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why do I keep getting asked for my icloud password

Starting tonight I keep getting asked for my icloud password. I have 2 computers and 2 iphones that use this account. I've had to re-enter the password on all of them. 3 of them are working, one is not. Is something up with icoloud or is it just my account? If it's just my account, what would trigger this?

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 6:55 PM

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Oct 4, 2012 11:36 PM in response to bogart57

Same here. It's been like this for a couple days. Every device keeps asking me fairly often for my password -- my iphone 4s, my MacBook Pro, my Mac Pro, and my two Apple TVs. Every device seems to forget my password from time to time throughout the day. Very annoying. Or, it'll give me an error message saying that something's wrong with my iCloud account.


It all started when I got an email with the Subject Line of "Account Info Change" that stated, in part:


The following information for your Apple ID xxxxxxx was updated on 10/02/2012:

But then it was followed by a blank section, so apparently nothing was changed. I know I didn't go and change anything. Then, underneath the blank section, it said:


If these changes were made in error, or if you believe an unauthorized person accessed your account, please reset your account password immediately by going to iforgot.apple.com.

I went onto iCloud, and everything seemed fine, but now none of my devices remember my iCloud password for very long, or I get error messages saying that something was wrong with my iCloud device.

Nov 5, 2012 6:02 PM in response to bogart57

I have been having the same problem. The problem is with iCloud, not with any of my devices (two Macs, an iPhone, and an iPad). All of them started repeatedly asking for my iCloud password at once.


So far, I have deleted and re-added the iCloud account to each device. This did not cure the problem. I also changed my iCloud password (this ensured that the password complied with Apple's latest strong password requirements), but that did not help.


It's been happening since last Sunday, Oct. 28.

Oct 22, 2015 2:57 PM in response to gsspike

I was going to ask the same question. My problem though is only on my iPhone (5S). I keep getting asked for my iCloud password, but only on the phone. Maybe only one time each on my other iDevices.I don't use them that much, so I don't remember.


As a Mac user since before Mobile Me, my iTunes user name, password and email address are different from my iCloud ones. Maybe that's why the issue is confined to my iPhone.


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