Notification about Apple IDs 

Here’s the short Version:

If you currently have an Apple ID that ends in @gm.sbac.edu you will be receiving an email from Apple in the next week asking you to change it to another, personal email address. An Apple ID is your identity with Apple and allows you to do things such as app downloads, online storage, photo sharing and online collaboration. An Apple ID uses an email address as a display name and as a way for Apple to contact you regarding your account.

If you want more details:  

Recently, Apple has introduced, and is now allowing schools to have their staff and students use Managed Apple ID’s. Managed ID’s are special ID’s created by our school district, for school purposes and come with several advantages: The technology staff can unlock them if you forget your password, come with extra iCloud storage space (great for freeing up space on your hard drive!) and enable collaboration with your colleagues.

Because of this, we will be ‘taking back’ the ability to use your ACPS email address (@gm.sbac.edu) as the display/contact email for a personal / consumer Apple ID so it can be used for your managed Apple ID.

What’s the advantage of using your school email address as our district’s Managed Apple ID?  It makes it easier for students and staff to log in with their managed Apple ID - enabling collaboration, increased security and expanded online storage in iCloud.

It will allow us to continue to synchronize passwords between district Gmail (email), desktops and laptops, Apple ID, Adobe, Microsoft AND Clever. You will only need to remember one set of credentials to access all these services/devices!

 It provides a clear separation between a personal and a work Apple ID.

If you have an Apple ID using your school email address, you will receive an email and/or an on-device notification from Apple instructing you to choose a new email address for your Apple ID. You cannot use an email address (Gmail, Yahoo, icloud) that is already tied to an existing Apple ID - either as an account or a recovery email in an Apple ID. If you don’t have an email account, this may mean you will need to create a new email account to assign to your Apple ID (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook.com, etc.).

Notifications from Apple will go out sometime in the next week to begin the transition process.

NOTE #1: YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. Please wait until you receive an email from Apple. It will contain all the information needed to complete the transition steps. The tech department will post necessary information on the ACPS launchpad to answer any questions and to give you next steps about how to log in and take advantage of the new, managed Apple IDs.

NOTE #2: When you receive the email from Apple, all you will be asked to change the email associated with your personal Apple ID to something OTHER THAN your school email account. All purchases, downloads, photos and iMessages associated with your personal /consumer Apple ID will remain. NOTHING will be moved over to your district managed Apple ID. NOTHING will be deleted from your personal Apple ID. The switch to a personal, rather than work, email will help differentiate personal and professional Apple IDs.