Apple Now Letting Apple IDs With Third-Party Email Addresses Be Updated to Apple Email Addresses

[iapplelove]

I’m confused what this is, could someone explain in simple terms what this is, my Apple ID is ending with Gmail will this effect me? I’m guessing this isn’t letting us change our iCloud email address?

You don’t have to do anything. I’m using an old gmail account as well. What Apple is letting you do now is change that to one of your Apple email accounts. This wasn’t possible before for some reason.

You don’t have to do anything at all, just leave it Gmail if you desire.

 

[lsutigerfan1976]

I’m confused what this is, could someone explain in simple terms what this is, my Apple ID is ending with Gmail will this effect me? I’m guessing this isn’t letting us change our iCloud email address?

Yeah now I have no idea what this accomplishes. Cause I sign out and go on Apple’s site. Follow the instructions to change my yahoo email to an Apple ID. And then get a message saying I can’t use that email to create an Apple ID.

 

[uptownnyc]

Off topic somewhat, but one thing I don't understand about Apple authentication is that with two factor authentication, I frequently get the numeric code required as the second factor ON the device I'm logging in from. This seems like it defeats the purpose entirely.

Anybody else seeing this? It started after iOS 11.

 

[dominiongamma]

You don’t have to do anything. I’m using an old gmail account as well. What Apple is letting you do now is change that to one of your Apple email accounts. This wasn’t possible before for some reason.

You don’t have to do anything at all, just leave it Gmail if you desire.

Okay gotcha was hoping we could change our iCloud email address when we created an AppleID I hate my iCloud email that I used gmail lol

 

[JosephAW]

Requires iOS 10.3 or higher. What about iOS 9 & 7 users?

 

[gazingdown]

Ok, maybe I’m stupid.

But when I first started it was with an iPhone, and back then I used a @ gmail account. My the time I changed over to (MobileMe) iCloud, I’ve bought to much, so I did not want to rebuy everything.

So now I have one iCloud account, that obviously is @ icloud, and five other on my family sharing plan, and one @ gmail account that only used in iTunes and AppStore.

So will this solve my problem, and give me the possibility to transfer all my bought items over to @ icloud And will it in any other way affect my @ icloud account?

Any helpful response is much appreciated!

Exactly what I want to know, I am in the same position (albeit with a yahoo e-mail addr). iTunes/AppStore purchase through this Apple ID. I also have a @me/iCloud Apple ID (which I use for everything else) which I would want these purchased/iTunes Match etc. to all go through....

 

[JosephAW]

How can one verify a "@mac.com" address?
[doublepost=1509497724][/doublepost]I have a bad feeling about this when someone makes a mistake and looses access of their account.

 

[alphaod]

I have username accounts and Apple gave me the option to change it to emails but it won’t let me merge it with my iCloud account.

 

[VSMacOne]

If only they would let us merge two accounts for those of us who created a second account in order to move away from our 3rd party email address...

THIS!!! I wonder what happens if I try to use the same address that’s already connected to my secondary Apple ID that I use for iCloud and Apple Music?

 

[alphaod]

How can one verify a "@mac.com" address?

If you have a .Mac account it is linked with your iCloud account already and has been for years.

 

[mkaen]

This is huge! Finally!

 

[groovyd]

I will switch to my @me.com address now.

Cool, i'll email you there from now on

 

[guitarman777]

Exactly what I want to know, I am in the same position (albeit with a yahoo e-mail addr). iTunes/AppStore purchase through this Apple ID. I also have a @me/iCloud Apple ID (which I use for everything else) which I would want these purchased/iTunes Match etc. to all go through....

Yup. I got my iTunes account before my Mac account, and for years I've wanted to merge the two together so I can have a single login for both iCloud and iTunes. Hmmmm...

 

[lozion]

Not sure whats wrong, I use an obsolete hotmail account as my Apple ID but when I try to change it to my current @icloud.com email address I get an error saying I cannot have an Apple ID ending with icloud.com..

 

[iapplelove]

Okay gotcha was hoping we could change our iCloud email address when we created an AppleID I hate my iCloud email that I used gmail lol

Someone might give a better answer, but I don’t think you can change that. You can know make it your Apple ID. But that’s about it.

 

[SashJ]

Finally! Goodbye Gmail!!

 

[iapplelove]

Not sure whats wrong, I use an obsolete hotmail account as my Apple ID but when I try to change it to my current @icloud.com email address I get an error saying I cannot have an Apple ID ending with icloud.com..

Maybe it’s not active yet? Try again tomorrow.

 

[zhugzug]

Not sure whats wrong, I use an obsolete hotmail account as my Apple ID but when I try to change it to my current @icloud.com email address I get an error saying I cannot have an Apple ID ending with icloud.com..

I am having the same issue, anyone else?

 

[NoNothing]

How about an Apple ID in the form of "Firstname LastName". No email just a fist and last name with a space?

 

[Abazigal]

Who actually uses the Apple domain email address? I doubt many do.

I would have, but I was a gmail user long before I was an Apple user and there just wasn’t any incentive to switch.

 

[Easttime]

Who actually uses the Apple domain email address? I doubt many do.

Makes me feel special

 

[tatsumi]

Hm, doesn't work for me. It says I can choose to switch to an existing Apple ID, but it doesn't show any list of available ones and when I type something in ending in @icloud, I just get

Your Apple ID cannot end in @icloud.com. Choose a different email address.

Is this feature not pushed yet?

 

[Sedjet]

So I have two accounts:

- oldemail@gmail.com
- personalname@me.com

I use oldemail@gmail.com for App Store purchases and iCloud. I use personalname@me.com for email. Would I be able to update oldemail@gmail.com to personalname@me.com so I could have App Store, iCloud, and email all under the one login?

 

[lozion]

Maybe it’s not active yet? Try again tomorrow.

Yeah could be that I’m in Canada and the servers are slow txs to the cold, lol

 

[Primejimbo]

Who actually uses the Apple domain email address? I doubt many do.

A lot do. The only reason why I have an @outlook email address. Now I can change it to my @me and not have to worry about if I bump or switch email providers. I can use @me as am email address, or use it as a login for my Apple ID.