I successfully revised my Apple ID and now iCloud is angry at me

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I successfully revised my Apple ID and now iCloud is angry at me

I LOST iCLOUD AFTER REVISING MY APPLE ID

I edited my Apple ID yesterday and the changes were accepted by Apple. It works! Apple recognizes it! TADA!

However, iCloud has begun sending a message every 2 minutes asking me for my password, and iCloud is showing by OLD Apple ID name.

iCloud's message is: This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with "mikejbaron@triad.rr.com".

That name (email address) is obsolete! It was the previous Apple ID name. Why didn't iCloud automatically "synch up" to my revised Apple ID? Arrrgh!

iCloud asked for a password, then rejects my Apple ID password saying it is wrong.

I cannot login to iCloud. How do I get iCloud back?

Thank you for any help!

Mike J Baron

mike@mikejbaron.com

iMac 21.5-inch, Mid 2011, 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3, AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB, OS X 10.9.5 (13F1066)(Mavericks)

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 27, 2015 5:49 AM

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Answer 1

adamwk

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Mar 27, 2015 10:35 PM in response to sir_viver

Your best bet might be to totally disable iCloud on your computer then try setting it up again using the new AppleID email you set up. I've seen some posts that suggest rebooting between disabling iCloud and re-enabling it so that probably isn't a bad idea either.

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petermac87

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Mar 27, 2015 10:38 PM in response to sir_viver

You may have a lot more problems if you are going to post personal details in your post for anybody to steal, as they may have already been.

Pete

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Answer 3

Mar 28, 2015 12:40 AM in response to sir_viver

It's a really bad idea to post your email address - it's an invitation to spam - and I've asked the Hosts to remove it.

You need to sign out of iCloud on all your devices, then sign back in with the new ID. If you have set up 'Find My Mac/iPhone/iPad' you will have to enter the password for the old ID.

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petermac87

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Mar 28, 2015 12:44 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

Yeah, I asked them to remove the details earlier, too. But I think they are busy trying to block the enormous amount of spam that hits these fragile boards each day, like right now.

Pete

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