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When I try and update my current Apple ID with my @icloud.com email (which is a separate account) I get an error.
"You can only add the @icloud.com address that is already on file in your account"
Can I find out what @icloud.com address is "already on file in your account" ?
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MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Log into our Apple ID.
Based on what I have read, I suggest you leave your Apple ID email address as a 3rd party email address because you have more flexibility if you need to change the email address. For example, if the Apple ID got compromised, you can change it to another address. I also have read of many people who were locked out of their accounts when they forgot their password. Since the recovery email address is the @iCloud email address, if you forget your password, you also can't access your email to get emails from Apple to recover your account. You can set a rescue email address, but for some people, this hasn't worked.
Log into our Apple ID.
Based on what I have read, I suggest you leave your Apple ID email address as a 3rd party email address because you have more flexibility if you need to change the email address. For example, if the Apple ID got compromised, you can change it to another address. I also have read of many people who were locked out of their accounts when they forgot their password. Since the recovery email address is the @iCloud email address, if you forget your password, you also can't access your email to get emails from Apple to recover your account. You can set a rescue email address, but for some people, this hasn't worked.
Eric,
Thank you for the quick reply and excellent explanation. With those ideas, I may just leave it like it is. It is odd, and sometimes a little confusing, to have two different Apple ID's but I guess that is the system.
Thanks!
Mark
You are welcome.
Error while trying to update Apple ID
