I've been frustrated over this for a while now, but I'm of the mind now that this is Apple's way of forcing another authentication method, via another account.
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Dear Tim: I don't want the "Gmail" name in my Apple ID!
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I've been frustrated over this for a while now, but I'm of the mind now that this is Apple's way of forcing another authentication method, via another account.
I can understand that, although it seems like that could also be done by having a secondary email address for those purposes and still being able to use the iCloud one as the primary.
I would be OK with at least being able to change the primary email to @icloud and still have the @gmail for the ID.
I had the opportunity to speak with an executive advisor of customer service about this very issue. Shortly after iCloud was introduced and offered the @me.com email addresses, I informed the representative about the issue and they said that they were aware of it and working on a fix. That was in 2011.
All, if you really want to have any hope of this changing sooner rather than later, submit feedback to Apple. I know I posted this once in this thread but here's the iCloud feedback link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html
If you haven't already, now is a good time.
If you haven't already, now is a good time.
Nothing personal, but I am sick and tired of seeing the response of "send feedback to Apple if you don't like it". This is a multi billion dollar company that for some reason, chooses to remain extremely aloof from their customers in regards to listening and responding to customer feedback.
I have submitted feedback to Apple at least 20 times over a 2 year period in regards to the lack of a conversation view for iCloud email on the iCloud.com website. Still to this day, iCloud email on the web remains an unintuitive mess.
Apple only cares about one thing... the bottom line. If a fix or improvement does not contribute toward the goal of higher profits you can rest assured that they could care less about it. Apple is a hardware company.... they don't give a rat's ass about the software side (other than iTunes and their App Store). Think I'm crazy??
1) iCloud Drive
2) iOS 8
3) I cloud photo library
4) iWork on the web "beta for a billion years"
5) iOS maps
All of the above represent a small sample of software disasters Apple has pushed to their consumers just within the past year or so. Apple consumer have paid a premium for their hardware, only to serve as front line "beta testers" for most of the unusable garbage they have rolled out as of late.
We're getting screwed.
You seem to have a low threshold for use of the word "disasters." I'm pretty demanding too, but... pros and cons to everything.
I'm no Apple apologist. I don't disagree with everything you said. I just find it easier to do what little I can that stands a snowball's chance in hell of doing any good and using my hardware/software for the things I like about them. I'm happier that way.
I'm no Apple apologist. I don't disagree with everything you said. I just find it easier to do what little I can that stands a snowball's chance in hell of doing any good and using my hardware/software for the things I like about them. I'm happier that way.
There is actually a way to set your iCloud email address as your Primary addresss. This will leave your ID as gmail or whatever though. I have both @me and @icloud and this will only accept @icloud. I guess because @me is my Alternate ID and there's no way to edit it. This work around will allow all Apple receipts to be sent to your iCloud email, however anywhere you sign into iTunes, it will still show your ID (gmail, etc) unfortunately.
1)Go to the Apple Store website...store.apple.com.
2)Sign into to your account and go to "View Account"
3)Under View Account/Account Settings select "Change your default shipping or billing info"
4)Under Payment Information select Edit and then change your Billing Contact email to your @icloud email. If you try @me it'll give an error that it's already associated with another Apple ID and cannot be used. Least that happens to me.
5)Save the info
Now under your Manage Apple ID page your Apple ID will be your gmail or whatever address and your Primary Email will be @icloud. It's not perfect and iTunes will still default to your ID no matter what you use to log in, but all Apple receipts etc will now come to you iCloud email. Hope that helps and hope Apple fixes this. The only way I've found to combine your ID and Primary under an apple domain is to create a new one with an iOS device, but then all your purchases will still be on your old ID. Major pain it seems.
Edit: After you do this and go check it at Mange your Apple ID there will be caution box advising you your ID and Primary aren't the same and to change it. I don't think it should cause any issues, but they obviously don't like it like that.
1)Go to the Apple Store website...store.apple.com.
2)Sign into to your account and go to "View Account"
3)Under View Account/Account Settings select "Change your default shipping or billing info"
4)Under Payment Information select Edit and then change your Billing Contact email to your @icloud email. If you try @me it'll give an error that it's already associated with another Apple ID and cannot be used. Least that happens to me.
5)Save the info
Now under your Manage Apple ID page your Apple ID will be your gmail or whatever address and your Primary Email will be @icloud. It's not perfect and iTunes will still default to your ID no matter what you use to log in, but all Apple receipts etc will now come to you iCloud email. Hope that helps and hope Apple fixes this. The only way I've found to combine your ID and Primary under an apple domain is to create a new one with an iOS device, but then all your purchases will still be on your old ID. Major pain it seems.
Edit: After you do this and go check it at Mange your Apple ID there will be caution box advising you your ID and Primary aren't the same and to change it. I don't think it should cause any issues, but they obviously don't like it like that.