Apple Rolling Out iCloud.com Email Addresses with iOS 6 Beta 3

MacRumors · Jul 16, 2012, 01:48 PM

With today's release of iOS 6 Beta 3 to developers, Apple has revealed in the update's change log that it is beginning the first stages of transitioning users from the me.com email addresses and Apple IDs available under MobileMe to new addresses using icloud.com.

Quote:

icloud.com email addresses are now available for iCloud mail users. Users signing up for new Apple IDs, or enabling Mail on their iCloud account for the first time, will automatically receive an @icloud.com email address instead of a me.com email address. iCloud users with @me.com addresses that have been used with iOS 6 beta 3 will receive an @icloud.com email address that matches their @me.com address.

Apple discontinued MobileMe in favor of iCloud as of June 30, although MobileMe users are still able to transition their accounts to iCloud for a limited time.

MobileMe and its me.com addresses were themselves transitioned in 2008 from mac.com addresses available under Apple's previous iTools and .Mac services, with MobileMe users able to send and receive email from mac.com and me.com versions of their addresses using either account.

Article Link: Apple Rolling Out iCloud.com Email Addresses with iOS 6 Beta 3

MacAztec · Jul 16, 2012, 01:50 PM

Great! But when do we get the option to merge .mac and .me IDs with an iCloud account?

icloud · Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM

5 @mac.com email aliases,
5 @me.com email aliases,
now
5 more @icloud.com email aliases

#toomanyaliases!

Rudy69 · Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM

Personally I prefer me.com, it's nice and short

lifeinhd · 01:59 PM

So they've traded the two-character "me" domain for one three times as long?

dannyyankou · Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM

But if someone sends a message to my @me.com email address, will it also be sent to the @icloud.com address?

d3bruts1d · Jul 16, 2012, 01:52 PM

As long as they allow me to keep my <user>@me.com emails I don't care. I don't think I'd ever use a <user>@icloud.com email address.

MattJessop · Jul 16, 2012, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dannyyankou

But if someone sends a message to my @me.com email address, will it also be sent to the @icloud.com address?

Yes. It's been kept the same with .mac and me for years.

ugahairydawgs · Jul 16, 2012, 01:53 PM

Why the year long wait? If this was the ultimate path why didn't they transition everyone to this when they rolled iCloud out?

griffd · Jul 16, 2012, 01:53 PM

kind of agree - i'm still dealing with the consequences of the .mac -> .me transition, and i really kind of like how short @me.com is. Prefer that they just left it alone - mostly for convenience and partially as a homage to mobile me - though I'm sure Apple would rather forget about it - ha

Don Kosak · Jul 16, 2012, 01:54 PM

I like the @me address also.

The service is "iCloud", but I'm still "me".

I thought the "@me" address was very Apple. It sent the message that "We know you're not a corporation or a part of us, you're you."

I hope they keep the "@me" around.

easy4lif · Jul 16, 2012, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icloud

5 @mac.com email aliases,
5 @me.com email aliases,
now
5 more @icloud.com email aliases

#toomanyaliases!

I have the same problem. I wouldn't mind dropping all my @me addresses for @iCloud addresses instead.

Master Atrus · Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM

I don't know about everyone else, but I want to figure out how to transition my me.com to an icloud.com email address (non-developer).

For me, me.com sounds a bit selfish, but icloud.com sounds like (oh, you like Apple) - at least it is much closer to the old mac.com email which I can't get to anymore.

SteveLV702 · Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM

I sure better get to keep my @Mac.com email they better not just replace it..

icloud · Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rudy69

Personally I prefer me.com, it's nice and short

prefer @mac.com myself. Badge of a veteran.

Mad Mac Maniac · Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM

They both sound dumb to me...

I don't want to say my email is @me.com or even @iCloud.com

I wish they had stuck with @mac.com

iJon · Jul 16, 2012, 01:56 PM

Great, now I have a mac.com, me.com and now icloud.com.

I already made my transition form mac.com to me.com and I'll probably leave it at that.

AMG63 · Jul 16, 2012, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d3bruts1d

As long as they allow me to keep my <user>@me.com emails I don't care.

I want to know this also.

thewiccaman · Jul 16, 2012, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveLV702

I sure better get to keep my @Mac.com email they better not just replace it..

Agree 100%! I use my .mac almost exclusively for personal emails (and I use a me.com for some other logins).

kepardue · Jul 16, 2012, 01:58 PM

Hmm... I switched to iCloud email from a Google Apps domain because it was shorter and so I could have space to archive my mail without Google serving me ads on it. If they move to @icloud.com addresses, that takes away one of the two big reasons I switched.

I wish Apple had some kind of Domains-like program where I could use iCloud space with my own domain. Oh well, as long as they let my @me.com address stay.

jmann · Jul 16, 2012, 01:58 PM

As long as I get to keep my @me address, I don't care how many aliases they create. Short 'n' Sweet.

Koodauw · Jul 16, 2012, 01:59 PM

I still use the .mac address. I'd rahter they address the issues of getting icloud emails to push regularly.

sinfm · Jul 16, 2012, 02:00 PM

this is getting ridiculous...

time to start bugging Apple to Merge IDs again!

afireintonto · Jul 16, 2012, 02:00 PM

my email is mylastnamemyfirstname @me.com
there is no way i'm changing that.

Thataboy · Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM

@icloud.com ?? GROSS.

There is no reason for this. iCloud is a behind-the-scenes service. Should just stick with the shorter, elegant, me.com.

Jul 16, 2012, 01:50 PM	#2
MacAztec macrumors 68040 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA	Great! But when do we get the option to merge .mac and .me IDs with an iCloud account?
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM	#3
icloud macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2005	5 @mac.com email aliases, 5 @me.com email aliases, now 5 more @icloud.com email aliases #toomanyaliases! __________________ Add me on Twitter: smsiwiec
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM	#4
Rudy69 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2009	Personally I prefer me.com, it's nice and short __________________ My Games: Tangled; QuadPong; West Code Studios
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM	#5
lifeinhd macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: 127.0.0.1	So they've traded the two-character "me" domain for one three times as long? __________________ PowerBook G5, 1.67GHz MacBook Pro, iPhone Nano, iPhone 6, Apple Television Set Last edited by lifeinhd; Jul 16, 2012 at 01:59 PM.
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:52 PM	#7
d3bruts1d macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: TN	As long as they allow me to keep my <user>@me.com emails I don't care. I don't think I'd ever use a <user>@icloud.com email address. __________________ rMBP (2012) 2.6 GHz, 16 GB, 512 GB iPhone 4S 64 GB (AT&T); iPad 3 32 GB (Wi-Fi)
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:51 PM	#6
dannyyankou macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	But if someone sends a message to my @me.com email address, will it also be sent to the @icloud.com address?
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:53 PM	#9
ugahairydawgs macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2010	Why the year long wait? If this was the ultimate path why didn't they transition everyone to this when they rolled iCloud out?
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:53 PM	#10
griffd macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2006	kind of agree - i'm still dealing with the consequences of the .mac -> .me transition, and i really kind of like how short @me.com is. Prefer that they just left it alone - mostly for convenience and partially as a homage to mobile me - though I'm sure Apple would rather forget about it - ha
	6

Jul 16, 2012, 01:54 PM	#11
Don Kosak macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Hilo, Hawaii	I like the @me address also. The service is "iCloud", but I'm still "me". I thought the "@me" address was very Apple. It sent the message that "We know you're not a corporation or a part of us, you're you." I hope they keep the "@me" around. __________________ iMac, MacBook, MacMini, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, AppleTV Developer of Wiki Edit - the MediaWiki Editor for iPad
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM	#13
Master Atrus macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2003	I don't know about everyone else, but I want to figure out how to transition my me.com to an icloud.com email address (non-developer). For me, me.com sounds a bit selfish, but icloud.com sounds like (oh, you like Apple) - at least it is much closer to the old mac.com email which I can't get to anymore. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro, iPhone 4s, The "New" iPad, Apple TV, Time Capsule, Mac Mini x2 ... you get the idea. Small obsession.
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM	#14
SteveLV702 macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada	I sure better get to keep my @Mac.com email they better not just replace it.. __________________ Thank You, Steve MacBook Pro iMac White iPad 2 Verizon 3G 64GB WhiteVerizon iPhone 4S 32GB
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:55 PM	#16
Mad Mac Maniac macrumors 68030 Join Date: Oct 2007	They both sound dumb to me... I don't want to say my email is @me.com or even @iCloud.com I wish they had stuck with @mac.com __________________ Now I have a Signature!
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:56 PM	#17
iJon macrumors 604 Join Date: Feb 2002	Great, now I have a mac.com, me.com and now icloud.com. I already made my transition form mac.com to me.com and I'll probably leave it at that.
	4

Jul 16, 2012, 01:58 PM	#20
kepardue macrumors 6502 Join Date: Oct 2006	Hmm... I switched to iCloud email from a Google Apps domain because it was shorter and so I could have space to archive my mail without Google serving me ads on it. If they move to @icloud.com addresses, that takes away one of the two big reasons I switched. I wish Apple had some kind of Domains-like program where I could use iCloud space with my own domain. Oh well, as long as they let my @me.com address stay.
	3

Jul 16, 2012, 01:58 PM	#21
jmann macrumors 604 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: On a bump on a log in a hole in the bottom of the sea	As long as I get to keep my @me address, I don't care how many aliases they create. Short 'n' Sweet. __________________ Come to my Twitter, it's warm and has chairs.
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Jul 16, 2012, 01:59 PM	#22
Koodauw macrumors 68040 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Madison	I still use the .mac address. I'd rahter they address the issues of getting icloud emails to push regularly.
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:00 PM	#23
sinfm macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2011	this is getting ridiculous... time to start bugging Apple to Merge IDs again!
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:00 PM	#24
afireintonto macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Georgia	my email is mylastnamemyfirstname @me.com there is no way i'm changing that. __________________ Macbook Air 13":iPad 2:iPhone 5:tv
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM	#25
Thataboy macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York, NY	@icloud.com ?? GROSS. There is no reason for this. iCloud is a behind-the-scenes service. Should just stick with the shorter, elegant, me.com.
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