Are you sure? I did a fresh install of macOS Sierra only last week and had no problem using the same password for iCloud and Mac user.
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MacBook Pro Late 2016 EU shipping
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I had the message "you can no longer use the same password for iCloud and to log in..."
And Googling it, seems it was removed with an update to El Cap?
Once I finally get this bloody thing set up I'll check again (because now iCloud is playing up).
Absolutely hating UPS, departure scan at Cologne at 2:48am and even after 12 hours no sign of an arrival scan. How far is UK from Germany??
$#@#^#*€ #&#*^#^
$#@#^#*€ #&#*^#^
It's now two and a half hours since I took delivery, still not had a chance to play with it because stuck on iCloud screen for ten minutes. Times out. Repeat.I think that's why they took away iCloud/Mac password sharing
I don't think the tracking delivery estimates are always the most accurate. Don't worry, it seems that it is closer to you than most.
Where in Ulm are you living? I'm still waitingit's here
I fear they f*cked up the address change for my delivery
I have a in store pickup so I've been seeing "Shipped to Store" since last thursday and I don't get anymore Information.
What has it been saying before, I'm curious? Just "shippped"?
Early afternoon I think. I gave up on checking. I phoned DHL this morning and they said they hadn't even received the item. Hence why my DHL page says "Shipment information received". (Meaning apple had raised an shipping ticket)
God knows what's going on. I am just hoping the Apple order page is more up-to-date than the DHL one.
Turns out it was removed as an option when two factor authentication became a thing (or something). http://www.macworld.com/article/312...g-in-to-your-mac-with-an-icloud-password.html
I don't really understand that article, because I do use 2FA, and according to them, I should therefore not be able to use the same password for iCloud and my Mac user. And yet, I did exactly that literally a week ago when when I reinstalled macOS on a 2011 MBP. I will be disappointed if for some weird reason it doesn't work tomorrow when I get my new MBP.
Just for clarification, I didn't use an option in system preferences to specifically use the same password. I just set the Mac user to use the same password manually.
My tracking number begins with 9 and there's no update yet except shipment information received.
Nothing yet. I'm surprised the shipment that got into the Netherlands at 1pm hasn't gone through for people yet.
I have just received delivery, knew it would be around the 3p.m mark.........has anyone else not been charged yet as well? payment with PayPal they have said it was paid on there but the pending payment which was on my banking has now been removed and money not taken......i'm not complaining though aha
After finally getting iCloud to work, and joining it to my domain, which was an absolute pain for some reason, I finally managed to have spent about 30 mins with it so far. I do love most of it. Here are my first thoughts if anyone is interested https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/macbook-pro-late-2016-eu-owners.2016880/#post-23965276