How do i change my apple id on the imac?

how do i change my apple id on the imac?

How to change user short name or home directory name
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1428?viewlocale=en_US
Also, this might be useful:
http://www.macworld.com/article/132693/2008/03/changeshortusername.html

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  • How do you change your apple id on the ipod

    how do you change your apple id on the ipod

    Go to Settings>Store and sign out of existing account and sign into the one you wnat.

  • On my iPhone 6 how do I change iPhone apple id for the app store. it is in someone elses name?

    hello I need help,
    on my iPhone 6 how do I change iPhone apple id for the app store. it is in someone elses name?

    Why is it in someone else's name?
    Did you get this iPhone from that someone else?
    If so they should have released the iPhone form their account before giving it to you.
    All purchases made with that account will be forever tied to it and will require it to update in the case of Apps.
    If nothing has been purchased, you can go into Settings->iTunes & App Stores->Apple ID and sign out of their account there , and sign in with your own.

  • How can I change my apple address from the US to the Philippines to make my credit card work?

    How can I change my apple address from the US to the Philippines to make my credit card work?

    Change App Store
    1. Tap "Settings"
    2. Tap "iTunes & App Stores"
    3.Tap "View Apple ID"
    4. Enter your user name and password.
    5. Tap "Country/Region."
    6. Tap "Change Country/Region"
    7. Select the region where you will be located.
    8. Tap "Done".

  • How do I change an apple Id when the wrong one appears

    How  do I change an apple id, when the wrong one appears

    On your Mac/PC open iTunes (make sure it is updated). On the tabs on the left click on "iTunes Store". This will change the window on the right to the iTunes store. The top right corner should have your Apple ID or Sign In written. If there is an Apple ID written click on it and Sign Out. The corner should then change to "Sign In".
    Now click on Sign In and sign in with the wrong/incorrect Apple ID that you no longer wish to use or update from.
    Once logged in, click on the down arrow that shows when you move the pointer on the top right corner where it should now show the apple id, and select Account.
    The page that opens up should have a section called "iTunes in the Cloud" with a tab on the side saying "Manage Devices".
    Click on Manage Devices. Its should list your iPhone or iPad that you no longer wish to use with this Apple ID. And click Remove.
    Once its confirmed click "Done" and from the top right corner select Sign Out.

  • I have five iPads, four for my classroom and one that is personal. How can I change my Apple ID on the personal iPad and still keep the apps?  Thank you!

    I have five ipad ii products. Four of them I use in my classroom and one is for personal use.  How can I change my apple ID on my personal iPad and keep all of the apps (i.e. Kindle).  I do not want it connected to my school iPads. 

    All app purchases are permanently tied to their Apple ID. You will have to delete and repurchase the apps with a new ID. I would recommend wiping that iPad and setting it up with another ID.
    ~Lyssa

  • How do I change my Apple ID in the App Store?

    I have two Apple ID profiles; one Canadian and one US.  I want to only use my US Apple ID.  In my iPad iTunes & App Store settings I can see that I am signed in under my US Apple ID however when the App Store prompts me to update apps, it request the password for my Canadian Apple ID and I can not find any way to change this.
    If these Apps were originally downloaded from my Canadian ID and changing the App Store to my US ID would require me to download all my apps again then I would be happy to.  I would be willing to delete my Canadian Apple ID if the is what it takes but I don't know how to do that either.

    You need to delete those applications and then download them from the desired Apple ID. This may require repurchasing paid ones.
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  • How do i change my apple id on my imac

    I have a new email address.  How do I change my email address in my apple id on my mac pro

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621

  • HT204053 I changed my apple ID to my new email address how to I change my apple ID for the cloud to a 3 rd email address?

    I have a 4 year old macbook and a new ipad mini. I share the same apple ID with my daughter who has an iphone 4. Recently I changed the apple id last week to my new email address. The cloud has my old apple ID ( email address), how can I change that  cloud ID to a 3rd email address? I do not want to share that cloud ID with my dughter, I want us to have our own IDs.

    First save any photo stream photos that you want to keep on your device by opening the photo stream album, tapping Edit, tap the photos, tap Share, tap Save to Camera Roll.  If you are syncing Notes with iCloud, email them to yourself as you will have to recreate these after changing accounts.  Finally, if you are syncing any iWork documents with iCloud go to the settings for these apps and turn iCloud sycing to Off.
    Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, choose Keep on My iPad when prompted.  (This will only delete the account from your device, not from iCloud.  If your daughter is keeping the existing account her devices will not be effected by this.)  Then sign back in with your new ID to create a new iCloud account, turn on your iCloud data syncing, choose Merge when prompted to upload the data to the new account.  Then recreate any Notes from the emails sent earlier and turn on iCloud syncing with iWork again, if appropriate.
    existing iCloud old email address with the old account.  If you still want to access it on your iPad, you'll have to go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and sign in with the old account ID.  This email will be fetch only, not push.
    Once your iPad has migrated to the new account, if you also want to move your Mac to this account go to System Preferences>iCloud, sign out, then sign in with the new ID.

  • How do I change my Apple ID on my iMac. It is showing an old ID in System Preferences/Internet Accounts and System Preferences/iCloud

    My iPhone, iPad and iMac Safari access to the Apple Store and iCloud are fine and accept my new Apple ID. Mail constantly prompts me for a password with a box that shows my old Apple ID. I'm guessing that somewhere on the iMac I can change or delete the old Apple ID? It's not in the Keychain.
    iMac OS X 10.10
    Mail 8

    Thanks Eric. If I try, I get a box with the statement:
    Your iCloud account couldn't be removed at this time.
    Mail was unable to delete [email protected] (It just shows this as normal black type without the email envelope) Relaunch Mail then sign our of iCloud again.
    It shows an OK box.
    The Apple ID shown is of course, the old one, that I am trying to change on the iMac. On my iPhone, iPad, the Apple Store and iCloud via safari, only my new Apple ID is shown.
    I tried to insert an image of this scenario but I couldn't insert the chosen 138KB tiff image.

  • How do I change my Apple password - when the system won't let me?

    Here's what I did:
    1. Originally, my password was eight lowercase letters and a number.
    2. Apple's required that I change the password to include eight letters, which must include a number and a letter with a capital letter. (E.g. password format changed from something like "password1" to "Password1".)
    3. I need to revert my password to my original one. However, when I try to revert to my original password get an error message in red: "The Password specified has been used in the past year. Please select another."
    How do I get my original password back?

    One of the sites I routinely use requires the following:
    As of (xx-xx-xx) all passwords shall conform to the following rules
    10 character minimum
    12 character maximum
    At least one of the following
    lower case letter
    upper case letter
    numeral
    non-alphanumeric character (see exceptions below)
    Must not contain any of the following
    (a list follows consisting of fifteen specific prohibitions such as name, phone, cell, birth date, driver's license number, SS number, passport number, email addy etc, spelled either forward or backward)
    several specific non-alphanumeric characters
    two or more consecutive characters (e.g. Password1% is NG)
    three or more consecutive characters from your last password (e.g. Pswojg9@# is NG)
    any of your previous 20 passwords (twenty!!)
    Passwords must be changed every 30 days
    Good luck with that.
    The purpose of this farce is clear - to absolve the IT department of blame should a password get hacked. If you write yours down as any normal human would be required to do (that's prohibited also), well, it's just not their fault when someone finds it taped to the underside of your desk. "It's for your security" is BS. It is for theirs.
    The irony is that a password conforming to the above silliness is easier for a computer to break than a longer, but more memorable phrase - one intelligible to humans. To a computer, it's all the same: just a string of bits, and the more or them, the harder it is to crack.
    So how bad does Apple seem now?
    Perhaps one day, in a more enlightened age, the IT geniuses who come up with this nonsense will realize ridiculous password requirements hinder security rather than enhance it. From what I've observed of our species, enlightenment is not going well.

  • How can I change my apple ID from the APP store so I can update my  app? my computer is stuck with an old email and won't let me change it..

            Hello, Im trying to upgrade Imovie and whatever app are about to update in the future, the problem is the my Imac is stuck with an old email on the APP store. I try to change it and nothing happen, when I put my apple ID it send me to change the password and what Im trying to do is to put my new email in the system so would be able to update my computer. You know when you press the update button a little box drop with your email and all you have to put is your password thats where my old email is stuck pls someone help me with that little problem i'll appreciate it... thanks

    An Apple ID isn't necessarily "linked" with your email other than for recovery reasons. So, as long as you know the Apple ID password, an old email isn't catastrophic. Apple ID != e-mail.
    Now, if it's really bugging you and you really want to change it, if you log in to http://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address, this should update your Apple ID. There will be a couple hoops involved with this (i.e. verification of email change by sending email to rescue/alternate email. Alternate email can't be the same as the new primary. The new primary can't have ever been used as/with an Apple ID. etc...).

  • How do I change my Apple ID on the Iphone it has everything backed up to the same ID as my fathers

    I for some reason have the same Apple ID on my iphone as my dad does. But on my computer I have my own, how do I make them one in the same. I want to seperate us so I can update my new phone with all my old pictures and texts that are stored on my apple ID on icloud.

    Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1311

  • HT5621 How can I change my Apple ID on the Icloud on my iphone? I changed it to a new address and the icloud wont let me update it on m phone and it is not registering my old address either because it no longer exists. please help!

    It continues to ask me for my password for the old address nd when i enter it or have tried to change it, it does not recognise that address. Do I have to take y phone back to new to be able to log in to the icloud with the changed email address?

    Sync with iTunes so you have a backup. Tap Settings > General > Reset > Erase all content and settings. Restore the unit as New. Reconfigure for your new ID and password. Restore your apps, etc. from backup.

  • How do I change my apple id when my email that I use with apple has been closed?

    How do I change my apple id when the email I use for apple has been deleted

    Read here:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621

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