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Q: .mac / .me / .icloud - consolidate?

Between .mac, .me, and now .icloud and having set up several alias when I had .mac, I now have four x three different email addresses in my mail drop down selector.   Is there a way to consolidate these to just one address per name?  It's kinda annoying to sift through them all for the one that I use most often.

Posted on Dec 16, 2012 8:53 PM

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Q: .mac / .me / .icloud - consolidate?

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Dec 17, 2012 6:55 AM in response to cmnthrds
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    Dec 17, 2012 6:55 AM in response to cmnthrds

    They are consolidated, pick one and use it, ignore the others.

  • by jlizar,

    jlizar jlizar Dec 17, 2012 7:34 AM in response to Csound1
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    Dec 17, 2012 7:34 AM in response to Csound1

    Yes.  Is there a way to hide all the others so I don't see 12 email addresses in the drop down menu?  It takes too long to "find" the one I want.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Dec 17, 2012 7:42 AM in response to jlizar
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    Dec 17, 2012 7:42 AM in response to jlizar

    Delete any aliases you made but don't want, system aliases (@me/@icloud etc) can't be deleted, but they can be ignored.

     

    Aliases that you made can be deleted at www.icloud.com>mail>preferences.

     

    Set the "one you use most often" as the default address.

  • by JSC1799,

    JSC1799 JSC1799 Dec 17, 2012 9:52 AM in response to cmnthrds
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    Dec 17, 2012 9:52 AM in response to cmnthrds

    Outside of the main question. All I wanted to do was change my email account preferences from name@mac.com over to name@icloud.com, and the when I open the preferences settings in Accounts - the field for the Incoming Mail Server is grayed out, meaning I cannot edit it. Right now it says "Mail.example.com". All I want to do is update the Incoming and Outging mail server in the Preferences, but it doesn't allow me to.

    I thought there was suppose to be an automatic change over for email addresses from @mac to @icloud.

    Any suggestions, would be appreciated. Thanks

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Dec 17, 2012 10:12 AM in response to JSC1799
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    Dec 17, 2012 10:12 AM in response to JSC1799

    I quote:

     

    In OS X Mountain Lion or Lion v10.7.2 (or later)

    • Go to Mail Preferences > Composing.
    • Click the Send new messages from drop-down and select the @icloud.com email address you’d like to use.
  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Dec 17, 2012 10:57 AM in response to jlizar
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    Dec 17, 2012 10:57 AM in response to jlizar

    jlizar wrote:

     

    Yes.  Is there a way to hide all the others so I don't see 12 email addresses in the drop down menu?  It takes too long to "find" the one I want.

    Try this:

     

    Go to your mail on the iCloud Website: select preferences>composing:

     

    Select your email default and turn off any you do not wish to use .... see below.

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