jbraner
Level 1
(9 points)
Q: Apple ID is fine - does icloud.com email account need a password?
Hi,
After the recent Windows update (Anniversary Upgrade) I had to create a icloud.com email account for my icloud contacts and calendar to sync with Outlook 2016 on my PC (previously it was working fine without a icloud.com account).
I created a icloud.com account from my iphone, and it works fine. I'm syncing my contacts and calendar to the PC now as I was able to re-install the Windows iCloud client and it set itself up in Outlook 2016.
The icloud.com email account doesn't have a password though. I will never use this account for email (it's just there so I can sync contacts and calendar vetween my iphone, ipad and PC) but i'm wondering it it can be easily hacked - having no password. Or is it actually using my appleID password? (it's set for a different "non icloud" email address)
My iphone/ipad and Outlook on the PC are automatically set up for the icloud.com email account - but at no point did I ever specify a password - just a name (xxxx@icloud.com) for the account.
Does this question make sense? Do you see why I'm confused?
Everything works fine - I'm just worried about security on th eaccount.
rgds,
John B
iPhone 6, Windows 10
tim_135
Community Specialists
Hi jbraner,
Thanks for checking out the Apple Support Communities! I understand you have some questions about the security of your @icloud.com email address. I can certainly understand your concern, you can never be too careful with your account security. I'm happy to provide some information to help put your mind at ease.
The iCloud email account uses the same log information that the Apple ID you use for iCloud does.
After you set up your @icloud.com email address, you can use it to sign in to iCloud. You can also sign in using the Apple ID you used to create your iCloud account.
You can find more info about your iCloud email address in the articles below:
iCloud: Set up an @icloud.com email address
iCloud: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses
Cheers!
