I Could and Apple passowrd problems

Help, help help! I opened my MacBook and was asked to enter my i Cloud password which I did.It rejected the password, so I tried again. Same result. I followed the instructions on screen and entered a new password for i Cloud which is working on my i Phone and on my Mac but not on my Mac Book
The message i get on my Mac Book screen says " Backto My Mac can't start because of a problem with your account. I have tried to sign out and back in again and I have restarted the Mac Book, but I keep getting the same result. Basically I cannot access i Cloud on my Mac Book, but I can access it on my other devices using the same information for each three of them. It keeps telling me that I have netered my password incorrectly even though the same password works on the other devices.
Does anyone know what the problem is ?

If you mean shutting down and turning it back on, then yes. I have re-booted.

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