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am confused between my Apple ID and my password for iMac

am confused between my Apple ID and my password for iMac. It seems they are different. apple id is 8 characters and sign-in

for iMac is 6 characters.

Posted on Nov 14, 2021 12:30 PM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2021 2:12 PM

You are welcome. See if you can recover the ID/password. Use every email address you can think of.


Apple ID - How to find your Apple  -  An iCloud e-mail address is an Apple ID.


Apple ID - Find  -       


If you forgot the Apple ID (iCloud) password, enter the Apple (iCloud) ID, and click Forgot Password. See if you can get a Rescue or Notification email option if necessary. Link to contact Apple Support at the end of the 2nd article.


Apple ID - Manage  -     


Apple ID – Forgot Password  *      

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Nov 14, 2021 2:12 PM in response to ecm24

You are welcome. See if you can recover the ID/password. Use every email address you can think of.


Apple ID - How to find your Apple  -  An iCloud e-mail address is an Apple ID.


Apple ID - Find  -       


If you forgot the Apple ID (iCloud) password, enter the Apple (iCloud) ID, and click Forgot Password. See if you can get a Rescue or Notification email option if necessary. Link to contact Apple Support at the end of the 2nd article.


Apple ID - Manage  -     


Apple ID – Forgot Password  *      

Nov 14, 2021 1:37 PM in response to Eric Root

yes, I understand they are supposed to be different? 8 A/N for the Apple ID...for sign in to my iMac 6 letters are fine.. Where it is getting strange is I can sign in to iCloud with my computer password.... which should be the same as for apple ID.

So I try to change the appleID password....and it does not like either my sign in or my iMac or written down password for theApple ID.

so I guess what I have to try is to update the password w/o knowing whar the pfevious apple ID was ...since it does not like what i have. Is that possible ? Or should i simply discard the computer..grin.

Thanks for your help.


am confused between my Apple ID and my password for iMac

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