Just because you see your iCloud mail address listed there doesn't mean it is the same password as for your Apple ID. I have just visited that page and I'm still getting a message saying that my iCloud mail needs fixing.
Thank you. This is my exact same problem. Why is it so difficult to just change the password for my email account. I had ICloud/AppleID long before I got a mac and created a .me account. Now, I'm booted off my phone because it continually asks me for the email password. I don't know it. I want to change it so I get email on my phone. What is the deal?
Not sure what you mean when you say you had to use an "old Apple password" to do a restore.
Do you mean that you did a restore from iTunes, and that the restore was encrypted? And that you had to use that old Apple ID password to initiate the restore?
Or do you mean something else?
GB
Yes, I did the restore from iTunes and my password wasn't working, even after resetting it. I read in another blog that someone was able to get around this by using an old Apple ID password. Using my old password worked for me. This makes me believe the theory listed above that I may be operating from two different Apple/iTunes accounts. The problem with this theory however is that the restore I ended up with wasn't what I would expect from either an older or current account but more a combination of the two.
JJ
Again, your password wasn't working where? Was the backup encrypted?
If it was encrypted, then the encryption password is set completely separately from the Apple ID. It can be anything, including a previous password, if that is what you set it to be at the time the backup was made.
GB
If the iCloud email address you are referring to is the iCloud account for the Apple ID in question, then you cannot delete it. It is part and parcel to the account, just as the phone numbers that you have that Apple/iCloud ID signed into FaceTime & Messages with are listed cannot be removed.
Best,
GB
This is not true in all circumstances.
The issue arises (for me) when trying to sync iCloud with a new install of Outlook on a Windows machine. My iPhone continues to contain all iCloud contacts, I can login to iCloud with my username (name@isp.com) and can use my (othername@icloud.com) e-mail from within there. However, the password is not the same (it is not recognised when trying to sync to server: p45-imap.mail.me.com, username: othername, password *NOT THE SAME*!
If you are using a 3rd party app to access Icloud data, you now need an app specific password.
This will be different from the usual password you use when using an Apple app.
Same Apple ID, different password.
This is new since June 15.
If you are referring to an App-specific password, then that would be correct. In the case where an App-specific password is needed, that temporary password is used instead of the normal Apple/iCloud ID password.
GB
I have tried my apple ID and it isn't the same. 😕
@icloud email is actually listed as an alias to my apple ID email.
Can you explain to me then, why when I'm notified that my iCloud email account needs updating, do I still get the same message after clicking 'fix account' and inputting the password for my Apple ID?
Re-read this thread, especially the bits about Outlook.
Then read these documents.
Crazy. Verizon account which is run by iCloud. So if I change the iCloud account password. All 3 will be the same- correct.
The "fix account" reference comes from the mail app in windows 10.
What application are you using to access your iCloud mail on your Windows PC?
By any chance did you figure out how to delete the icloud email address from under the reachable?
reset icloud email password? NOT APPLE ID
