Quit Mail appĥ) System Preferences > Internet Accounts > “+” to add your iCloud account (tick boxes for which services you wish to have synced). (say yes to all the warnings)ģ) start Mail app, Preferences > Accounts > “+” buttonĤ) enter email account info, account gets created in Mail. So for me the whole process was:Ģ) System Preferences > Internet Accounts > select iCloud account “-“ key to delete account. I was able to log back in to iCloud in the Internet Accounts pane however, unlike you. And yes, that email address is my iCloud/Apple ID email. So I deleted the mail account and tried to set it up from new, couldn't do this as I was getting "This account already exists" lies.
#Set imessage for icloud on mac password#
I would repeatedly enter the password to no avail. Thanks yeti, that worked for me with an Internode IMAP email account, that failed to log in when I upgraded to El Capitan.
I just had to click on all the programs that I wanted to use iCloud. Sure enough I was still logged into my iCloud account there. I then had to leave the "Internet Accounts" preference pane and click on the iCloud preference pane in Settings. I was able to add the account then, but I wasn't able to log back in to iCloud after that (it said it was already logged in even though no iCloud account showed up on in the preference pane). Your message history should synchronize after that box is checked. Check off the box for Enable Messages in iCloud. Go to the iMessage tab in the preferences settings.
I had to completely logout of iCloud on the Mac (by going through the "Internet Accounts" preference pane of Settings) before I could add the email account that "already existed". Open the Preferences for Messages ( and, or just click Messages and select Preferences on the menu bar). is the email account you're trying to add also the same email address for your Apple ID? I just had the same issue.
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