Apple Rolling Out iCloud.com Email Addresses with iOS 6 Beta 3 - Page 2

ajvizzgamer101 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM

I just want to use my icloud.com/me.com with my iTunes (which uses gmail.com). iTunes should be like youtube, you can disconnect a Google+ account from youtube and attach another G+ account.

smash · Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM

If I setup an iCloud email address, is that going to change my Apple ID or iCloud login to be that email address permanently, or does it just add it as an alias kind of?

I'd like to be able to sync notes....

Keymaster · Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM

I have had my @mac.com address for more than ten years now, and I would really prefer that it stay that way as long as Apple is serving email addresses. It costs effectively nothing to keep the domain and alias the address. And, yes, it's the mark of someone who stuck by Apple long before the comeback.

chainprayer · Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM

all @icloud.com email addresses are currently scheduled to be deactivated and transitioned to the new @emailonmyiosdevice.com domain in two years

Ted Witcher · Jul 16, 2012, 02:03 PM

Quit ****ing with my email, Apple! Just leave it alone! Work on other more important ****!

All the addresses should be @mac, which was the best and simplest (or, as a second choice, @apple). @me was stupid, @icloud is stupid and this whole thing of changing everybody's address every few years is stupid.

easy4lif · Jul 16, 2012, 02:03 PM

reading the article again, I think whats happening is people with ONLY @me email addresses are getting the iCloud addresses as well. so basically they'll get two sets of addresses like users who have @mac & @me

Personally, @mac will always have that cache that all other apple email addresses will never have (except those that have @apple.com)

AMG63 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:04 PM

Something big is coming to www.me.com – there is no way Apple is going to simply abandon a domain name like that. I would put money on it that it's going to be Apple's own social network.

gopnick · Jul 16, 2012, 02:05 PM

I still use mac.com for 99% of my personal emails.

d3bruts1d · Jul 16, 2012, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMG63

Something big is coming to www.me.com – there is no way Apple is going to simply abandon a domain name like that. I would put money on it that it's going to be Apple's own social network.

If that were the case, I don't think they would be automatically generating @icloud emails for people that already have @me addresses.

bensen · Jul 16, 2012, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveLV702

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

my @me.com-address doesnt work with @mac.com

mex4eric · Jul 16, 2012, 02:08 PM

Time for Apple to get more flexible between mac.com, me.com and iCloud.com. I have a mac.com AppleID but no email, and a me.com email and no AppleID. Confusing.

fins831 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:08 PM

I use gmail for all my business stuff, pushed to phone etc, but I just secured my @me address for personal use and ipad only email, so I can differentiate what mail goes to which device, and allows business and personal to be separate.

I also wanted to just save the @me just cause its so simple and @icloud is just longer and annoying and just in case they force icloud over @me in future, I have @me saved, and am lazy and happy with the two letter domain.

eject · Jul 16, 2012, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kepardue

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.

I think that will come eventually, but much simpler process than google apps.

spiderman0616 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacAztec

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

YES!!!

The only reason I still have a gmail account is, ironically, because that's what I originally registered my iTunes account with and Apple is pretty much forcing me to do it. I switched to iCloud mail last year, and they will not let me merge, so now I have to keep my gmail account open so that I can still keep all my content. It's kind of ridiculous.

JohnDoe98 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sinfm

this is getting ridiculous...

time to start bugging Apple to Merge IDs again!

Exactly, merge the Apple IDs already, that strikes me as far more important than this little to do.

tbluhp · Jul 16, 2012, 02:10 PM

how dose my current .me address get converted to icloud address I am on 6.0 beta 3

b11051973 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:11 PM

I had a .mac address from when I tried that service 100 years ago. Unfortunately, my iTunes account is linked to that email address. Will that .mac address be converted to an iCloud address that I'll have access to since iCloud stuff is free?

hirshnoc · Jul 16, 2012, 02:12 PM

I tried entering my new supposed @icloud.com email address into mail where i have the @me.com and @mac.com addresses (and I can choose from a drop-down) where I want the message to be sent from. I got an internal server error.

It may be a problem with ports but I dunno if I need to delete and redo the account entirely or if Mountain Lion's updated version of mail transitions this over seamlessly.

zedsdead · Jul 16, 2012, 02:13 PM

@me.com has ZERO name recognition. I've had it since it came out, and live in NY. No one but Apple employees know what it is, and whenever I give it out I have to repeat it multiple times because no one believes it's real, and then I have to explain what it is.

The 2 letter ME is not worth the trouble and takes longer than one with name recognition.

@iCloud makes sense, and people already know what it is.

The real key is to finally be able to merge all Apple ID's under the one name. THAT would be very useful.

@Mac was good too, but @iCloud I think will be easier like Yahoo/AOL/Google are.

RadioFlyer79 · Jul 16, 2012, 02:14 PM

Man. I wish they'd just leave @mac.com and @me.com. I just converted all of my bills and what not from a bellsouth address that AT&T decided to delete. I won't even get started on that issue. I really hope they activate multiple iCloud users on one computer this year.

Bear · Jul 16, 2012, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveLV702

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

I would hope so.

I suspect like those with @mac.com addresses also got @me.com addresses, we'll all get @icloud.com addresses.

flyingember · Jul 16, 2012, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMG63

Something big is coming to www.me.com – there is no way Apple is going to simply abandon a domain name like that. I would put money on it that it's going to be Apple's own social network.

try going to mac.com and see what they did with it...

eyehop · Jul 16, 2012, 02:16 PM

OK Apple, just don't take away my mac.com address

Simplicated · Jul 16, 2012, 02:16 PM

Still prefer @mac.com.

Daalseth · Jul 16, 2012, 02:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ted Witcher

Quit ****ing with my email, Apple! Just leave it alone! Work on other more important ****!

D*** right. I've had people stumbling over mac.com/me.com for years now. (Yes either one works but they panic when they get a message from me at one they haven't been expecting.) Now they have a third one to freak over.
******* this.

Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM	#26
ajvizzgamer101 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: United States	I just want to use my icloud.com/me.com with my iTunes (which uses gmail.com). iTunes should be like youtube, you can disconnect a Google+ account from youtube and attach another G+ account. __________________ 500GB Macbook Pro 2007 (OS X Mountain Lion) 16GB iPhone 4 (iOS 6) 16GB iPhone 5 (iOS 6) 32GB iPad 2 (iOS 6)
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM	#27
smash macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2003	If I setup an iCloud email address, is that going to change my Apple ID or iCloud login to be that email address permanently, or does it just add it as an alias kind of? I'd like to be able to sync notes.... __________________ http://benguild.com
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:03 PM	#30
Ted Witcher macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2003	Quit **ing with my email, Apple! Just leave it alone! Work on other more important **! All the addresses should be @mac, which was the best and simplest (or, as a second choice, @apple). @me was stupid, @icloud is stupid and this whole thing of changing everybody's address every few years is stupid.
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:03 PM	#31
easy4lif macrumors regular Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Southbay CA	reading the article again, I think whats happening is people with ONLY @me email addresses are getting the iCloud addresses as well. so basically they'll get two sets of addresses like users who have @mac & @me Personally, @mac will always have that cache that all other apple email addresses will never have (except those that have @apple.com) __________________ worthless, just worthless
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:05 PM	#33
gopnick macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007	I still use mac.com for 99% of my personal emails. __________________ 17" MBP (2010), iPad 1, iPad Mini VZW (x2), iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, Mac Mini (2011), Apple TV2 (x2) Windows/Mac IT Professional.
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Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM	#28
Keymaster macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2003	I have had my @mac.com address for more than ten years now, and I would really prefer that it stay that way as long as Apple is serving email addresses. It costs effectively nothing to keep the domain and alias the address. And, yes, it's the mark of someone who stuck by Apple long before the comeback.
	6

Jul 16, 2012, 02:02 PM	#29
chainprayer macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2008	all @icloud.com email addresses are currently scheduled to be deactivated and transitioned to the new @emailonmyiosdevice.com domain in two years
	10

Jul 16, 2012, 02:04 PM	#32
AMG63 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2010	Something big is coming to www.me.com – there is no way Apple is going to simply abandon a domain name like that. I would put money on it that it's going to be Apple's own social network.
	8

Jul 16, 2012, 02:08 PM	#36
mex4eric macrumors 6502 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Ottawa, Canada	Time for Apple to get more flexible between mac.com, me.com and iCloud.com. I have a mac.com AppleID but no email, and a me.com email and no AppleID. Confusing.
	0

Jul 16, 2012, 02:08 PM	#37
fins831 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2011	I use gmail for all my business stuff, pushed to phone etc, but I just secured my @me address for personal use and ipad only email, so I can differentiate what mail goes to which device, and allows business and personal to be separate. I also wanted to just save the @me just cause its so simple and @icloud is just longer and annoying and just in case they force icloud over @me in future, I have @me saved, and am lazy and happy with the two letter domain. __________________ iPhone 5 Black 32 gig 2012 MacBook Pro 16 Gig 256 SSD iPad 3
	1

Jul 16, 2012, 02:10 PM	#41
tbluhp macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2006	how dose my current .me address get converted to icloud address I am on 6.0 beta 3
	0

Jul 16, 2012, 02:11 PM	#42
b11051973 macrumors member Join Date: Apr 2006	I had a .mac address from when I tried that service 100 years ago. Unfortunately, my iTunes account is linked to that email address. Will that .mac address be converted to an iCloud address that I'll have access to since iCloud stuff is free?
	0

Jul 16, 2012, 02:12 PM	#43
hirshnoc macrumors regular Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Whitefish Bay, WI	having problems I tried entering my new supposed @icloud.com email address into mail where i have the @me.com and @mac.com addresses (and I can choose from a drop-down) where I want the message to be sent from. I got an internal server error. It may be a problem with ports but I dunno if I need to delete and redo the account entirely or if Mountain Lion's updated version of mail transitions this over seamlessly.
	0

Jul 16, 2012, 02:13 PM	#44
zedsdead macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2007	@me.com has ZERO name recognition. I've had it since it came out, and live in NY. No one but Apple employees know what it is, and whenever I give it out I have to repeat it multiple times because no one believes it's real, and then I have to explain what it is. The 2 letter ME is not worth the trouble and takes longer than one with name recognition. @iCloud makes sense, and people already know what it is. The real key is to finally be able to merge all Apple ID's under the one name. THAT would be very useful. @Mac was good too, but @iCloud I think will be easier like Yahoo/AOL/Google are. __________________ iMac 27: 3.4 Core i7 Quad, 3tb Fusion, 24gb of RAM, 2gb NVIDIA 680mx Macbook Air 13": 2.13 Core2Duo, 256 Flash, 4 gigs of RAM, NVIDIA 320M iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV, Final Cut X, Logic, Drobo 5D
	5

Jul 16, 2012, 02:14 PM	#45
RadioFlyer79 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Orlando	Address the address Man. I wish they'd just leave @mac.com and @me.com. I just converted all of my bills and what not from a bellsouth address that AT&T decided to delete. I won't even get started on that issue. I really hope they activate multiple iCloud users on one computer this year.
	1

Jul 16, 2012, 02:16 PM	#48
eyehop macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2005	OK Apple, just don't take away my mac.com address
	8

Jul 16, 2012, 02:16 PM	#49
Simplicated macrumors 65816 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ingsoc	Still prefer @mac.com.
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