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Basically the title says it all, I want to change my current apple ID email address, it was my rescue email so it wouldn't allow, so I deleted my rescue email off but it still won't allow? Any tips?
<Re-Titled by Host>HI,
One option.
You can sign up for an iCloud ID.
When asked, it offer you whether you want to set it up via an existing Apple ID or not.
This way an existing Apple ID remains but you also get an new email that you can create.
When I created mine they were issuing @me.com names (Taken over from MobileMe)
More recently I have had an email linking an @iCloud.com name to the same overall Account.
To state it another way.
I had/have and Apple ID based on a old Dial-up email address I had/have (I say Had and Have as I can Fetch mail via Broadband but cannot Send unless I dial-up).
Anyhow, I used this to create and link to an iCloud ID, which gave me an @me.com name.
I can use either of these Emails as the "Name" part of my ID and use the same Password.
They can both access iCloud via Web Browser or from the Mac's settings (System Preferences > iCloud).
They can both access my posting account here at Apple Support Communities.
They both can access my iTunes account (And App store seeing that is the same pot of Money/Upsent gift Card total).
The @iCloud.com addition now gives me three "names" to the account.
As Mail (for Me) the @me.com and @iCloud.com works as one account - people can send to either and I will get it with whichever name I set up in the Mail App. As I said earlier my Original Dial-up account remains a separate external to Apple email address.
For AIM (in Messages and iChat 6) the @me.com and @iCloud .com names works as two separate AIM valid Names)
(They do not work in iChat 5 (or Earlier) due to changes in the way Apple makes iChat 6 and Messages check the password reading by AIM by being logged in to me.com as well.)
8:37 PM Saturday; January 12, 2013
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
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
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
Yes, I think that's right. However, since I no longer have that rescue address available to me and seem not to be able to get my security questions right, I cannot get a reset via the rescue email address. Dumb, and leaves me totally stranded. I have removed the rescue address from mother contact list but it remains in the system somewhere, I'm guessing on the password and security page. This isn't logical. Trying to contact Apple about it but their support page says my phone number is invalid - of course it is not, but their validation is wrong!
Has a solution been found for this problem? I wanted to do the same thing, turn my old rescue address into my primary. So I removed the rescue and replaced it with another email. But when I go to change my primary it STILL says I can't use my rescue address, even though that is no longer my rescue address..can someone please help me out? Thanks
Hi,
I have several @Mac.com Apple IDs that I have gained for testing iChat.
In some cases I have removed the support email to use it again.
I would use the iForgot site to enter the email and see if it is linked to another account.
7:42 PM Saturday; August 24, 2013
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.4)
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
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
Whew, thank you Chezard!
So I just figured it out...What you do is go to iCloud and sign in. On the left hand side click on password and security. It will prompt you to answer questions (I could not remember mine so had to reset--write them down!!) Once you answer your questions you will then see a page where you can edit your security questions and **change your rescue email!! Change this email to what every you want. Now you can edit your primary address and put in the email you wanted to but could not cause it was stuck in your rescue email. Hope this helps!
Do you think they have been waiting 3 years to do something? (Check the date of the post your responded to).
Hi yes I need to change my email because the wanted I use is not working that's an old one so I need a new one
sorry about that… went to several threads and must have responded on the wrong one.
I want to change my apple ID email address
