How To Reset Your Apple ID Password or Changte the ID Itself

Your Apple ID is your User Name for everything you do in Apple. There may be a need to change your password or discover the password if you have forgotten it. You might even need to change the ID itself if you've changed your e-mail. Here are instructions to do both.

 

 

If you own an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch you have an Apple ID. If you don't remember setting this up when you purchased either of these items, the sales person may have done this for you at the time of purchase. Regardless, you have an Apple ID. The Apple ID is used when getting apps, paid or FREE or purchasing Music from iTunes. You also use your Apple ID for doing Facetime (Free video calling) or doing Messaging.

You can see your Apple ID on one of these devices by going to Settings > iCloud. Your Account is your Apple ID. There are two other places to see your Apple ID. Settings > Messages. See Send and Receive for your Apple ID. And lastly, Settings > Facetime. See Apple ID.

 

How to find your Apple ID

Apple ID: If you forget your password

If you forget your Apple ID password, follow these steps to reset your password and regain access to the Apple features and services that use Apple ID.

If you know the answers to your security questions

Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).

Click "Manage your Apple ID", then click "Forgot your password?".

1. Enter your Apple ID and click Next.
2. Select "Answer security questions" as your authentication method. Click Next.
3. Select the birth date associated with your Apple ID, then click Next to begin answering your security questions.
4. After answering your security questions, you will be asked to enter and confirm your new password. Click Reset Password when done.

If you have access to the email address associated with your Apple ID

1. Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com).
2. Click "Manage your Apple ID", then click "Forgot your password?".
3. Enter your Apple ID and click Next.
4. Select "Email authentication" as your authentication method. Click Next.
5. Apple will send a message to the email address associated with your Apple ID. Open the message and click "Reset Apple ID password".
6. When the My Apple ID page opens, enter and confirm your new password, then click Reset Password.

Or click here.

 

Change Your Apple ID

Before you change your Apple ID:

1. Sign out of all Apple features and services that you use with your current Apple ID.
2. Make sure that the email address you want to use for your Apple ID meets these conditions:
3. The email address is one that you use regularly, because it will be the primary email address for your Apple ID.
4. The email address is not associated with any other Apple ID.
5. The email address is not an iCloud email address, which is already an Apple ID. iCloud email addresses end with @icloud.com, @me.com, or @mac.com.

To change your Apple ID, follow these steps:

1. Go to My Apple ID (appleid.apple.com), click "Manage your Apple ID", and sign in.
2. If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID. If you are unable to receive messages at your trusted device, follow the guidelines for what to do if you can't sign in with two-step verification.
3. In the "Apple ID and Primary Email Address section," click Edit.
4. Enter the email address you want to use, then click Save Changes. Apple will send a verification email to that address.
5. Open the email from Apple, then click Verify Now in the email.
6. When the My Apple ID page opens, sign in with your renamed Apple ID.

If you have two-step verification turned on, you'll be asked to send a verification code to the trusted device associated with your Apple ID.

After you see a message indicating that verification is complete, remember to update all of the stores and services that you use with your Apple ID.

Or click here.

 
If you don't remember your Apple ID

In iTunes

If you have used iTunes before and were the only one to log in, then you can see your Apple ID from the menu option Store > View Account.

From your iPad or iPhone

Go to Settings > iCloud. See the first option called Account with your Apple ID to the right.

Or clickhere.

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Get More From Google Now

Google Now is an intelligent system of "cards" that provide information to you without you manually asking for it.

Google Now works in the background and presents information to you in the form or "cards" on your Android smartphone screen. You can now have google now on your iPhone/iPad, PC or Mac and, of course, Android Smart Phones.  I must note that Google Now uses technology from later versions of the Android operating system, thus might not be available on older smart phones.

Google Now can present your airline boarding  information on the day of your flight or when you approach the airport. Google Now does this if you have your flight information saved as a calendar appointment. Google Now continuously checks things so you don't have to.

Google Now will remind you to leave for an appointment and the appropriate time including traffic conditions all by noticing what might be upcoming in your calendar.

Google Now can remind you of local events that might be happening today or public transportation stops. To some, Google Now feels a bit "creepy" because it knows about things before you ask for them but others, like me, enjoy Google Now's intuitive presentation of things that are important to me.

Turn on Google Now by:

1. Start Google Search on your Android smart phone. 
2. Touch Menu > Settings > Google Now

Here is a very clear article from Android Authority and how to set up Google Now.

I really like Google Now because I can see the "cards" even with my poor vision. This is huge for me.

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Automatically Copy Photos From Any Smart Phone to Your PC or Mac

A common question I hear is "how do I share photos from my smart phone" or "how do I get photos off my smart phone?" You can copy ALL photos from your smart phone quickly and safely so they don't get accidental deleted. Do it automatically and without wires.

Many are very particular about how they organize their photos and that's all well and good but getting them from the smart phone to the computer is a bigger struggle.

I strongly recommend using an online service and there are a few which I will list below. However, I want to stress that if you want ease and worry free, then invest just a little money(some some) and time to sign up for one of these services.

Facebook and Google+ stop at uploading photos to the cloud with an extra step on your part to move those photos to your PC or Mac. . Dropbox and OneDrive actually synchronize those photos to your Mac(Dropbox) or PC(both Dropbox and OneDrive). I strongly recommend one of these two services although Dropbox is my favorite.

All of the below services are FREE, however, additional storage space have a fee.
 

Facebook

Go to App Settings / Synch Photos and turn this On. This allows ALL photos to go to Facebook. Once the photos are on Facebook, click here to see what else you can do.

Google+

From the Menu, choose Photos > Turn On at the lower left. There are other choices to fine tune your uploads like only doing this when on WiFi to avoid excessive data usage (I do this). Click here for more on Google+.

Dropbox

Within the Dropbox app, choose Settings > Turn On Camera Upload. You can choose WiFi only too if you wish. With these settings, all NEW photos will automatically upload to a folder called Camera Upload on Dropbox. This Camera Upload folder will then, AUTOMATICALLY, synchronize down to any of your computers (Mac or PC) if it has Dropbox installed there too. For more information about Dropbox and photos, click here.

OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) from Microsoft

Unfortunately, OneDrive does NOT have an automatic synch at this time but it is easy enough to upload an entire list of photos from your smart phone to SkyDrive.

Within the OneDrive app, touch the upward arrow to Upload Photos and Videos. For more information about using OneDrive, click here.

Creating a OneDrive account is a bit more cumbersome than all the others.

All of these services are available for Android, iOS and Windows Phones as well as Mac and PC.

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Poor Vision - No Problem. 5 Easy Eye Saving Tips

Although my vision is poor-legally blind-there are PC settings that help me. Yes, it is more work and yes, there are things I can no longer do. Fundamentally I need text bigger.

Windows and Mac have settings to help out the visually impaired. The most often used is adjusting the screen resolution to make everything larger. For now, I'll focus on Windows.

1. Use a larger monitor. I have been using a 23" diagonal monitor for many years
2. Adjust screen resolution to make everything larger
3. Change only text size for certain areas of Windows
4. Zoom In and Out in your browser
5. Zoom In and Out with the mouse scroll wheel

Changing the Screen Resolution is done in Control Panel. This changes the size of everything.
Go to Control Panel > Appearance and Personalization > Display > Screen Resolution > Advanced Settings.
I use 150% instead of 100%

There is also an option to Change Only Text Size with a drop down to select where and the size you want. The options are:

I change the Menus, Title Bars and Icon Size fonts to 12 pt from the default 9 pt.

Windows 8.x has a nifty app called Magnifier. I haven't spent much time with this app but I gave it a try recently and it works pretty well and flexible enough to make things bigger on the screen. It does create some work and getting used to as you either move the mouse point to the screen edge or use the keyboard arrow keys to navigate.

All browsers allow zooming of the screen by holding the Control Key and hitting the '+' key to zoom in. Likewise Control and '-' key to zoom out.

Also, hold the Control Key and scroll forward or back on the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

In some cases, an individual application will have settings to make things bigger. Look for Preferences or Settings to see what is there.

As a Free tip, instead of carrying a magnifying glass, use your smartphone and a FREE app called Magnifying Glass. There are many for Android and Apple.

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