Why can't my Apple ID use a "domain owned by Apple?"

Sort of. if your Apple ID is DrStuart@gmail.com but you like to use the drStuart@icloud.com for all your emails, then you are correct. You must sign into any Apple Service such as iTunes, using the actual Apple ID.

If you created a new iCloud account from scratch, then your Apple ID would end with @icloud.com. The reason you cannot sign in with your @icloud.com address is because that address is just an alias... not the actual name. Similar to how your drivers license may say William, but everyone calls you Bill.

when will this change because the truth is i have been struggling with this for two years, i want to get rid of my hotmail account, but cant.

thanks

S.

Ready for this to be "fixed". I say "fixed" because I understand why it is the way it is. Maybe I'll send Tim an email... He says he reads them 🙂

I would also like to be able to do this... I want to get rid of an old gmail account the I never use... I would like to change it to my iCloud email address...

My Itune's account has other email address as ID than Apple's email address. When it was opened, @me.com and @iCloud.com were not available that time. Now to use iCloud Drive and Apple email, I have @me.com as Apple ID but not for itune. Of course, I can open new itunes account with @me.com ID. Then how can I merge two itune accounts to one, to @me.com? Itune account has information of ownership of things I bought. Or how can I change old itune account ID with new Apple email address? It is confusing sometimes so I'd like to have one Apple ID for Itune, iCloud Drive, and Apple email.

submit feedback about this so hopefully it gets changed https://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

i fond that you don't even need a gmail/yahoo account you just put the email in that you want but instead of yoking iCloud or me for The last part is the domain just use gmail/yahoo. or make an email on this http://www.mail.com/mail/#.7518-header-nav1-2. its got tons of domains. check it out 🙂

So we can't change our Apple ID to an @me.com or @icloud if we used gmail initially.

But can we change the address that Apple sends communication to? I don't want emails from Apple to go to my @gmail account! 😮

This is an embarrassment and a disgrace. Steve Jobs would never have allowed this kind of incoherent fukery to exist. Welcome to how the New Apple handles its inner workings and complex issues: They Don't Care.

It was like this BEFORE he passed away.

You CAN CREATE an icloud.com AppleID anytime and use this for all things Apple, incl. as your primary email.

You CAN CHANGE an existing AppleID not already related to Apple to any other domain.

You CANNOT CHANGE to or from an existing AppleID related to an Apple domain.

Also merging past purchases of 2 or more AppleIDs is impossible, probably due to licensing restrictions from content providers.

That's about as concise as I can put it. Hope it helps to clarify.

What I did to not loose past purchases from multiple AppleIDs (across multiple countries) is to use iTunes Match in my newly created Apple domain AppleID and rematch previously purchased albums & songs. It's not quite the same as merging, but it's as close as the content provider legal eagles let you get.

There are also solutions for Movies & TV Shows but that's outside the legal framework. Google is your friend.

Now last but not least, are Apps! If you have purchased them with an Apple domain ID, then just make that your primary and use aliases for email (or not).

If most of your Apps purchases were done with a NON Apple domain ID, then you have two choices, a) you live with 2 Apple IDs, one for App store purchases and one for iCloud or b) your make your new iCloud.com AppleID the new master and buy the Apps all over again.

For a more in-depth explanation and work-around, read this article:

http://moviesandtech.com/software/looking-to-merge-your-apple-ids-well-heres-the -way-around-it/279

Yeap, he too was stucked with this limitation...

shawnread1234 wrote:

when will this change because the truth is i have been struggling with this for two years, i want to get rid of my hotmail account, but cant.

thanks

S.

Why not.

Maybe they are. 😐

Solved!

Apple fixed that issue. Now you‘re able to change the ID to @me.com or @icloud.com