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iCLOUD: does setting up email accounts work across DEVICES?

sometimes i have to set up or change email accounts in mac mail. i have a phone laptop and desktop. i if i have ten accounts this was always a bit of a nightmare because it was like 3 x 10 x 20 entries.


now i find myself confused as to whether these accounts are being synced through iCloud.


are they? are only passwords? or what is going on please.

Mac Pro, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 24, 2020 4:11 PM

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Posted on Sep 25, 2020 10:50 AM

hotwheels22 wrote:

sometimes i have to set up or change email accounts in mac mail. i have a phone laptop and desktop. i if i have ten accounts this was always a bit of a nightmare because it was like 3 x 10 x 20 entries.

now i find myself confused as to whether these accounts are being synced through iCloud.

are they? are only passwords? or what is going on please.

Only iCloud would be a simple off/on for any Apple device.


3rd party accounts can't use iCloud to sync settings. If you backed up and restored using iTunes/iCloud, those accounts should set themselves up.



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Sep 25, 2020 10:50 AM in response to hotwheels22

hotwheels22 wrote:

sometimes i have to set up or change email accounts in mac mail. i have a phone laptop and desktop. i if i have ten accounts this was always a bit of a nightmare because it was like 3 x 10 x 20 entries.

now i find myself confused as to whether these accounts are being synced through iCloud.

are they? are only passwords? or what is going on please.

Only iCloud would be a simple off/on for any Apple device.


3rd party accounts can't use iCloud to sync settings. If you backed up and restored using iTunes/iCloud, those accounts should set themselves up.



iCLOUD: does setting up email accounts work across DEVICES?

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