How to create (or copy) a new iCloud.com AppleID with same info as my current AppleID?

You cannot create an Apple ID with an Apple domain (@icloud, @me, @mac). You need a valid email address to create an Apple ID.

But it sounds like you are just wanting to create an iCloud account for the Apple ID you currently have? If so:

https://www.apple.com/support/icloud/getstarted/

Cheers,

GB

Hi Gail, like I mentioned before you absolutely can create an iCloud account with an iCloud email all from an iOS device. If you try to create an AppleID from let's say appleid.apple.com you will need a valid email but if you go through the process in Settings > iCloud on an iOS device you can create an iCloud email instead of using one that already exists. If you would like you can test this for yourself.

I realize this is not the same as creating a new AppleID with an existing iCloud email but that is not what OP is wanting to do so I didn't address it. Plus every iCloud email is also an AppleID so there would be no need to do that.

I am a bit confused by your question. You should be able to synch and use Outlook with your current Apple ID (the name yahoo is just that a name for the Apple ID and has nothing to do with the yahoo service). In any case:

Apps, digital content and data synched/purchased/downloaded with one Apple ID cannot be transferred to another new Apple ID. You can however change the "name" of the Apple ID to a new one as long as it is not a .mac or.me ID. So you should be able to "change" the name from yahoo to iCloud.

This might help:

Change your Apple ID - Apple Support

In this case you'll want to sign out of iCloud on your device, you will get an option to keep everything on your phone. Then from the iCloud menu there you'll want to create a new account, during that process it will give you the opportunity to create a free iCloud email address.

You may also be able to achieve a similar effect by just going into iCloud settings on your device and toggling Mail or Notes to on. This will prompt you to create a free iCloud email address as well. You may be able to use that email address with Outlook.

Good luck!

Did you read the article? Where you able to change the yahoo Apple ID to iCloud Apple ID? You cannot "migrate" from one Apple ID to another. The process described in the article does not create a new ID it just changes the name to the old one.

If you create a new Apple ID you will be essentially starting from scratch.

Actually you cannot change your primary email to @icloud.com if it is not already and if it's already @icloud.com you cannot change it to anything else.

And "starting from scratch" means next to nothing as far as iCloud goes. He can easily migrate almost all data to a new iCloud account without issue, then he can continue to use his previous AppleID for iTunes and App Store so he doesn't lose any purchases or subscriptions.

Like I said above the contacts are super easy!

"In this case you'll want to sign out of iCloud on your device, you will get an option to keep everything on your phone. Then from the iCloud menu there you'll want to create a new account, during that process it will give you the opportunity to create a free iCloud email address."

Simple as that. It will upload the contacts as soon as you create the account.

If this is still not making sense to you I would recommend you contact AppleCare at 1-800-692-2273 or expresslane.apple.com

Even free apps have licenses attached to them so the only way you can update them in the future is to enter the password for the AppleID that "purchased" them. So you could, in theory, just start using a new AppleID but you will end up having to delete each app and downloading a new copy of it.

iCensored wrote:

And "starting from scratch" means next to nothing as far as iCloud goes. He can easily migrate almost all data to a new iCloud account without issue, then he can continue to use his previous AppleID for iTunes and App Store so he doesn't lose any purchases or subscriptions.

As far as iCloud, maybe. But that is debatable. In my book a new Apple ID is just a hassle and yes, you are starting from scratch. But you have already told the OP how to "migrate" his contacts to a "new" iCloud account....

iCensored wrote:

Even free apps have licenses attached to them so the only way you can update them in the future is to enter the password for the AppleID that "purchased" them. So you could, in theory, just start using a new AppleID but you will end up having to delete each app and downloading a new copy of it.

IE. Starting from scratch...

But he doesn't have to do that. Even if he creates a new iCloud account he can use the old AppleID for iTunes and App Store without "starting from scratch" the idea of using this iCloud account for iTunes and App Store was positioned by JacobianWife not me. I recommend against it, but it's far from difficult to do the migration at this point. I'm not sure why you're being so adversarial about this.

I stand corrected 🙂 and thanks for explaining exactly how to do that. I so very rarely do anything via my iPhone, and could not figure out how to set up an Apple ID using an iCloud.com email address (can't do it via a Mac....), so thanks for solving that mystery! 🙂

As far as the OP, I am still not clear on what the OP was actually needing to do. If she is indicating that she needs an iCloud account in order to sync to Outlook, then there is no need to do anything except to create an iCloud account on her existing Apple ID. So, that is why I recommended that.

Again, thanks for the enlightenment (I now officially have 3 Apple IDs, with one of them being an iCloud.com ID! YAY!!!

Cheers,

GB