How do I start over with passwords?

On my old Mac Mini I knew my Apple ID and never had problems.
Now I have a new Mac Mini, it seems that I have different passwords for different tasks.
I had to create an iCloud password, which I don't remember. I have to keep changing my Apple ID password because if I remember it on my new Mac Mini, I forget it on my iPad. Then of course if I change it using my iPad, I have to remember that one when using the Mac Mini, and on and on it goes. (Of course, writing them down would help but that's too simple.)
I would like to start over with my passwords and scrub the old (i.e. current) ones completely. It feels like I'm forever enterting passwords and I can never tell which one it wants. And why can't my Apple ID password be the same as my iCloud password? Then I'd find it easier to remember; or it wouldn't be so bad forgetting just one instead of two. The whole thing gives me a headache.
Jane
Los Angeles

The iCloud and Apple ID password can be the same. Mine are.
iCloud: Account troubleshooting
Creating an iCloud account: Frequently Asked Questions
Just make them the same and then go to all your devices and sign out and sign back in with the new password.

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> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 22:06:22 GMT, John Sposato wrote:
>
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