Need some Apple / iOS help here.
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Need some Apple / iOS help here.
My subscriptions and media are under my iTunes account (remember those?). My devices are all under my primary Apple account.
I want to change my iTunes Account password. I did this a few years ago, no problem, right?
When I attempt to view my “Media & Purchases” account info, it sends me to the web.
When I go to change the password, it tells me that I can only change the password on one of the devices where I'm logged in. And it helpfully lists those devices. Of course none of those devices use that account as their primary account, so I’m right back where I started.
Am I really going to have to take an old iPhone and login with this as my primary account in order to change the password?
Alternatively, maybe I could fake someone breaking into my account so that Apple forces me to change it.
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Need some Apple / iOS help here.
My subscriptions and media are under my iTunes account (remember those?). My devices are all under my primary Apple account.
I want to change my iTunes Account password. I did this a few years ago, no problem, right?
When I attempt to view my “Media & Purchases” account info, it sends me to the web.
When I go to change the password, it tells me that I can only change the password on one of the devices where I'm logged in. And it helpfully lists those devices. Of course none of those devices use that account as their primary account, so I’m right back where I started.
Am I really going to have to take an old iPhone and login with this as my primary account in order to change the password?
Alternatively, maybe I could fake someone breaking into my account so that Apple forces me to change it.
@nazgul I have an Itunes account ID separate from my Apple ID.
Just last week I decided to merge my purchases from the old Itunes account to my primary Apple ID so I only need one on every device. I can access all my app purchases from everywhere. This is done under “Media & Purchases”. The merging feature worked perfectly for this. I just had to sign out of all my devices that were on the Itunes ID and it automatically switched to my primary. I can ditch and forget the iTunes ID now.
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Need some Apple / iOS help here.
My subscriptions and media are under my iTunes account (remember those?). My devices are all under my primary Apple account.
I want to change my iTunes Account password. I did this a few years ago, no problem, right?
When I attempt to view my “Media & Purchases” account info, it sends me to the web.
When I go to change the password, it tells me that I can only change the password on one of the devices where I'm logged in. And it helpfully lists those devices. Of course none of those devices use that account as their primary account, so I’m right back where I started.
Am I really going to have to take an old iPhone and login with this as my primary account in order to change the password?
Alternatively, maybe I could fake someone breaking into my account so that Apple forces me to change it.
I would strongly recommend against doing anything clever. If you have a path that looks like it would work, just do that, even if it's stupid. I say this as an end-user who's been screwed by being clever, not as any sort of expert.
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Need some Apple / iOS help here.
My subscriptions and media are under my iTunes account (remember those?). My devices are all under my primary Apple account.
I want to change my iTunes Account password. I did this a few years ago, no problem, right?
When I attempt to view my “Media & Purchases” account info, it sends me to the web.
When I go to change the password, it tells me that I can only change the password on one of the devices where I'm logged in. And it helpfully lists those devices. Of course none of those devices use that account as their primary account, so I’m right back where I started.
Am I really going to have to take an old iPhone and login with this as my primary account in order to change the password?
Alternatively, maybe I could fake someone breaking into my account so that Apple forces me to change it.
@nazgul I solved this the way you described; I have a role account and I have an old iPhone that gets pulled out when we need to pair a new Apple TV.
Before Family Sharing all of our phones were logged into the media and App Store with the role account, and then the Apple ID, iMessage etc were personal. So we could share apps and media.
Apple added Family Sharing but it’s busted in ways I don’t recall. So that’s how it’s still set up, but MFA for the role account became impossible. 1/
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@nazgul I solved this the way you described; I have a role account and I have an old iPhone that gets pulled out when we need to pair a new Apple TV.
Before Family Sharing all of our phones were logged into the media and App Store with the role account, and then the Apple ID, iMessage etc were personal. So we could share apps and media.
Apple added Family Sharing but it’s busted in ways I don’t recall. So that’s how it’s still set up, but MFA for the role account became impossible. 1/
@nazgul and then we had a kid. So we need family sharing to manage permissions on his device. Which then I need the role device to manage. It’s all so awful. 2/2
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@nazgul and then we had a kid. So we need family sharing to manage permissions on his device. Which then I need the role device to manage. It’s all so awful. 2/2
@jered Yep. That's exactly how I got here. Thanks. Fortunately I do have an old phone handy.
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