Why can't I open iCloud preferences?

When I open Mail, I immediately get a message that says "This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with "[email protected]". It then tells me to open iCloud preferences to fix the problem. However, when I click the button "iCloud preferences" or the "Later" button, the message briefly goes away and then reappears over and over and over. I can't find anything in iCloud preferences that seems to need changing. The only way to quit Mail is to Force Quit, but the message pane is still there.

If you mean that you are trying to go to iCloud.com in a browser on your iPad, you can't - unless you use a browser that can identify as a desktop browser like iCab Mobile or Mercury. All of the information that is in iCloud is already on your iPad...Notes, documents, contacts Photo Stream, email. There is no need to go to iCloud.com.

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