HT204053 how to merge iCloud and Apple IDs?

How can I merge my iCloud and Apple ID's?

I just got off the phone with Apple's support (got transferred several times, but they finally transferred me to an "expert" in the security department.
I'm moving to the east coast, and my current ISP is only local to the California Bay Area, so I need to use a new email address for my AppleID. I thought the obvious choice would be my icloud.com email address.
The Apple support "expert" was confused, but eventually said I'd need to create a non-apple email to use as my email address for my existing AppleID if I didn't want two separate ID's.
My response was "So Apple is recommending that I do NOT use iCloud and I should create an non-Apple email account?" He said "Unfortunately, yes."
Come on Apple - you look riduculous. You're abandoning loyal long time customers by saying either create and manage two AppleID's or don't use "iCloud" so you can have a single AppleID.
It's time for Apple to step up and fix this ridculous mess.

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HT204053 How can I delete old apple IDs

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It is not a good idea to make numerious Apple IDs for this very reason.

HT204053 How do I switch between apple ids

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I want to merge my icloud account with my apple id account which is currently under a different email address. Is this possible?

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How can I unlink my iCloud and apple IDs?

When i signed up for an iCloud account, i linked it to my apply ID. Now, knowing that I can't make the iCloud my primary email, I want to separate the two. Unfortunately, I havent had any luck. Every time that I remove the email, and try to log into the iCloud one as a separate account, it simply logs me back into the original Apple ID, even though there is no 'secondary email' filled in. Eventually, the iCloud email appears again as the 'secondary' email, which is SO FRUSTRATING! I cant separate them as much as I've tried! Please help me!!

If I'm understanding you correctly, you created an iCloud account with an AppleID (like, [email protected]). Then, once you did that, you created an iCloud e-mail address - and you are trying to separate this part of your account into its own iCloud account. Sadly, this is not possible. That e-mail address is eternally linked up to your other AppleID. No need in creating a separate AppleID just to keep those separated, it would just overcomplicate things for you - especially if you've made iTunes Store purchases with the AppleID in question, as you can't transfer purchases or merge accounts. Hope this information helps. If not, let us all know.

HT204053 How do I combine multiple apple ids

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Mac OS 10.5.8 is now obsolete. So I'm planning to upgrade to Lion 10.7.x.
Since Lion does not support Eudora, I must switch to some other email client. After many hours of research I have decided to switch to Apple Mail.
Unfortunately, the two popular conversion applications (Emailchemy and Eudora Mailbox Cleaner) appear no longer in existence.
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My icloud and Apple ID aren't the same email address. My phone wont let me change my icloud email. I don't know the password to my icloud account, and every time I try to email myself the password, it doesn't go through.

My icloud and Apple ID aren't the same email address. My phone wont let me change my icloud email. I don't know the password to my icloud account, and every time I try to email myself the password, it doesn't go through.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Your Apple ID and iCloud email address don't need to be the same, you can't change an iCloud email address.
Also check your Mail rules and filtering, the verification mail may be going to a junk folder or even being deleted altogether. You may also wish to contact your mail provider to see if their spam filters are removing the email before it gets to you.

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