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[–] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I literally switched my Apple ID from my gmail email address to my Apple @me.com email address today

[–] paulhulford@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@lackthought how did the switch go? Any friction or speed bumps?

[–] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it was smooth for me, I went to this address:

https://appleid.apple.com/account/manage

  • Signed in with my existing gmail Apple ID
  • clicked the Apple ID link to change my address
  • entered my @me.com address
  • grabbed the verification code from my email

and that was pretty much it, now I can sign in with my @me address for Apple ID

I didn't even need to log out on any of my devices, they display the @me address in the settings as my Apple ID instead of the gmail address

[–] paulhulford@mastodon.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@lackthought, that sounds straight forward and easy. You ditching Google completely or just changing login?

[–] lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

trying to ditch google entirely

I already changed about a dozen services from my gmail address to my @me address, but I have a ton more I need to track down

I also set gmail to forward all emails to my @me address so I can monitor stragglers since I anticipate I will be getting emails to gmail for a while still