I want to switch over to my iCloud email as my Apple ID, but Apple won't let you do that. I even read that your iCloud email address is a *separate* account in its own right. I'm not really sure what's going on here.
-- Have a great day, Alex mehg...@gmail.com On Feb 10, 2014, at 3:40 PM, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don't be confused. The iCloud e-mail address can be used as a separate e-mail > account at no additional charge as part of the service. Your Gmail address > will still be your Apple Id. > > Regards Chris > > On 10/02/2014 20:36, Alex Hall wrote: >> Hi all, >> I'm sending this to the VIPhone list as well, so I'm sorry if you get it >> twice. >> >> I was trying to change a friend's Apple ID to his iCloud address, just to >> keep things simple, and planned to do the same for my own account later >> today. However, it disallowed it, since "the email address cannot be in a >> domain owned by Apple". A bit of googling, and I find that your iCloud >> account is an Apple ID in itself. I'm now thoroughly confused. I have a >> Gmail address tied to my Apple ID, and I have an @icloud.com address. Do I >> have two Apple IDs now? Do I have one with multiple addresses? What would >> happen to my apps, music, and the rest if I wanted to move to my iCloud >> email as my ID, assuming it is somehow different from my Gmail ID? I am just >> very confused, and hope someone can explain exactly what's going on. Thanks! >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex >> mehg...@gmail.com >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
