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Q: I am ditching my non-Apple email address and want to stop using it. My husband's ID is his icloud email, why can't mine be?

I don't want to run two email addresses and want to use my icloud email address for all correspondence. Itunes keeps sending me emails to my old address and it won't let me change my Apple ID to my icloud address. My husband's is using his without any issues. Is there a way round this?

Posted on Jan 28, 2015 1:23 AM

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Q: I am ditching my non-Apple email address and want to stop using it. My husband's ID is his icloud email, why can't mine be?

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  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Jan 28, 2015 1:30 AM in response to milney17
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    Jan 28, 2015 1:30 AM in response to milney17

    I'm afraid not. While people who started with iTools or MobileMe had their @mac.com/@me.com (and now @icloud.com) address as the ID from the start, and people who open a new Apple ID and iCloud account at the same time from the iCloud preference pane can choose to make the @icloud.com address the ID, if it's the case that your ID is a non-Apple email address you can change it to another non-Apple email address but you cannot change it to your @icloud.com address.

     

    You can of course set up forwarding from the ID address to the @icloud.com address so that you only have to look in one place. However you should be aware that if the setup means that you can only be contacted by Apple at the @icloud.com address, then if you have a problem such as a forgotten password or a corrupted account, Apple can only contact you at an address you cannot access so it's essential to have a 'rescue address'.

  • by milney17,Helpful

    milney17 milney17 Jan 28, 2015 2:09 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Jan 28, 2015 2:09 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Thanks for such a speedy reply. I will have to set up another web address as we are moving out of the country. Seems a bit bonkers that some can use it and some can't. Most people can put a family member's address as a rescue address.

    Thanks again.