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iCloud Who still has a @mac.com?
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I have many user ids with @me.com and @mac.com. I’d have to scramble if Apple removes either.
I have been using mine since day one. From Mac.com, Me.com, and now iCloud.com
[raises hand] @Mac is my primary email. I've grown rather attached to it over the (many) years.
I've used @mac.com as my primary email since Apple made it available with iTools in the year 2000. 22 years? Geez, Louise.
More recently I've contemplated switching over to @iCloud.com because sometimes when someone asks for my email address, it's like they misunderstand me. I'm speaking clearly & articulately.
Person: "mac.com? M-A-C? like the Mac?"
Me: "Yes, exactly."
A couple of times I've had to spell it out.
Me: "mike alfa charlie.com." It's really weird!!
So I figured it would way simpler to be like "@icloud.com."
More recently I've contemplated switching over to @iCloud.com because sometimes when someone asks for my email address, it's like they misunderstand me. I'm speaking clearly & articulately.
Person: "mac.com? M-A-C? like the Mac?"
Me: "Yes, exactly."
A couple of times I've had to spell it out.
Me: "mike alfa charlie.com." It's really weird!!
So I figured it would way simpler to be like "@icloud.com."
Like DHagan above, I do find I have to spell the M A C part of it, but my .mac address is my only email. By only I mean excluding my work email that I never use and a gmail I only use when signing up to companies I never want to hear from again (like online shopping) as I never check it.
Still use mine all the time. At one point I tried migrating my 3rd party accounts to me.com, but that was... just.... sad. So when iCloud came out, I moved them all back to @ mac.
I have @me.com and love that I have it cause it’s my firstname@me.com but for the past 10 years the main inbox gets so much spam mail so I hardly ever use said email, unless for like a backup verification purpose but it really never even comes to that.
Still have mac.com and me.com, but I can never get my me.com to show up as a sending address in Mail on macOS or iOS. I activate it on the iCloud website, but it never appears as an option in the desktop application or the phone app.
For me email is too important to not have my own domain and full control over many aspects of it.
Fastmail has been a godsend and by far my favorite paid for service of the last decade.
Fastmail has been a godsend and by far my favorite paid for service of the last decade.
You’re not the first to mention this issue which is odd. I personally don’t have this issue but notable that you’re not alone in reporting it.
Had mine since the iTools days. Was an employee tagged one and had the /employee in all the URLs until iCloud came along. Used to have employee only kbase for years after I left and some other things. Sadly in the conversation I don’t see anything special…unless iCloud wackiness is considered something special. It’s so old now I think there are glitches that mess with everything. The store does strange things to the family accounts and a lot of stuff doesn’t work correctly.
Still my primary account even though I have my own domain. Just short and snappy. I always think the Apple Store guys will think it’s cool - they never do sadly. ?
I too would think the Apple Store people would find it a little impressive, but most I think are too young to know/recognise or don’t care. @mac users should get at least a little VIP treatment ?
