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fixed : error trying to add 13 year old child to our iCloud Family

Posted on 08-03-2018 by MacManus.nl
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Question :

My daughter has just turned 13 years old, and we gave her our old iPhone for her birthday. Now I want to add her to our iCloud Famly so I can share the apps and music I’ve bought on the iTunes Store with her, but when I go to the Manage Family option in the iCloud chapter of the System Preferences on my Mac and select Add Family Member and try to create her own iCloud.com AppleID account, the date keeps flipping back to “Day” and “Month” when I select her year of birth.

What is wrong and how can I fix this ?

 

Answer :

What you are doing would be correct for adding any child up to 12 years old into your iCloud Family, but the day your child turns 13 years old, Apple blocks this option.

I assume the reason being that any person of 13 years or older is allowed by Apple to create his/her own AppleID-account.

So your daughter has to create her own AppleID-account on her iPhone.

To get a FREE new iCloud.com-eMail address and a coupled AppleID-account, you need to use an iPhone or iPad. (in your case, that would be on her own iPhone, but it could be done on any iPhone or iPad where the user temporarily logs off from iCloud).

  • on the iPhone/iPad, go to Settings (the app with the gear/sprocket icon)
  • in the Settings.app go to iCloud
  • then, click on Create a new Apple ID
  • then, enter your birthday
  • then, enter your First Name and Last Name
  • then, click Next
  • then, click on Get a free iCloud email address
  • then, enter your preferred username and @icloud.com will be added to create your new iCloud eMail Address
  • then, click Next
  • then, confirm your new iCloud eMail Address by clicking Create
  • then, choose your new password and retype it for verification
  • then, choose three security questions and enter the three corresponding answers
  • then, choose if you want to turn on Apple News updates via eMail
  • then, click Next
  • then, Agree to the Terms and Conditions
  • then, click Agree
  • then, in the Verifying page, click Sign In to log onto iCloud from your iPhone/iPad

Now make sure that the iCloud.com-eMail address is properly configured on her (child) iPhone (or iPad) :

  • on the iPhone/iPad, go to Settings (the app with the gear/sprocket icon)
  • then, go to Accounts & Passwords
  • then click on iCloud
  • and make sure that the switch at Mail is switchted ON

Then, add your child to your iCloud Family using your Mac (or your iPhone) :

  • on your Mac, go to Apple-icon (top left)
  • then click on System Preferences
  • in the window that opens, click iCloud
  • then select the Family Members tab
  • then click Add Family Member, and send an invitation to your child’s iCloud.com eMail Address (which she then has to accept)

…or on your iPhone :

  • on your (parent) iPhone/iPad, go to Settings (the app with the gear/sprocket icon)
  • then, go to Accounts & Passwords
  • then click on iCloud
  • then click Family Sharing
  • then click Add Family Member, and send an invitation to your child’s iCloud.com eMail Address (which she then has to accept)

That’s it. 😉

Note : if you want to set extra restrictions to your child’s ability to certain options of her/his iPhone, do this :

  • on his/her (child) iPhone (or iPad), go to Settings (the app with the gear/sprocket icon)
  • then, go to General
  • then, go to Restrictions and click on Off >
  • now you first have to set a 4-digit passcode
  • then, set all the parental restrictions the way you want

enjoy !

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Posted in iCloud (and MobileMe), iOS & iPadOS (iPhone iPad etc.), macOS (OS X, MacOS X, MacOS, System), tips & tricks | Tagged 10.13 High_Sierra, @icloud.com-account, Add Family Member, error, iCloud, iCloud Family, iOS, iOS 11, iPad, iPhone, Mac, MacBook, macOS, MacOSX, OSX, share purchased apps, share purchased music | Leave a reply

fixed : “Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date” error in Windows 10 Mail app

Posted on 11-12-2017 by MacManus.nl
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Question :

I have installed the iCloud application on my PC running Windows 10, and added my iCloud email-address to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) without a problem, but now I keep getting an error message saying “Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date”… when I click on it, I get an option to have this fixed by Windows 10 itself, but then nothing happens… the problem remains, and I am not receiving any eMails in my iCloud mailbox…

I have checked on iCloud.com and my PC is listed as a registered device, and there is no error showing in the iCloud application on Windows either…

What can I do to fix this ?

 

Answer :

Somewhere during 2017 Apple has changed the security settings of the iCould services : it is now obligatory to enable two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account if you want to connect from any non-Apple device : from now on you will need to generate an application-specific password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook)…

Here’s how to do that :

  1. setup two-factor-authentication on your iCloud account as outlined here
  2. then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application installed on your PC ; if you need to reinstalled it, you can download it here
  3. then, make sure you have the iCloud for Windows application setup properly ; open the iCloud for Windows application and make sure there is a checkmark at “Mail” (and at “Contacts”, “Calendars” and “Tasks” if you want to sync those also)
  4. then, make sure you have added your iCloud mailbox to Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) ; if it’s not listed, add it (again)
  5. then, generate an application specific password as outlined here
  6. then, make sure that you input the application specific password you have just generated as the password for your iCloud mailbox in the Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) Settings

That’s it !

NOTE : do NOT use your regular iCloud-password for Windows Mail.app (or Outlook) any longer, it won’t work.

enjoy 😉

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Posted in free & cheap software, iCloud (and MobileMe), networking, office software, tips & tricks | Tagged @icloud.com-account, application specific password, Calendars, contacts, error, error message, iCloud, iCloud account, iCloud Control Panel, iCloud for Windows, iCloud settings, mail, mailbox, out-of-date, Outlook, password, PC, security, security settings, sync, Tasks, two-factor-authentication, two-way-authentication, Windows, Windows 10, Windows Mail, Your iCloud Account Settings Are Out Of Date | 2 Replies

fixed : get iCloud on the officially unsupported iPhone 3G – sync works !

Posted on 20-02-2012 by MacManus.nl
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UPDATE : since October 2013, there have been reports that Apple appears to have stopped support of all @mac-accounts, so if using your @mac-account turns out not to work with the instructions below, try to solve it by replacing @mac.com by @me.com or @icloud.com since they’re all pointing to the same iCloud-account
[ thanks to all those reporting on this issue for pointing this out ]
—————————————————————

thanks to ‘keithfromontario’, I can now present you the solution to getting your iPhone 3G to work with iCloud :

1- delete any existing MobileMe accounts from your iPhone 3G

2- set up MobileMe-mail using iCloud on your iPhone 3G :

  • set up each mail account in Settings>Mail, Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>Other>Add Mail Account
  • “Name”  (Your first and last name or whatever you usually call yourself)
  • “Address” (Your @me or other IMAP email address)
  • “Password” (Your mail password)
  • “Description” (Whatever you want to call each eMail account, e.g. “joe@me.com (iCloud)”)
  • Hit the Next button and wait for the screen with IMAP and POP buttons at the top.  IMAP is selected by default.
  • “Incoming Server” is imap.mail.me.com
  • “User Name” is the first part of your email address before the @ sign
  • “Password” you know
  • “Outgoing Server” is smtp.me.com
  • Hit the Next button and your account will be set up.  Repeat for any other IMAP mailboxes you want on this device

3- setup iCloud Calendar syncing on your iPhone 3G :

  • Settings>Mail, Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>Other>Add CalDav Account
  • “Server” is caldav.icloud.com
  • “User Name” is your iCloud username like joe@me.com
  • “Password” is your iCloud password
  • “Description” is whatever you want to call this account (e.g. “iCloud Calendar”)
  • Go ahead and click “Next” and the CalDAV account wil be set up BUT IT WON’T WORK (here is why: Although you think of your Apple ID as “joe@me.com” Apple in fact assigns a Unique User ID which is a string of numbers buried in the server address. The easy way to get at it is this:
  • Go Settings>Mail, Contacts,Calendars> and click the name of the account you just created to open the settings so we can do one more edit.
  • Click “Advanced Settings”.  Select and highlight the WHOLE of the Account URL beginning with https://p01-caldav.icloud.com/… ( FYI: In the middle of this URL is your Unique User ID in the form of a string of numbers – you don’t need just that, you need the complete URL that looks like https://p01-caldav.icloud.com:443/123456789/principal )
  • NOTE : if you can’t find this URL on your iPhone, you can also find it on your Mac [thanks to ‘JMN’ for this solution], to do so, do this :
    • on your Mac, go to Finder app > Go menu > press ALT-key > Library folder > Calendars folder > .caldav folder (preceded by a 8-4-4-4-12 digits name) > Info.plist > CTRL-click on it > Open with > Other > Text Edit > Open
    • in the window that opens, between the PrincipalURL and PrivateCommentsSupport <key>-lines, you will find a <string>-line with a URL that looks like this : https://pXX-caldav.icloud.com/123456789/principal/
    • that’s the URL you are looking for
    • please be aware that in some cases 123456789 might not be exactly 9 digits
    • if the URL doesn’t work, add the 443-port, like this : https://pXX-caldav.icloud.com:443/123456789/principal/
  • Move back one screen to the CalDAV Account Information screen.  (Note that the server name will already be p01-caldav.icloud.com or something like it, but it’s not what it should be…)
  • Delete this whole server name and paste the URL-name you just copied in its place.
  • Click “Done” and wait for the account settings to update.
  • Note : don’t bother if the server URL on the CalDAV Account Information screen jumps back to just p01-caldav.icloud.com ; the only thing that’s important is that you’ve copied the extended p01-caldav.icloud.com:443/123456789/principal in there (if you click Advanced Settings it will be there in full at Account URL)
  • Now open your Calendars iOS-app and you should find your “iCloud” calendar updating just like it does on any other iCloud enabled device.
  • Also, in the actual Calendars iOS-app, click “Calendars” in the top-left, and be sure to select the “iCloud” (CalDAV) calendars, not the “on my iPhone” or “on my Mac” calendars
 4- setup iCloud Contacts syncing on your iPhone 3G :
  • after you’ve enabled iCloud Calendar syncing, be sure to have the complete URL that looks like https://p01-caldav.icloud.com:443/123456789/principal in your iPhone’s copy-paste-memory (if you haven’t, go back to the “Advanced Settings” of your iCloud Calendar account and copy the complete Account URL)
  • now do as you did for your iCloud Calendar, but this time you should create a new CARDDAV account :
  • Settings>Mail, Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>Other>Add CardDAV Account
    • “Server” is contacts.icloud.com [ if that doesn’t work try : carddav.icloud.com ]
    • “User Name” is your iCloud username ( like joe@me.com )
    • “Password” is your iCloud password
    • “Description” is whatever you want to call this account (e.g. “iCloud Contacts”)
    • Go ahead and click “Next” and the CardDAV account wil be set up BUT IT WON’T WORK yet…
    • Go Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars> and click the name of the account you just created to open the settings so we can do one more edit.
    • Click “Advanced Settings”, and delete the complete Account URL, then paste the URL that is still in your iPhone’s copy-paste-memory there, but this time you have to adjust it :
    • in the pasted URL replace “caldav” by “contacts” [ or “carddav” ] and replace “principal” (the last word of the URL) by “carddavhome”
    • the URL should now be something like https://p01-carddav.icloud.com:443/123456789/carddavhome
UPDATE : the Contacts syncing used to work fine using carddav.icloud.com as the server, but it appears that contacts.icloud.com works better these days, so my suggestion is to try using contacts.icloud.com first
[ thanks to merluccius and others for pointing this out ]
5- Now get rid off the default calendar (the one called ‘Calendar’) on your iPhone 3G :
  • in “Settings” -> “Mail, Contacts, Calendars”, scroll down completely (even though it might look like a static page and there’s no indication what-so-ever that you can scroll below “Add Account…”)
  • in the “Contacts” section, at “Default Account”, choose “iCloud Contacts”
  • in the “Calendars” section, at “Default Calendar” (the setting option completely at the bottom), choose your most frequently used calendar as your default calendar

Done !

NOTE : it’s good to know that iCloud-syncing to the iPhone 3G is slightly delayed :

  • Address Book / Contacts sync has a delay of up to one minute
  • iCal / Calendar sync seems to completely wipe  your calendars clean, while showing a ‘sync spinner’-icon top-right, and then all calendars reappear within one minute

—— UPDATE —–

the above should work, but if you still encounter problems, try these :

– use your @me.com account name (not the old @mac.com)

– if your server address line keeps reverting back to the same pXX-contacts.icloud.com server-URL but doesn’t load any contacts, create a new account using the server-URL it always reverts to (so just “pXX-contacts.icloud.com” without any addition, and with that exact pXX-severnumber you keep getting)

– upgrade to iOS 4.2.1 if you have an older version of iOS (if you can’t upgrade because you have a jailbroken iPhone, try skipping the contacts-syncing instructions after BUT IT DON’T WORK YET… so, just try without…)

– make sure the contacts you are adding on your Mac are added to your ‘iCloud’ group and not an ‘On My Mac’ or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.

– try unchecking contacts syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling contact settings

– don’t bother about messages saying your password is incorrect, just go ahead and test

– make sure that the server-URL you have set is HTTPS not normal HTTP

– check your pXX server number in the settings that are working for iCal-syncing, and then try these URLs :
pXX-contacts.icloud.com
pXX-carddav.icloud.com
pXX-contacts.icloud.com/[contact group]
pXX-carddav.icloud.com/[contact group]

– be patient, very patient on your first sync ; if you have a lot of contacts or calendars, your first sync can take hours and hours… (actually a whole night…)

– if you just want a one-time transfer of your contacts to your iPhone, you can export your contacts as a vCard from iCloud, and eMail them to your iPhone… where you can import them

[ let’s not forget : a special thanks to all who have contributed ! ]

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Posted in iCloud (and MobileMe), iOS & iPadOS (iPhone iPad etc.), tips & tricks | Tagged 10.7 Lion, @icloud.com-account, @mac.com-account, @me.com-account, Address Book, iCal, iCloud, iOS 4, iPhone 2nd gen, iPhone 3G, iSync, MacOSX, MobileMe, old iPhone | 151 Replies

info : get iCloud on the officially unsupported iPhone 3G

Posted on 05-12-2011 by MacManus.nl
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UPDATE : if you want the solution to this problem, please see this other post :

fixed : get iCloud on the officially unsupported iPhone 3G – sync works !

— THIS IS A REPOST ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE APPLE SUPPORT COMMUNITIES IN 2011 —

Both Mail and Contacts have been working from the first moment I tried, but iCloud Calendar keeps my iPhone 3G Calendar completely empty… (the only thing that is in there properly are the birthdays of my contacts…)

I’ve tried every suggestion I’ve found out on the internet… including finding & using the proper p0?-paths, doing hard iPhone resets between every step, letting iOS come up with the proper server-paths, re-pasting the proper server-paths onto the short server-paths, turning on iTunes-sync intially (which does work) and then cutting off iTunes-sync to start wireless iCloud-sync from there (which erases my iPhone Calendar again…), deleting MobileMe completely of my iPhone, etc. etc.

My iCloud Calendar is okay on my Mac and on iCloud.com, but on my iPhone 3G nothing shows up… eventhough the settings on the iPhone seem to be correct, since no errors come up when using these (other settings were giving errors…)

And accessing iCloud.com from iOS-Safari browser is prohibited ; I keep ending up on a mobile website version that doesn’t allow any non-iOS5 iPhones…

Is there a way to recheck al settings on iCould itself to make sure there’s no problem with access-rights or something ?

These 2 suggestions I have also tried, but they didn’t work:

1- the repace “@me.com” by “@mac.com” suggestion ; but I wasn’t allowed to use “@mac.com” instead of “@me.com”, since this account never was a .Mac-account

2- the complete re-install of iOS4 on my iPhone 3G ; but I was afraid to loose some of my data while doing so… I did do a complete re-instal, but I didn’t notice any differences…

but… I noticed something else – something important I’ve not seen mentioned anywhere yet :

(only) if the iCloud-server-settings are okay, there will be a “Download (Invitations)”-button (arrow pointing downward into a U-shaped plate) in the bottom-right corner of the iPhone Calendar screen

[and if your settings are not okay, there is no button next to the “List/Day/Month”-button]

so when I noticed that there was also a small spinning ball in the upper right corner of the iPhone Calendar screen (next to the +-button), I thought I might just have been a bit to impatient…

…so I let it go while I took the time to sleep an extra night over it…

and… YES !

the next morning, everything was synced properly !

maybe I just had a few to many different calendars to sync over WiFi all at once…

(I have about 20 different Calendars inside iCal at the same time…)

now the only thing that I haven’t figured out just yet is :

why don’t the new calendar-entries (aka. appointments) I make on the iPhone sync to my Mac’s iCal within seconds ?

and neither do the new calendar-entries I make in iCal show up on my iPhone…

…how can that be ?

my calendars have been imported automatically from iCloud to my iPhone, but for some mysterious reason, new entries do not show (yet)…

the original post(s) can be found here :

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3103493?start=90&tstart=0

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