elidealista

Q: can't sign in to icloud from my macbook pro

I can't access my icloud account from the "Preferences" window. I can access inside the appstore and online as well.

But I can't use contacts, notes, reminders, etc on my laptop because Apple says: "you can't sign in right now, try signing

in later".

 

I already revised several options including deleting keychains related to icloud and the only option that does work is

by creating a new user but this is not an option for me since I would have to change all my user details.

 

Anybody knows a solution to log in to icloud without having to sacrifice changing my current user settings?

MacBook Pro, icloud sign in

Posted on Oct 3, 2013 8:44 AM

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  • by OnErksteRed,

    OnErksteRed OnErksteRed Jan 23, 2015 12:27 PM in response to slp345
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    Jan 23, 2015 12:27 PM in response to slp345

    Thank You!

  • by Legs616,

    Legs616 Legs616 Jun 10, 2015 5:11 PM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jun 10, 2015 5:11 PM in response to Winston Churchill

    Cheers mate that sorted it a treat

  • by carlynvillanueva,

    carlynvillanueva carlynvillanueva Oct 21, 2015 10:51 PM in response to elidealista
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    Oct 21, 2015 10:51 PM in response to elidealista

    I brought my MacBook to the store and they taught me how to make a new admin account. Fixed the problem for me. Try it out.

  • by JamesHolman,

    JamesHolman JamesHolman Feb 8, 2016 1:44 PM in response to elidealista
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    Feb 8, 2016 1:44 PM in response to elidealista

    I have found this to be a problem with "Restrictions" on the iPhone and having changed an Apple ID Password.

     

    I first encountered this after I received an email saying one of my trusted devices had been removed. I'm not sure whether this is due to running the public beta software on my iPhone or not. It only started happening since using iOS 9.3... Anyway as a result I logged into my account and changed my Apple ID Password since I had not removed it from my trusted devices.

     

    Also of note, is I have restrictions running on my iPhone that prevents changes to my location services and accounts.

     

    Once I change the password, I have to update that in the iCloud Preferences window; this leads to the never ending spinning / loading wheel.

     

    The way I solved this was to force quit that. Sign into "Restrictions" under "General" in my iPhone and check the box that says "allow changes" under the accounts menu. This also pops up a window that says "iCloud Terms of Service" have changed and you have to accept them. Once you have done that open "iCould Preferences" on your mac and sign in again and this time it should work correctly after a couple of seconds. After that you can change the account settings in your iPhone back to whatever they were.

     

    Does anyone know whether this issue - the iPhone being removed from a trusted device - is because of the beta software? It hasn't happened until iOS 9.3 public beta.

     

    Hope this helps!

     

    Thanks,

     

    J.

  • by Traq91,

    Traq91 Traq91 Jun 6, 2016 6:10 PM in response to JamesHolman
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    Jun 6, 2016 6:10 PM in response to JamesHolman

    any update on this?  i can't log in to icloud on any new device, icloud preferences/internet accounts crashes on macbook pro, settings-icloud on ipad, iphone crash immediately...this all happened after change icloud password also using beta - about 5 weeks ago - any idea the fix?  Definitely seems related to keychain/password change - however makes no sense why i would not be able to even sign in on a new device to icloud.....no error message, just goes 'verifying' for a few sec, then stays on login screen....however i can sign in to icloud.com fine - but a few things don't work - ex. photos, keynote...but some do like contacts, mail....any idea what i can do to fix my apple id?

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Jun 7, 2016 1:00 PM in response to Traq91
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    Jun 7, 2016 1:00 PM in response to Traq91

    You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.

  • by Olivierkoster,

    Olivierkoster Olivierkoster Jul 4, 2016 8:01 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Jul 4, 2016 8:01 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    perfect! this worked! although i had some problems with moving the iCloud folder.

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