Am I gonna have to manage 2 different accounts with iCloud?

[mnsportsgeek]

Hello everybody,

I just have a question for those of you with the iCloud Beta. When I get my @me.com account when iCloud is released. Will I have manage that and my apple ID separately? How will this work? Anybody have a clue?

 

[iceterminal]

Hello everybody,

I just have a question for those of you with the iCloud Beta. When I get my @me.com account when iCloud is released. Will I have manage that and my apple ID separately? How will this work? Anybody have a clue?

I believe the AppleID and iCloud ID are linked. Not positive tho, not a dev.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Can anyone explain how they are linked? What will be different?

 

[Diode]

The answer is - yes unfortunately.

If I use different accounts for iTunes and MobileMe, can I merge them into a single account and use it with iCloud?
No. You cannot merge two accounts into one. However, you will be able to move your MobileMe account (yourname@me.com) to iCloud and, if you choose, you can continue to use a different iTunes account for store purchases and iTunes in the Cloud.

Source:
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html

 

[mnsportsgeek]

That is absolutely ridiculous. We should be able to merge our purchases with the new account and be able to full drop the old one if we want to. After all, we are getting a new email address.

Apple dropped the ball here.

 

[rajjkamal]

That is absolutely ridiculous. We should be able to merge our purchases with the new account and be able to full drop the old one if we want to. After all, we are getting a new email address.

Apple dropped the ball here.

Your email is your apple ID. Just change your apple ID(gmail/Yahoo etc) to your new MobileMe email. Your MobileMe email IS your iCloud ID. this way, your Apple ID= Your MobileME email= Your iCloud ID.

 

[Nathan21585]

When you create your new @me.com address it is linked to your current apple Id. You can log in with either your new address or the old one. At least that is the way it is as of right now. Not sure if it will change or not.

 

[shandyman]

Currently, in the beta,when you set up the iPhone you enter your apple ID for iCloud, when you turn mail in iCloud, it asks you to pick a me.com address and that is tied to your apple ID.

But if you already have a mobile me account, when it's converted to iCloud it's separate to uYour apple iD and apple won't merge them.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

That makes sense. I'll just change the email on my apple id to be my new @me.com address. That should work I'm assuming.