Change Apple Support User Name

Hi,

Babowa was suggesting you had a Apple Support Communities Only Apple ID and used it here just to post and ask questions.

8:26 pm Monday; October 28, 2013

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I gotcha. No, unfortunately it's all tied together. Hence the current conundrum :-/

Hi,

I have 4 external to Apple emails.

All of which I could use as the Recovery/Verification Address for a new Appe ID (Actually my Google already is).

I also have several @mac.com names that I created at various stages to test iChat.

(in some cases I have removed the verifying email address)

Any of these I could log in with and create a new Posting ID.

8:57 pm Tuesday; November 5, 2013

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

I see. Would the new forum name continue to be tied to those individual external e-mail addresses and their associated Apple IDs?

Hi,

Anyone can create an Apple ID.

Currently that does link it to an iCloud ID as well.

This can be an external to Apple such as Yahoo, Google or your free email with your ISP.

Or you can create one directly at Apple and only end up with the @icloud.com ID

That ID can then access iTunes, iCloud, can be used in Messages and/or FaceTime.

It can be used to Log in here are Apple Support Communities.

The first time you do this you are asked to create a Posting Name/Alias.

At the time when the current forum software was launched this "prompted" the UserFromArea format.

Obviously the Apple ID is tied to some real world details you entered at some point.

The format did not space things so you do see "DavidfromBirmingham" and similar, such as your richardfromrocky river.

This automatic style seem be have been disabled so that names or Aliases are more natural.

The Alias/Posting Name you create for any New Apple ID will only be linked to that Apple ID.

You cannot link Apple IDs.

You cannot even use the same external email to create two Apple ID Accounts.

You cannot use one Apple issued ID to create a second.

I use one Apple ID on one iPhone and the one I sign in here with on another.

I know of some people who use different Apple IDs on Messages, FaceTime, iTunes and posting here (i.e. four different ones)

In this case we are talking about creating one just to use here which will allow you to create the posting name of your choice (if it hasn't gone already).

9:04 pm Friday; November 8, 2013

 iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mavericks 10.9)
 G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
 MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
 Mac OS X (10.6.8),
 Couple of iPhones and an iPad

Ralph, come on. You know what the question is, and the answer isn't 'make a new one.' This is a simple operation that has been blocked by Apple to inhibit customer feedback and interaction. I'm so over seeing this deferrence or pathetic "Oh, well" Eeyoresque response from people in these forums. No wonder Apple consumers are considered sheep.

Changing a username is not a difficult function. It can be implemented immediately, and should have been an option since this began. There is no reason (except for what I've already stated) for it to not exist. These 'user support' forums are redundant. I can't let my company use products that render users ineffectual any longer.

My username can remain here as a reminder that not everyone is oblivious.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3641189?answerId=18738839022#18738839022

Where do I go to send 'feedback" to Apple?

Hi,

http://www.apple.com/feedback/

6:58 pm Wednesday; May 7, 2014

Under Feedback, which option do we select to give Apple feedback about the Apple Support Communities?

For this type of issue, personally I'd use the website feedback:

http://www.apple.com/contact/feedback.html

I submitted an inquiry to both "Website Feedback" (http://www.apple.com/contact/feedback.html) & Product Feedback > iCloud (http://www.apple.com/feedback/.)

I recommend anyone else with this request do the same.

In my case, I work at a university where I solve faculty, staff, and student issues with various products. With a descriptive username across discussion boards, they could search and find me and my previous postings throughout various discussion forums to reference issues I've already came across.

That's mean. Why'd you say that? Just tell how to do it.

Why is it mean that he just asked under feedback which one does he use?

How is this construed as mean?

Hi,

You have linked back to a post in this thread dated in June 2012 made by richardfromrocky river who seemed to be complaining about the truthful answer that Niel gave that the Posting Name (alias) cannot be changed.

I am struggling to understand what you think richardfromrocky river has done and why you are commentating about two years later.

Niel is the poster here with the most amount of points and has been at Level 10 for some time.

He hardly needs defending from someone who didn't like the answer.

7:00 pm Friday; June 6, 2014