Is It safe to use the same password for Apple ID, iCloud, and Mac Mail?
I'm trying to reset my email password because info from an AT&T data breach indicates that password has been found on the dark web. I cannot tell, from the zillion questions here, what the truth is: Is my Apple ID password = my iCloud password = my Mac Mail password? Or not? I also cannot find an actual answer from Apple as to how to change this password (or those 3 passwords, if they are not all the same, which I think they are). There are too many unreliable answers in the forum, probably based on too many now-obsolete OS versions. All I want to do is change the **** password. I changed it in the Passwords app on my MacBook Pro - following instructions from an official Apple support page - and the only thing that actually changed was what is in my Password list. The new password was NOT changed at whatever central server runs Apple ID or iCloud. This is like playing that street-hustle shell game where everything is shuffled really fast to confuse you - once you think you know what is what, Apple changes it, or makes it more complicated, and then you can't even find answers online because the forums are full of erroneous or outdated info.
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MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7