Only a single iCloud account can be saved

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joshross OP

Created Jun ’15

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When I try to make any changes to iClould, from OS X 10.11 (15A178w), the checkboxes uncheck themselves.

This is what I get in my error console:

6/21/15 10:57:17.890 AM com.apple.preferences.icloud.remoteservice[500]: [AOSAccounts] : ___ZN15ServiceProvider21SetEnabledOnACAccountEbb18MMSetEnableOptions_block_invoke Error updating account: @, error: Error Domain=com.apple.accounts Code=5 "A iCloud account already exists. Only a single iCloud account is allowed to be saved." UserInfo=0x7fa9c1540d70 {NSLocalizedDescription=A iCloud account already exists. Only a single iCloud account is allowed to be saved.}

I only have one account that I know of.

However accountsd states otherwise.

6/21/15 10:57:13.053 AM accountsd[330]: [AOSAccounts] : [iCloudIDNotificationPlugin] -[iCloudIDNotificationPlugin canSaveAccount:inStore:] : Returning false. Same DSID found. Found duplicate for account *my email* (*some guid*) which is *my email* (*different guid*)

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NeoNacho OP

Jun ’15

I had pretty much the same issue, for me accountsd showed both my @me.com as well as my @mac.com addresses, which was probably causing the conflict. I resolved it like this:

1. Delete ~/Library/Application Support/iCloud/Accounts/ competely (I actually just moved it, just to have a copy)

2. Reboot

3. System Preferences => Internet Accounts showed a second "inactive" iCloud account

4. Delete that inactive account

5. Another Reboot

6. Sign in to the actual account in System Preferences => iCloud

After this procedure, I could use iCloud properly again.

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