# Apple issues:  iCloud account;  Apple Account;  Apple TV

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 13, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507 "2017-05-13T03:33:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507/1 "2017-05-13T03:33:06Z")

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I’ve run into a few problems with my Mac and Apple ID.

1. On my Mac, all of my pictures suddenly appeared on the desktop. I thought they should be in my iCloud account, but I don’t know how to move them there. I try to drag photos from the Desktop to the iCloud icon, but they won’t move.

2. I’ve tried to sign onto my Apple account and after I put in the Apple ID and password, I get the swirly thing for ever. It never opens my account.

3. When I try to log onto the iTunes store on Apple tv, I enter the Apple ID, then the password. It denies access. I think it’s related to a new second layer of security?  
Any thoughts on any of these? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507/2 "2017-05-13T04:07:16Z")

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Quite the coincidence!. I spent a chunk of today trying to get two Macs and an iPhone with different ID’s reconciled. Apple support keeps sending me to a “Change Your Password” page, which DID help with some issues (the next step, then, is to re-sign in on your machine with the new password).

I’m running iOS One Or Two on my vintage iPhone, so it took a while to figure out that I couldn’t just “click on my device in Settings”, but I had to launch the App Store and THEN it would ask me to log in with new ID/password.

Oh, my adventures started because i was locked out by trying wrong password too many times… days ago!

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507/3 "2017-05-13T04:45:13Z")

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Dang it! Meant to put this in GQ.

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**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apple-issues-icloud-account-apple-account-apple-tv/786507/4 "2017-05-13T23:09:54Z")

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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Dang it! Meant to put this in GQ.

There you go.