Q: Mobile Me to iCloud created two Apple IDs
I know that similar questions have come up but none of them seem to fit my situation. When MobileMe transitioned to iCloud, I was prompted to create an iCloud account. My ...@me.com was then linked with ...@icloud.com so they would be interchangeable and I thought all was well. As it turns out my original Apple ID that I have used for iTunes purchases and all of my cloud operations is associated with my ...@gmail.com email address (yet all of my iCloud mail, calendars, etc. does show when logged into this account. However I have a seperate Apple ID that has my ...@me.com & ...@icloud.com addresses verified. When I tried to clean up those associations so that my original Apple ID is verified with ...@me.com & ...@icloud.com, it won't let me becuase it says that "another Apple ID, has verified those email addresses". I understand why they would do that, but the other Apple ID is mine. I would love to delete one of these Apple IDs, but I just don't know how to do it.
I could live with it, but it makes my Calender, Contacts, Bookmarks, and other data that sync to the cloud very messy. All of my data comes through with my orginal AppleID, for example I have included a screen shot where you can see that I have two iCloud accounts. the one below is not one that I use for my calendar at all.
If anyone can make sense of all of this I would greatly appreciate it!
Thanks in advance.
Posted on May 7, 2014 8:28 AM
Community Specialists
Hello bhflatter,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
I found the following support article that will help in this situation with having multiple Apple ID's.
Using your Apple ID for Apple services
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
The sections "Using one Apple ID for iCloud and a different Apple ID for Store Purchases" and "Frequently Asked Questions" are the best sources of information for your situation.
Take care,
Alex H.
Posted on May 9, 2014 6:47 AM
