How do I change my primary iCloud account on my mac to a different I cloud account

I have two Icloud accounts. I would like to change my primary account on my mac to the other one.

To remove iCloud: go to http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mmb1de40d9 and expand 'Turn off iCloud completely' for instructions. Then you can set up again from scratch.

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how do i change the primary icloud account which is set on my computer?

tsand66 wrote:
I do not have the option to do that as there is no icloud preference pane, there is only a mobile me preference pane.
the ssystem is recent, 10.7.0 or a bit higher.
the computer switched from my wifes address book to my address book becuase it was set up to my iclud account (it was my computer for a short time).
she has a back up on icloud but i cannot switch the account from the computer anywhere.
You need at least 10.7.2, check that you do have that, 10.7 is insufficient. Post back with your OSX version.

How do I change the "primary iCloud account" on my iMac?

This issue has been bothering me for YEARS so I'd REALLY appreciate some help with this.
I started my cloud syncing use with MobileMe several years ago. At that time, I created an AppleID to purchase music on within iTunes and a 2nd AppleID to sync content using MobileMe between my iMac and iPhone. I used an old business name to for the account which was long and, since it's not longer a business, annoying to work with!
When the new iCloud service was launced and MobileMe shut down, I wanted to change the name of the MobileMe appleid to something shorter and more descriptive. By this time, my husband and kids had iphones and a Mac lap top had been added to the mix, so I really wanted to update this account name to make it easier for everyone.
At that time, you could not rename your AppleID if it was previously a MobileMe account. So rather than just keep the original account, I decided to create a THIRD AppleID with a name everyone could remember. When I did that, something interesting happended on my iMac. When I attempted to switch all of my syncing functions over the new iCloud account, I found that I could NOT. I could only sync Mail & Notes, Contacts and Calendars between all the devices with this new account. When I attempted to sync Bookmarks, Photo Stream, Find My Mac or iCloud Storage, I received the following message within my new iCloud account Mail set up area: "This is not your primary iCloud account. Only your primary account can use Bookmarks, Photo Stream, Find My Mac or iCloud Storage. So as it turns out, I had to keep BOTH accounts open and am now paying for storage on TWO iCloud accounts! Help!!
Obviously, I would like to convert all syncing operations to my NEWER iCloud account and DELETE this old MobileMe account. Apple has automatically updated the email address for this account to an "@icloud.com" address.
Any takers on this one?? I really appreciate anything you can share that might help!
Leanndra : )

I activated an iPad for a work associate; somehow, MY Apple ID account is assigned to his iPad's iCloud backup. His iPad is using up all MY iCloud space... he IS set up in App Store with his own Apple ID.
On my own iPad (just to check out what settings/options were), i went to "Settings/iCloud: and tapped "Delete Acct". BUT, then I got a message that all Photo Stream and documents stored in iCloud would be deleted from this iPad... so, two questions...
is there ANY way for him to retrieve the documents he saved in MY iCloud account (there's 9.1g worth of HIS backup in my account!! ... i purchased extra space before i realized it was being eaten up by him and not mine).
Because he'd be logging back in under his OWN ID which had never backed up his device before......so, he'll lose everything, right?
Really need someone who KNOWS apple iOS/Cloud workings to answer this one please ... much (at least some, lol) of his data is work-related.... at 9gig, can't be all work!! must be a lot of movies, photo's and music i'd guess. as this is a WORK-issued device, so be it if he has to re-load all that................

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Just bought a macbook air when setting it up I used the wrong apple id for my primary icloud account. I have tried to delet it but because the find my mac is on it does not allow me to delete the accout and restart.
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If your Apple ID is a non-Apple controlled email address then you can log in to…
https://appleid.apple.com/
… and change it to anything other email address of your choosing. Apple IDs cannot be deleted once they have been created although they can be moved. If your Apple ID is an @mac.com or @me.com address then you cannot change your Apple ID.

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HT204053 can I change my primary icloud account.

It appears that all my devices has accepted my primary email account except my Mac which for some reason has accepted a secondary mobile me address that I used for my parents. How can I change my primary icloud account back to my primary email address?

System Preferences > iCloud > Sign Out
then sign in with the right iCloud account.

TS4020 I don't want to delete the secondary iCloud account? How do I change the primary account without deleting the old primary account!?

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- Just what do you mean by prinary email account? Maybe this will help
Frequently Asked Questions About Apple ID
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- Each mail account uses in Settings>Mail has a primary server for sending mail and that server is the server associated with that account. Secondard sending servers are other ssending servers for other mail account yo have ins Settings>Mail

HT5621 I recently changed my apple ID but the old on is still on my iCloud account. The old address is dimmed on iCloud on my iPad so I can't change it. How do I change to the new address? I don't want to delete the account as I don't want to lose the pi

I recently changed my apple ID but the old on is still on my iCloud account. The old address is dimmed on iCloud on my iPad so I can't change it. How do I change to the new address? I don't want to delete the account as I don't want to lose the pictures

To change it, you have delete the existing account. However you can avoid losing any pictures in the process. To avoid losing photo stream photos, save them to your camera roll (if not already there) before deleting the account. To do this, open your my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap the photos, tap Share, then tap Save to Camera Roll. (Camera roll photos are not effected by deleting the account.)
Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in with the new ID. This deletes the account and your iCloud data from your device, but not from iCloud. Provided you are signing back into the same account, your iCloud data will reappear on your device when you sign back in.

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System Preferences/iCloud - log out and then log in with your other ID.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3390335?tstart=0
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I activated an iPad for a work associate; somehow, MY Apple ID account is assigned to his iPad's iCloud backup. His iPad is using up all MY iCloud space... he IS set up in App Store with his own Apple ID.
On my own iPad (just to check out what settings/options were), i went to "Settings/iCloud: and tapped "Delete Acct". BUT, then I got a message that all Photo Stream and documents stored in iCloud would be deleted from this iPad... so, two questions...
is there ANY way for him to retrieve the documents he saved in MY iCloud account (there's 9.1g worth of HIS backup in my account!! ... i purchased extra space before i realized it was being eaten up by him and not mine).
Because he'd be logging back in under his OWN ID which had never backed up his device before......so, he'll lose everything, right?
Really need someone who KNOWS apple iOS/Cloud workings to answer this one please ... much (at least some, lol) of his data is work-related.... at 9gig, can't be all work!! must be a lot of movies, photo's and music i'd guess. as this is a WORK-issued device, so be it if he has to re-load all that................

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I think this may be the answer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621

HT4897 Can I change my primary @icloud or @me account name yet?

Hi all,
I have done some digging but cant see if there has been a change to this option yet... but can we change out primary @icloud or @me email address yet.
I set my original one and wasn't going to use it, and only use alias addresses so if my account got too much spam I could just change alias name. but it looks like some spam list now has my primary @me account.
Cheers
Jay

It's not a separate account. You @me.com and [email protected] are the same thing and you can't delete one or the other.
However what you could do is to set up a Rule (click on the cogwheel icon at top right on the iCloud mail web page) and set up a Rule which move all messages addressed to [email protected] to the Trash.

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