With the releases of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, and watchOS 11, Apple ID is renamed to Apple Account for a consistent sign-in experience across Apple services and devices, and relies on a user’s existing credentials. – Apple Inc.
Take Control publisher Joe Kissell pointed out in a conversation that Apple ID and Apple Account aren’t precisely parallel, since an Apple ID was primarily an identifier — it’s an email address — whereas an Apple Account would have both a username and a password.
The real problem comes when tech writers document features across multiple versions of Apple’s operating systems. We’ll probably use both terms for a while before slowly standardizing on the new term. Blame Apple if you see awkward sentences like “Continuity features require that you be logged into the same Apple Account (Apple ID in pre-2024 operating systems).” Or maybe writers will compress further to “Continuity features require that you be logged into the same Apple Account/ID.”
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But will we be able to merge Apple Accounts/IDs? Just been waiting 220 years for this simple option.
Only a woke SJW activist CEO by the name of Tim Cook, would make such a MEANINGLESS CHANGE. Your ID sir, or please, is required when you cash a check, vote (but not everywhere), or stopped by police.
So Tim, is asking for ID offensive to you and your Leftist cabal or are you advocating for millions of illegal immigrants entering our country, particularly in California, not to show ID?
Probably not, but we get the Leftist Apple ID change is no longer acceptable and merging accounts is deirable…
Comment on MDN take: Though he drove me nuts with his Apple ID forgetfulness, or changing it and forgetting he changed it—or what he changed it to, now that he’s gone, I miss my mom’s 93 year old cousin calling me from many states away to share his screen and figure out all his crazy problems. Or mail me a DVD of a Steve Jobs video he found. He loved his iMacs, MacBook Pro, iPad and iPhone. For an old guy, he still had to have the best Apple had out there!