Apparently I have MULTIPLE Apple ID's, many linked to very old computers/emails that I no longer use and I have no clue what they are nor what the passwords could possibly be. I just want to be able to listen to music THAT I OWN!
I am trying to play music on my iTunes that I had burned from either CD's that I had bought & own (in order to preserve the CD from damage and it is all only for my personal use) or purchased through iTunes. Much, but not all of this was done on an old computer, and on old e-mails that no longer exist, and for that matter I have no clue what the passwords could possibly be! The computer that I use now is at least 10 years old, so how am I supposed to remember passwords from that long ago? I am constantly being told to reset my password, but that apparently just seems to compound the issue. One account will not even accept my birthday and my security question which I know with 100% certainty are correct. I JUST WANT ACCESS TO MUSIC I OWN OR HAVE PURCHASED over the past 20+ years, and I don't care what computer I did it on or what e-mail address I used, and forget about trying to recall my password! Apple makes it so difficult to do passwords it's ridiculous! I would need a book to write down every password that I have tried, and apparently not succeeded in using! add to my frustration is that my son put literally TONS of his music onto my computer and used his various Apple ID's and passwords, and it's just a bumble cluck of a mess. AGAIN, I only want access to MY MUSIC!
You're supposed to remember them or make note of them because they are key to a resource in which you have invested financially, just like keeping records for bank accounts you have or keys to your car. It is just that people haven't woken up to the importance of having a digital legacy too.
Here are resources for forgotten passwords:
https://iforgot.apple.com/
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/contact/
Contact Apple for help with Apple ID account security - http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5699 "This article provides country-specific Apple Support contact information for customers seeking help with their Apple ID password or other security-related issues."
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I changed my AppleID a long time ago to an email that I no longer use and I have updates for apps that I can't update because my old email is filled in to where i sign in and it wont let me change it to my new one???
The problem with those two apps is that they are supposed to be in your Apple ID and you didn't set up the Mac properly/completely when you got it.
You might try deleteing them and using OS X Recovery to install them again.
OS X Recovery -
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718
After that, before you open any iLife apps go to your Mac App Store account, to the Purchased pane and Accept them into your account. -
I have 2 Apple ID's one from at least 5 years ago which I no longer use - last purchase 2008. It is linked to an email account which I no longer use regularly. I established this account on my laptop which I use in the city where I work. The newer account uses an Apple ID which I use to purchase music and relates to an email account I now use at my home PC in another community. Can I somehow terminate the old apple account and ID? Will i lose anything? It is causing problems syncing my iPod. Wisely I have decided to sync only with my home PC from here on. Advice would be appreciated.
Having read some other posts I think I have answered my question. If I was somehow able to terminate my old (unwanted) account and Apple ID I would no longer be able to access the material I bought with that ID- so I'm stuck. I have to learn how to manage that situation.
This is unfortunate for Apple consumers. Life is complicated for families these days and this "rule" although it is in place to prevent cheating and fraud makes things unnnecessarily difficult for me and my family as in my niaevity (sic) with the online world I bumbled into this situation. Not everyone is out to rip off Apple - one of the worlds richest corporations- or the entertainers who market their work through iTunes.I would just like to be able to enjoy the entertainment I pay for where and when I like to on whichever computer is available to me. And I'm not terribly computer literate.
It would have been nice to have had the opportunity to speak just once to a real person in the employ of Apple to explain my situation to them. -
I can't seem to get my headphones to work on my iPad mini when using iTunes remote.
I can stream to any Airplay capable system perfectlyvia Remote and control iTunes on my iMac as advertised.
Just want to be able to listen to iTunes on my iPad "wirelessly"Yay!
I discovered this lovely little forum entry that solved my problem!
(Remember this is for Windows, I'm not sure if the same will work for Mac)
This is what you do:
1: Have iTunes up and plug in your iPod.
2: Hold the Sleep/Wake and Home buttons down until the iPod shuts down.
3: When the screen is blank, release the Sleep/Wake and just hold the Home button down for about 15 seconds.
4: After then, iTunes will recognize an I iPod in Recovery Mode.
5: That's when iTunes will ask you to Update/Restore your iPod.
I'm pretty sure those are the steps.
(If anything is wrong, can someone fix it, please?)
But that really does work.
The writer said that his iPod was "stuck on the apple screen, and not going anywhere after that."
That was my issue, so hopefully this will work for you! -
Apparently you can have 5 computers registered for iTunes. I have 3 active computers but I guess I have other computers that are still activated that I no longer use and I no longer have as they crashed. Is there a way to delete or see what the other computers are so that I can go in and delete them? I've tried to email Apple directly but apparently I need my hardware # and obviously I do not have that # since I don't have the equipment any longer. Any help is greatly appreicated. I am trying to add another computer and it won't allow me to as they say I'm at my limit. Please help!
Sure.
Just open up iTunes on your computer -> Go to the iTunes Store -> Click your e- maill address (top right corner of the window) -> Type in your password for your Apple ID -> Under Computer Authorisations (underneath your Apple ID account balance and address) -> Press 'Deauthorise All'
-> This will deauthorise all computers and devices from your iTunes account -> you then need to re- authorise any computers/ devices you would like to use with your Apple ID for iTunes content -> to do this, select the Store tab along the menu at the top (where 'File', 'Edit', 'View' etc..... are) -> Then click 'Authorise this Computer' -> Type in your Apple ID -> Voila!
For any iOS devices (non- computers) you wish to re- authorise, these will automatically do so when you go to play iTunes content, download an app or anything like that on those devices!
Hope this helps! -
My problem is trying to restore my iphone 4s. The icloud password is from a defunct email account through an ISP that I no longer use. I have upgraded to an iphone5s . I want to give the iphone4s to a special needs child that can make good use of it.I am at the point of despair. I can prove where I got the 4s etc. which seems to be a requirement from postings on forums. IT IS BREAKING THIS KIDS HEART AND BREAKING MINE. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP !!
Welcome to the Apple community.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID, verify the changes, enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone".
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, verify it once again, delete the iCloud account from your device and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock. -
I have an Apple ID already but I never made a rescue email when I created my ID and I forgot my security questions, how do I figure that out?
The Best Alternatives for Security Questions and Rescue Mail
a. Send Apple an email request at: Apple - Support - iTunes Store - Contact Us.
b. Call Apple Support in your country: Customer Service: Contact Apple support.
c. Rescue email address and how to reset Apple ID security questions. -
I have icloud on my phone with an apple id that I no longer use. I keep getting asked to enter the password for this ID. However I can't remember the password.
When I try to re-set the password, a e-mail will be send to an address I no longer use and can't access.
I then try to answer the security questions, but the date of births I enter are not accepted
Any ideas?
PaulWelcome to the Apple community.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
However it can also arise when the user has changed their Apple ID details with Apple and not made the same changes to their iCloud account/Find My Phone on their device before upgrading to iOS 7, or if you restore from a previous back up made before you changed your details.
The only solution is to change your Apple ID back to its previous state with Apple at My Apple ID, verify the changes, enter the password as requested on your device and then turn off "find my phone".
You should then change your Apple ID back to its current state, verify it once again, delete the iCloud account from your device and then log back in using your current Apple ID. Finally, turn "find my phone" back on once again.
This article provides more information about Activation Lock. -
I am trying to change my Apple ID on my iPad from an old work email address to a new personal address. I have changed it on my new iPad and in FaceTime but can't get it to work in iTunes. Any ideas?
If they are no longer in your camera roll, save them to your camera roll before deleting the account (open your my photo stream album, tap Select, tap the photos, tap the share icon -- box with upward pointing arrow, the tap Save to Camera Roll).
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My iphoto doesn't allow me to open it because it needs an update but its under a different apple id that i no longer use what can I do?
Use the old Apple ID - log into th eApp store using it
Other wise contact App store support - link is on the right of the App store window
LN -
My question is the same as above. I "sort" by bookmarks in alphabetical order, then go to open all my bookmarks and they are not in alphabetical order. Some bookmarks are single; some are in folders.
I have a long list of bookmarks and it's taking forever to find a bookmark because they're not in order. You can email me at <email removed - c>
ThanksSee http://kb.mozillazine.org/Sorting_and_rearranging_bookmarks_-_Firefox
The [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/9275/ SortPlaces] add-on may be of interest to you, it gives greater control over sorting bookmarks. -
I need to know how to get to podcasts on my ipad2. I synced from my mac.
If you have iOS 5 on your iPad, then audio podcasts should show under the More button at the bottom of the Music app - are they not in there ?
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I need help restoring my contact and phone number nformation backto my phone from the I cloud how do I do that
Welcome to the Apple Community Mom Mom barb.
if you are sure your contacts are still available at iCloud.com, then you've probably turned off contact syncing on the phone.
Go to settings > iCloud and turn contacts on. -
I have just purchased the new iPad with the camera connection kit. I just want to be able insert my SD card into the Pad and view my photos, not import them.Can this be done and how? Please advise. Thank you.
See this article: iPad: Using the iPad Camera Connection Kit
No, this canot be done, afaik. When your camera or card is connected, you will see the thumbnails in the camera pane, but not full size preview. So to browse your photos on the iPad you will need to import them to your camera roll. But you need not delete them from the camera or card after importing, so you might simply import selected photos to your camera roll from the camera grid and then delete them again from the camera roll after importing and browsing, without removing them from the card/camera.
Regards
Léonie -
I mean do you Apple guys ever thought that this might happen?...that economically we're weak, that people sell their own phones to do something?...ever thought what can happen to us that buy from them?....that they might be irresponsible and just cold blooded tell you that they no longer use their Apple ID and forgot them?...i've asked a lot through mobile shops, they didn't had any accurate solution, until one of them asked for 100 EURO???!!....I MEAN COMMONN!!!
I'm kindly asking from you guys, do something about it, you produce we buy, i'm holding your product on my hands, but i cant use it at all, because u didnt left any option to restore it or something??
I'll be waiting for your response, so thanks in advance for your pormpt reply.
Kind RegardsThank you Winston.
But as i see, you misunderstood my concern.
No I don’t buy and sell phones, I’m just a regular guy, that bought an iPhone from a guy that I know, which sold his phone for his reasons, which may be economical.
And so on, I kept using this phone, until I’ve decided to upgrade it to iOS7, and when the phone upgraded it’s software to newer version such as iOS7, the phone restarted, and in order to activate the device it requests it’s previous owner’s Apple ID and password, which it seems that he left in iCloud or something similar.
So what I did, I hardly found the guy that I’ve bought the phone from, and I thought I was lucky, I kindly asked him for his Apple ID, so I could activate my iPhone, and he cold blooded said to me that he forgot what kind of apple ID he was using, and even if he knew, I wouldn’t definitely remember the password he said…
And I didn’t knew what to do, so I went to the different Mobile stores to ask for the solution, no one didn’t had a clue od my concern, until one of them replied back to me and said “If you give me 100 EURO’s, I might activate your phone”
So today I’ve directed my issue to Apple Support Community, asking them if they ever imagined that something like this can happen to a regular guy like me, and if they did, I kindly request for the solution, but if they didn’t then how come a brand like Apple didn’t thought about this.
Thanks in advance for anyone’s prompt reply.
Kind Regards
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