I want to know why I keep getting this message. I had to re enter my password for "back to my mac" 3 times already since last night and once again this morning. It turns the flashing amber light when I have to re enter my password. Does any one know what the issue may be? Want do I need to do to resolve it.
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
Same issue here
Same problem here. Re-enteing the password over and over again. I gave up and just let it blink yellow, but I haven't tested if the Back To My Mac function is now broken.
It does have an option to ignore the problem but not sure if the will take away the annoying flashing amber light.
Other post suggest it's an over load on iCloud that may be causing the issue
Were you able to follow the instructions in the Apple article:
Apple Article - http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1708
It says:
How to re-enable Back to My Mac on AirPort base stations:
1. From the menu bar, select Go > Utilities and double-click AirPort Utility.
2. Select the AirPort base station that is configured with Back to My Mac and click Edit.
3. If prompted, enter the base station password.
4. In the Base Station tab, select the Back to My Mac account you want to re-enable and click Edit.
5. Enter your Apple ID password and click Sign In. A green status indicator will appear indicating a successful authentication.
6. Click Update to save the changes.
How to re-enable Back to My Mac on your Mac computer:
1. On each computer you use with Back to My Mac, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
2. In iCloud preferences, deselect Back to My Mac, then select it again.
Oh and if you have more than one of the new AC Extreme or AC Time Capsules make sure you update the fw, and then add the Back to my mac info to all of them, otherwise you will come back later and have to reenter the account I think.
I tried this and it worked for one of my AppleIDs, but not for the other one. I tried deleting both and tried signing into the one that was causing the problem, but continue to get the message "an error occurred signing in". i have the same problem on my older Airport Express devices and also my new Airport Extreme 802.11ac router.
I think the latest firmware has a glitch, but I can't explain why it will register one AppleID and not another.
Ahhh !!! I just found the fix for my issue.
If you use more than one AppleID, you need to go and accept the new Apple Ts & Cs for each ID before it will be allowed to setup on each router. So what i had to do was:
User not recognized after new 7.7.3 fw update
