Finish Changing your iCloud Password Prompt / Nag Screen

@NewYorkYogi - as the previous replies had mentioned, the solution appears to be that you *must* specifically log out of iCloud on your mac (go to System Preferences --> iCloud then log out), and then log back in again.....

It does seem an odd way to do it - especially given the grief you are given when trying to log out of iCloud on your mac - but that also appears the only way of overcoming this issue......

Andy

Slight twist on this. I had that "Finish changing your password" message in the iCloud System Preferences pane ever since updating to 10.12. The suggestions here and in the other thread by revDAVE to sign out and back in (which I'd tried initially) gave me the necessary clue.

My i Cloud account goes back to when it was just an @mac.com email address (which became @me.com, then @icloud.com, sigh). Note that all of those addresses are aliases for each other and for receiving email can be used interchangeably. They can all also be used to sign into iCloud.

I have always used the @mac.com version for everything. However now I finally noticed that I was signed in with the @me.com version on the problematic Mac. Should be the same but... sure enough, signing out and back in with the @mac.com version fixed it.

Hi - this is what helped me fix this....

OK I figured it out. On the mac the problem happens when you change iCloud settings and it asks for MAC's ***user **** permission password - not iCloud password. this had gotten messed up then stuck.

Quick thing to try: you can probably just try to change the iCloud settings again - then it might ask you for your user pass - and problem solved? - but i didn't do that.

I did the more laborious task of logging out and then back in to iCloud - and it DID ask for my user pass - which I entered - and that fixed the issue!

Hope this helps the next person!

I'm on Sierra 10.12.6.

Here's what solved the issue for me

- Changed my AppleID password (NOT to my mac's login password)

- Signed out of my iCloud by doing System Preferences > iCloud > Sign Out, keeping a copy of all icloud content on the machine

- Signed back in using the new apple ID credentials

I signed out of iCloud and signed back in as I seen suggested on a previous post. So far, it seems to have resolved the problem.

Try changing the user account password in users and groups but keep it the same as what it is. This worked for me.

I started getting this message a few days ago after upgrading my iMac and MacBook Air to High Sierra. I only get it on the IMac. However, I keep getting others messages telling me a new device is trying to log into my iCloud account (just the same two computers I have had plus my iphone.)

Seriously, there is no solution for this?

The whole iCloud architecture is very confusing. Steve Jobs is turning over in his grave. Or just laughing.

Sorry but no solution to offer. I started getting this problem after changing my El Capitan admin password. That password is and has never been the same as my iCloud password. I have changed my iCloud password prior to this without issue.

Hi Andy,

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have to admit I find this issue confusing.

I'm guessing that you know that when I go to sign out from iCloud, I get the disturbing message that "if I I turn off iCloud Drive all documents stored on iCloud will be deleted from this Mac." That doesn't sound like fun because I have iCloud Drive, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Safari, and Find My Mac checked. When I log out and then back in what will I lose, if anything?

Charles

Hi Andy,

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I have to admit I find this issue confusing.

I'm guessing that you know that when I go to sign out from iCloud, I get the disturbing message that "if I I turn off iCloud Drive all documents stored on iCloud will be deleted from this Mac." That doesn't sound like fun because I have iCloud Drive, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Safari, and Find My Mac checked. When I log out and then back in what will I lose, if anything?

Charles

Just restarted

Confirmed, the above solution

rm -rf /Users/username/Library/Preferences/MobileMeAccounts.plist;rm -rf /Users/username/Library/Application\ Support/iCloud/*;rm -rf /Users/username/Library/Caches/*

does not work

Finish Changing your Password in iCloud Prefs

this worked for me...

OK I figured it out. On the mac the problem happens when you change iCloud settings and it asks for user permission password - not iCloud password. this had gotten messed up then stuck.

Quick thing to try: you can probably just try to change the iCloud settings again - then it might ask you for your user pass - and problem solved? - but i didn't do that.

I did the more laborious task of logging out and then back in to iCloud - and it DID ask for my user pass - which I entered - and that fixed the issue!

Hope this helps the next person!

Has anyone been able to resolve this issue? I'm surprised that it's a year later and Apple hasn't provided a better resolution the suggestions that were given and did not work.

I have this same problem.

No solution sorry to say. This definitely started happening to me after changing my Macbook admin password and that was the only change.