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johnf70
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Q: want to use iCloud id as primary migrate from another account

OK.. what I'm trying to do is change my current Apple ID (a live.com email account) to an iCloud ID. I have an existing account but I just read I couldn't do that with one already in use. Will I need to create a new one and then change it. If I create a new one isn't that the same thing? I want to make sure all of my purchases aren't affected by the change and I loose everything. Help, someone.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), iOS 8.3

Posted on Jun 27, 2015 10:22 AM

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Q: want to use iCloud id as primary migrate from another account

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  • by Winston Churchill,

    Winston Churchill Winston Churchill Jun 27, 2015 2:39 PM in response to johnf70
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    Jun 27, 2015 2:39 PM in response to johnf70

    An Apple ID and an iCloud ID are the same thing, why do you want a new one, you won't be able to access your previous purchases if you use a new one.

  • by chinashaw,

    chinashaw chinashaw Oct 5, 2015 9:31 AM in response to Winston Churchill
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    Oct 5, 2015 9:31 AM in response to Winston Churchill

    Ok. But I have a gmail account that is currently my Apple id with all the associated logins etc. What I want to do is stop using my gmail account completely and switch to my iCloud account (that I have never used.)

     

    So all I want to do is replace the gmail email address with my iCloud email address and use that as my Apple ID. So that could be seen as a merger of 2 Apple ID's.

    Instead of this, Apple will let me change the associated email address to an outlook or any other email but not my @icloud.com email address and I wondered if there was a work around?

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Oct 5, 2015 10:13 AM in response to chinashaw
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    Oct 5, 2015 10:13 AM in response to chinashaw

    I"m afraid you quite simply can't do this. @icloud.com address can't be transferred from one account to another. And if your ID is a non-Apple address you can change it to another non-Apple address (as long as it's not associated with another Apple ID) but you can't change to the @icloud.com address belonging to that or any other account.

  • by zinacef,

    zinacef zinacef Oct 5, 2015 10:34 AM in response to chinashaw
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    Oct 5, 2015 10:34 AM in response to chinashaw

    chinashaw wrote:

     

    Ok. But I have a gmail account that is currently my Apple id with all the associated logins etc. What I want to do is stop using my gmail account completely and switch to my iCloud account (that I have never used.)

     

    So all I want to do is replace the gmail email address with my iCloud email address and use that as my Apple ID. So that could be seen as a merger of 2 Apple ID's.

    Instead of this, Apple will let me change the associated email address to an outlook or any other email but not my @icloud.com email address and I wondered if there was a work around?

    You cannot replace the Gmail address with an iCloud email address as the Gmail address is already an Apple ID of record already.  You cannot replace it with an email address already in use as an Apple ID which your iCloud email address is.  Hope that helps.