( b ) And if you delete iCloud account ( 1 ) do you want to keep a copy of your iCloud data on this Mac before signing out ?Ĭancel, keep a copy, so click on keep a copy. ( a ) when you select web mail account and click on minus sign, it will prompt are you sure you want to delete the account ( 1 ) cancel ( 2 ) ok and you click on ok the account will be deleted. If you delete both web mail account ( say gmail account ) and iCloud mail account from system preferences > internet accounts. In case if I cloud account and gmail account is deleted see this method to set it up. See some articles Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support The simple gmail account address is kept same as your apple mail address. You have either deleted the iCloud account or have not yet set it up, from the location system preferences > internet account. You wrote - Either iCloud and gmail works perfectly. Restart the computer, log into your original account, Log in and out of your iCloud account, go to Internet Accounts and try to add the problem email or exchange account. Inside the Keychains folder there are at least two files that conflict with one another. Finder, Go, 'option key' (this shows the 'Library' folder), Keychains folder in Libraryġ0. Oddly, the problem was within my 'Keychain' - there were conflicting account status within Keychain, and the conflict was sending me through the 'next' loop.ĩ.

If it works, then you may have the issue that I did.ħ. If it won't install, stop reading (you have a different problem than I do)Ħ. Go to 'Internet Accounts' under system preferences and attempt to add the problem account. Re-start the computer, log back into the test account, go back to iCloud, log out, and log back inĥ. Go to 'iCloud' under 'system preferences', add your iCloud account under which you have been having problems.Ĥ. Re-start, and log into the test admin accountģ. Go to user accounts and create a brand new user 'test admin' - make it an administrator obviously.Ģ. 7 hours with Apple support, dozens of different things tried (a few are on this board). I had the perpetual 'next' button when trying to add an exchange account that I had deleted.

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