Hi Pat, so sounds like you have one Apple ID with one password for that ID. It will work for the App Store and iTunes music store and Apple iCloud. The Apple ID could also be called a ‘username’.
To sign into your computer is a different username and password, which we assume you have set up for yourself. That is in no way related to your Apple ID and password. I’m not sure what you mean by ‘all other stuff’. For example, I have a Google account which has its own unique username and password. Office 365 has its own username and password. Adobe Lightroom has its own username and password. Is this what you mean? Cheers, Susan. Sent from my iPad > On 18 Dec 2018, at 5:47 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, Stephen and Susan, > > I only have one Apple ID account! Had the same one for years. > > And if you look at all the emails about this topic, it often happens that the > Apple ID and passwords for other things get called, generically, passwords. > This was something that confused me considerably when I was trying to fix > things. That is why some explanations were not understood. > > I still have the same single Apple ID, it was the others, like the PW to put > in the start-up window, that got changed. I thought that same PW would work > on all the other computer-related stuff, but it seems that has been changed, > not for the better. > > Pat > > >> On 17 Dec 2018, at 21:33, Susan Hastings <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Pat, how about taking one of your devices to the Apple Store so that they >> can explain the nature of an Apple ID and why having two Apple IDs is an >> extremely bad idea and an expensive mistake to make. We don’t seem to be >> able to explain it in a way that you can understand. >> >> Cheers, Susan. >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On 17 Dec 2018, at 8:06 pm, Tim Law <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Pat. >>> >>> Ronni did not say “multiple Apple passwords for different apps bought at >>> different times. “. Key word PASSWORD. >>> >>> What she did say is “they have been purchased on the other Apple ID >>> account.” Key word ACCOUNT.. >>> >>> REgards >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> Sent from Tim's Retina iPad 2 >>> >>>> On 17 Dec 2018, at 6:58 pm, Stephen Chape <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey Ronni. >>>> I am lost for words … literally ! >>>> >>>>> On 17 Dec 2018, at 5:48 pm, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, Ronni, >>>>> >>>>> Apple must have changed its procedures some time back, and I had never >>>>> heard of multiple Apple passwords for different apps bought at different >>>>> times. If I had known, I would have kept track of what I bought with >>>>> which password. It is a very complex matter, and, really, Apple should be >>>>> the entity to change all the passwords for the customer. It would be easy >>>>> to set up a program to do it automatically. >>>>> >>>>> Plus, I didn’t buy iCloud: I haven’t used it before, but I wanted to get >>>>> started with it, but it would not accept either of my 2 most recent >>>>> passwords. >>>>> >>>>> If the only option is to throw the old apps out and buy new ones, then I >>>>> wouldn’t have many left, unless the pay-once protocol would allow me to >>>>> get them free. >>>>> >>>>> The instructions say, “If you are signed out, do this… and if you are >>>>> signed in, do that…” How do I know if I am signed in or out with >>>>> anything? I’m guessing I must be signed out to everything, but I don’t >>>>> know for sure. >>>>> >>>>> It couldn’t be messier. Apple has lost its pristine halo in my books. In >>>>> the meantime, I am struggling to get back to my computer work. >>>>> >>>>> Pat >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 16 Dec 2018, at 12:06, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Pat, >>>>>> >>>>>> It’s not Apple stuffing you around. >>>>>> When you changed your Apple ID password, I suspect you didn’t follow the >>>>>> instructions to update your Apple ID on all your devices & Mac. >>>>>> >>>>>> After you change your Apple ID or password, you normally need to update >>>>>> your sign-in information with any Apple services that you're using. >>>>>> >>>>>> What to do after you change your Apple ID or password >>>>>> https://support.apple.com/en-au/HT204071 >>>>>> >>>>>> If it's asking for a different Apple ID to update an app or apps, then >>>>>> they have been purchased on the other Apple ID account. >>>>>> You can't change the Apple ID that an app has been purchased with. >>>>>> Instead, delete the app from the device and purchase it again with the >>>>>> Apple ID that you want the app registered to. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Ronni >>>>>> >>>>>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Stephen Chape >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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