Can't sign into iCloud, just hanging

I am unable to sign into iCloud from my Mac. I just upgraded to Mountain Lion. After I've entered my password, it just keeps on spinning. Before this, it denied my password, even though my password was correct, so I followed the instructions by pas70 here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4063142?start=0&tstart=0
Not sure what to do at this point.

Hi trilobyte13,
I've got the exact same issue.
First Mountain Lion mentioned that my password was incorrect. After changing it several times, the problem wasn't solved. Right now when I enter my password (system prefs > iCloud > enter your password to continue using iCloud), it just keeps spinning.
In the Keychain preferences I pressed the 'Reset My Default Keychain' -button and restarted the Mac. Unfortunately the problem still occurs.
I have this issue on both my iMac and Macbook after I updated to Mountain Lion.
Hope someone could give us the solution?
Cheers!
Chiel@Utrecht

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