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Apple ID web portal gets a friendlier, modern makeover

Apple ID web portal

After years of featuring the same, arguably stale design, Apple has redesigned the Apple ID web portal with a friendlier, modern look. The updated website now features product imagery including a girl wearing an Apple Watch Sport while using an iPhone and a MacBook can be seen with the logo illuminated in the background. The previous landing page featured app icons for iCloud, the App Store, iBooks, and other services that use Apple IDs, which were updated from iOS 6 to iOS 7 while the layout remained the same.

The new layout is definitely a shakeup from the prior version used for years too. The landing page looks like the same style as the rest of Apple.com which has recently seen its store unified with product pages. And when you log in, you can easily view and edit your primary address, birthday, and which emails you’re “reachable at” which is new language for alternative emails. Two-step verification is also located near the top, described as a way to “Add an extra layer of security to your account.”

Some users have noted that the redesign is also the first time it’s been possible to edit payment information, which previously required using iOS or iTunes on a Mac or PC. You can check out the new version at appleid.apple.com, and see the last landing page below:

Apple ID old portal

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Comments

  1. PhilBoogie - 8 years ago

    Wouldn’t it be easier if she’d worn the watch by turning it 180º?

    • cjt3007 - 8 years ago

      It’s all about personal preference… I believe Beyonce or whomever was shown wearing one of the all gold (watch and band) watches had hers in a similar set up.

      • dcj001 - 8 years ago

        Beyoncé is not known for being intelligent.

        Also, “Beyoncé or whoever,” not “Beyonce or whomever.”

  2. Not one link back to the actual site in the body of the story. J-School 101 fail.

  3. crichton007 - 8 years ago

    Any word on them changing the garish colors used in the iCloud.com login page? That needs some help, stat.

  4. Now all we need is to be able to merge Apple ID’s!!!

    • Atlas (@Metascover) - 8 years ago

      Came here just to say this.
      It’s ridiculous that my ID is my gmail that I haven’t used in ages. Seen it instead of the iCloud name is so annoying.

  5. Scott (@ScooterComputer) - 8 years ago

    And…it is broken for users who have a Primary email address that is different than their AppleID email address. And who use their AppleID address as an alternate address.

    Sigh. Does ANYONE at Apple believe in QA?

    • Scott (@ScooterComputer) - 8 years ago

      Yeah…really borked; had a 3-tier escalated phone call with Apple. if your Primary address was different than your Apple ID email address, it forces you to submit a unique new email address (can’t be one of your prior alternates or current Apple ID!)…to which it WILL **CHANGE** YOUR APPLE ID. You will NOT be able to log into the AppleID site until you provide a new, different address.

      Not sure if anyone is familiar with how painful having your Apple ID get change out from underneath of 20 some devices is, but it SUCKS. Most importantly, it will break iMessages, FaceTime, and Back To My Mac on your iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Users will need to log out and then back into iCloud on each and every device.

      (Who would have such issues, you say? Someone who has an AppleID but needed to change their primary email address but wanted to keep the ID. Or someone who smartly used a DIFFERENT email address for communications with Apple than the email address handed out to everyone and their cousin. Or someone who took advantage of the features of iCloud (and Google) and use “+” address aliasing.)

  6. Mine updated a few weeks ago. I refreshed the page three times thinking it loaded incorrectly ;-)

  7. pecospeet - 8 years ago

    It’s maybe a little hard to tell from the image, but that “girl” looks more like a woman to me.

  8. gshenaut - 8 years ago

    Is it possible to combine accounts yet?

  9. o0smoothies0o - 8 years ago

    Apple can only be described as slow as hell when updating certain things. Look at the bug reporter hah.

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Zac covers Apple news, hosts the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and created SpaceExplored.com.