Apple ID is Apple's user identification system intended to be a single sign on for users of Apple services, hardware and software.
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Add different iCloud email to existing AppleID
Lets say an AppleID is created with the iCloud email address somebdy@icloud.com (misspelled).
Is there any way to correct the iCloud email to somebody@icloud.com? Creating a new AppleID would lose ...
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How to stop AppleIDAuthAgent flooding the console log with messages about expired apple id
After upgrading to Mountain Lion I have noticed this message being flooded into my system console:
AppleIDAuthAgent[179]: SERVER Removing certificate for Apple ID "...@???.??" dsID="XXXXX" because it ...
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ITunes store not always remembering my password
I upgraded my iPad and since then the iTunes store does not always acknowledge my password. I have had to reset it 2 times. Now I have got an iPhone and the app store isn't accepting my password. It ...
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Apple ID replaced with someone else's after iOS 6 upgrade (Security breach)
I just updated my iPad retina (3rd generation) with iOS 6 and now my Apple ID has been replaced with someone else's ID.
And its not jailbroken either. How did someone manage to do that? This is a ...
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How do I set it up so when my child uses iMessage I can see the messages?
My daughter has an iPod and I have an iPad. We both have separate Apple IDs. How can I see her text message history on my iPad along with my own message history? If I change the Apple ID on my iPad ...
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How to retrieve data from my old Apple ID?
I want to retrieve data from my old Apple ID. I have signed in my iPhone with my old Apple ID, but iTunes displays an error:
"We cannot complete your iTunes store request. An unknown error ...
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I cannot get past an “unknown problem” error when trying to login to discussions.apple.com
I have noticed that when I try to post to any forum threads on https://discussions.apple.com it fails.
I type my Apple ID details at the login page.
Then I am prompted to reconfirm the details for ...
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Is iCloud email address different from me.com address?
I have a me.com address that works on my iPad and on my Mac.
However, I am trying to set up iCloud to sync all of my devices on my Mac using the instructions found here, ...
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How can I get started with FaceTime on a Macbook Pro?
I just bought a Retina Macbook pro about a week ago and I have been trying to use facetime. When I go to select a contact, it dials them but stays in the connection position. It just doesn't seem to ...
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Stop Apple ID change address page from kicking me out
I'm having troubles with my Apple ID. Apart from not being able to download apps, I can't change my Apple ID details through the iPhone, and especially when I log in to appleid.apple.com and trying to ...
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How can you reset security questions on an Apple ID when you have the password, but the security email is incorrect?
There's a bit of a story, but the nub of the issue is we have forgotten the answers to the security questions on an Apple ID used for purchasing apps and music and can't reset the answers / questions ...
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Restoring past purchases from different country
I recently moved countries, and have purchases associated on my iTunes account.
Once I moved countries, I changed the country on my Apple ID to my new country.
However, after using a store card on ...
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Can I put an app bought with an old ID on my iPad with its new ID?
I bought the app for my old iPod Touch and used the second of two IDs I have...now I use another ID. They're both mine. I bought some apps with this alternative ID, can I put those apps on my new ...
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Apple ID/ Password Problems
Every time my family and I try to download an app, the AppStore pops up saying my Apple ID or password is incorrect. So the first time I reset the password. It happened again and I did reset it a ...
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Unable to link Apple ID with User Account in Lion 10.7.3
I'm desperately trying to link my user account with my Apple ID. After entering my ID and password a yellow warning sign appears in System Preferences beside the Set Apple ID button and the console ...
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Apple and PC's authorization
I want to authorize a computer on my Apple ID, does it have to be a mac?
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What does OS X use “associated” Apple IDs for?
On OS X it is possible to associate Apple IDs with user accounts. Apple lists three consequences of doing so:
The Apple IDs can be used to reset the user account
The Apple IDs can be used to access ...
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how to reinstall mountain lion after restoring my macbook pro to the factory setting
I just recently bought my macbook pro early 2011 and it was freezing all the time for whatever reason. So, I decided to restore the computer. I erase the disk using the recovery method, but I'm having ...
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Apple ID and registration of a new device
I created a new Apple ID for my iPad. I did everything on the iPad. Now when I connect it to iTunes on my Mac, it asks to register my device and does not allow me to use the ID I created for it. ...
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Can I sync iTunes with devices that have different Apple IDs?
I have: 1 laptop with iTunes and 1 iPod Touch.
I will have: 2 iPads for my children.
What I want to do - I will be the one buying apps for their iPads. I have already bought about $40 ready to load ...
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2 Apple IDs on one device
My mom purchased an iPad about 18 months ago. She set up an Apple ID and then connected it to her PayPal account and purchased about 18 apps and games over a few months. Her PC crashed and had to ...
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Changing my Game Center ID
If I am sharing an Apple ID with my son, can I change my Game Center name without messing up his games on his iPod?
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Remove one of two nicknames under one Apple ID
I have 2 nicknames in Game Center. One is mine and one is my son’s for his iPod. It no longer lets me get to mine, it just pulls up his. Any idea how I can delete a nickname for my Apple ID? It does ...
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One Apple ID and notifications
I recently upgraded my iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5. At the same time we purchased an iPhone 5 for my wife. We are using the same Apple IDs, which I have set up over a year ago. Everything seems to work ok ...
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Have any organizations moved their work Apple ID to two-step authentication?
We are writing the policy of a small company to create 100 Apple ID for their employees. Half will work primarily on iPads and the other half on Macs. We have decided to try to use two-step ...
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Why does my iPhone keep prompting me for my Apple ID?
For approximately the last week or so, my iPhone 4S seems to have developed a behavior whereby it keeps prompting me for my Apple ID password on roughly 50% of the occassions when I turn it on, and ...
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Country changed and purchases are no longer visible
I changed country no on purpose. On the day of creating account I had Russian store because there was no Kyrgyzstan country and my Kyrgyzstan cart was accepted for russian store. Because Kyrgystan in ...
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can we share music/apps in one house, under different IDs?
Me: iPhone + iPad + iMac +Macbook
Girl1: iPhone + ipad
Girl2: iPhone + ipad
Girl3: iPhone + ipad
the girls have a PC in their toyroom that they currently use but then don't often sync there as it's a ...
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Other Apple IDs popping up
I have a jailbroken iphone 4 running 6.1. I accidentally installed a incompatible jailbroken app and as a result had to restore my phone. When I got it back up to the set up iphone part of the ...
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Apple ID login error when buying paid apps
When I try to buy a paid app on the AppStore it says:
"Your email-address is wrong or been changed"
I then click on "Continue" and I write my Apple ID username and password. Then it says that ...
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Stop pop-up messages after logging in Game Center with my Apple ID on another iPhone
My sister has an iPhone 3GS and I logged into Game Center using my Apple ID because I thought it meant I could play my games on it, but obviously, I couldn't.
Now my sister has signed herself back ...
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Can I separate iPhone accounts after they have already been registered under one apple-id?
We have 4 iphones already registered to one AppleID. Hence, all of us have everyone's calendars, alarms, contacts, apps, etc. - which we don't need or want and it's driving us crazy.
What is the best ...
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Is there any way to keep/redownload current apps after account change?
I want to create new apple account and redownload or keep current apps so that I can update this apps in future. Is there any jailbreak tweak that can keep all apps and restore them after apple ...
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iTunes/App Store sign in issues
I can no longer sign in to the iTunes Store or the App Store on my iMac. (I get the message "connection refused".) I can sign in on my iPad or another computer without issues. I do not have the ...
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How to deactivate some Apple IDs?
When I created an Apple ID and was signing in, it used to display a message that my password was entered incorrectly. Then I created two more Apple IDs. At last my fourth ID worked.
Now I wish to ...
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Something funky with the Apple IDs?
My dad and I share one iTunes account thingy, but we have separate Apple IDs. Something funky happened when I synced my phone I guess, because when I try to update/install apps it shows his Apple ID ...
