ICloud won't work on mac after apple ID changed

I just updated my apple ID today.  The same ID seemed to work on the mac Apps and iTunes store and my ipad iTunes and apps after I restarted them (restarting and updating the new ID to be the same). But this evening my mac iCloud said it can't/ isn't working.  My iCloud apple ID is the OLD applel ID.  It is greyed out and I can't update it.  Please tell me what settings to change or what I have to do to get my iCloud up and running again.
I don't want to delete everything from iCloud with sign out unless that is the only way. 
I guess I don't understand what happens to my data if I sign out of the cloud.  Is it lost to my old apple ID or is it just floating there until I pick it up again with my new apple ID?
Please help me fix this
Thanks

Good day haynechi,
If your external hard drive will not mount on your MacBook Air but it will show up in Disk Utility, you may need to erase the hard drive in order to get it to show up on the Mac again. NOTE - this process will destroy any data on the drive, so be sure you have anything on there backed up somewhere else before you begin!
Use the steps in this article -
Disk Utility 12.x: Erase a disk, CD, or DVD
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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