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Q: iBooks for iMac won't open old books

Until recently I could read all my books I had in iBooks on my iMac.  But now, when I try an open an older book, which I purchased with my OLD Apple ID ( which I found out now it no longer exists, since Apple doesn't like people with more than one Apple ID.  I had to change it because it used my old DEAD email address, so I changed it to my current email address) .  Everything was fine until recently.  Now, for some stupid reason iBooks requires Apple ID verification on old purchases which used my OLD Apple ID, before I can open it up.  The file is not on iCloud it is on My Computer, but it won't open any one of them. I have about 20 books purchased with my OLD Apple ID.  When I try and log onto my OLD Apple ID I get a message from Apple that it no longer exists.  Therefore I am in a "Catch 22": I can't open any OLD books in iBooks, because it needs verification from my OLD Apple ID, but it now doesn't exist and I can't make another Apple ID with the same name, since I already have one, and I can't delete my Current Apple ID, since that would really open up a "Can of Worms".  HELP!!  IS THERE ANY WAY TO WORK AROUND THIS STUPID PROBLEM!!!!

iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Aug 31, 2016 3:32 PM