Lion v10.7.4 or later. Just follow the setup instructions for your iOS device or Mac.

ivan

Did you find a solution / haveing the same problem but on Windows 7 Cheers

You must have a Mac, or an iPhone/iPad to setup an iCloud account, when you have done that you can sign in from your PC.

i can log in to icloud on web and on my phone but not on my macbook pro. i'm using mountain lion..

i've spent hours trying to solve the issue, but nothing works.. any ideas?

thanks,

Adam

I am having the same problems. I did set up iCloud through an iPad and iTunes faithfully indicates that I have enabled the iPad and iTunes on my PC to the iCloud. In fact from iTunes on any of my authorized computers I can access stuff from iCloud. Yet still, I cannot just sign in to iCould, despite the sign in window that asks me if I want to sign in with my Apple ID.

Come to think of it, would it be necessary to reset my password to include capitals and the other security stuff to use my Apple ID to access iCloud?

Thanks for any help anyone can provide. This is most irritating.

Joe

Please forget iTunes, it has nothing to do with logging into iCloud.

Go to icloud.com and login there with the ID that you think is an iCloud ID.

How did you create this iCloud ID?

HI All:

I appreciate that iTunes and iCloud are different beasties. My iCloud account was set up through a mini iPad, but honestly I forgot the sign in details. When I go to sign in, however, I am asked to sign in through my Apple ID, which is the same as my iTunes ID; and here is where it gets a little nuts. I have tried the "forgot my password" route but all that does is direct me to changing my Apple ID, and resetting that didn't help me get into iCloud. I keep getting the message that my Apple ID or PW is not correct.

The other thing I have to consider is that I signed up for iCloud with a different user name, in which case how do I figure that one out?

There is not a way from what I can see that allows me to tell iCloud that I have no idea what name I used to sign up with even though I can provide the email attached to the account. Like I said, I keep getting shunted back to my Apple ID which has been reset many times to no avail.

Any helpful hints would be appreciated.

Did you do as I asked, and if you did, what was the result?

I have the exact same problem. I set up an iCloud account on my iPad but now can't remember which id and password I used. I can get into my apple account on my iMac, but there doesn't seem to be a way to sync it all together from my primary apple account. Meanwhile, the iPad has gone crazy with a popup every 10-20 seconds asking for my iCloud id and password, and when I hit 'forgot' I'm I'm invited to change my primary id and password. Any help with this is most appreciated.

Randy

I've got the same problem as rwulland and DrummerDad with my iphone4. I tried many ways but still struggling. It is much appreciated if someone can help to solve the problem.