Q: Changing my Apple ID from @me.com to @icloud.com
I want to change my Apple ID from @me.com to @icloud.com - my primary/current email address has been @icloud.com for a long time now. I've never liked or related to @me.com but @mac.com had been withdrawn at the time of original set-up and I had to have @me.com. I was constantly being asked by people "What is @me?" I'm also confusing my 3 Apple devices when trying to sync iMessages.
However, try as I might, I cannot get rid of @me.com as my Apple ID - I've gone through the official procedures to do this and nothing works. I should be allowed to change it - after all, the ID belongs to me (pardon the pun).
Am I saddled with @me.com for ever now?
Thanks, Kathleen
Posted on Apr 5, 2015 11:13 AM
From an email point of view you will be able to get emails via name@mac.com name@me.com and name@icloud.com and be able to send as well. However my own experience is that some Apple systems will let you login just using name e.g. www.icloud.com and it will automatically assume this is name@icloud.com others will not let you login using just name or name@icloud.com and insist on using whatever was the original format when you joined e.g. name@mac.com
Unfortunately this 'primary' address cannot be changed, for example when I try logging in to my iCloud account on my iPhone it insists on using name@mac.com
See iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses - Apple Support
Posted on Apr 8, 2015 5:06 AM