[Fed-Talk] RE: I got a problem - But it's Friday
[Fed-Talk] RE: I got a problem - But it's Friday
- Subject: [Fed-Talk] RE: I got a problem - But it's Friday
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:36:32 -0500
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: I got a problem - But it's Friday
I wouldn't use mobileme for your apple id just in case you decide to cancel mobileme sometime in the future. As other services begin to offer what MobileMe offers you may decide you do not want to pay the $99 per year anymore...
I would recommend a gmail account, or even make your own domain name. I made my Apple ID my own email and domain name (email@hidden). I own the domain and I know the only way it will go away is if I die, in which case no more purchases will be made anyhow.
If google ever decides to remove gmail (like mac.com was superseded by me.com) you will be safe and not have to re-assign it again. I got feeling bobblankenship.com is probably available :) You could set it up to forward to your mobileme account so communication goes through mobile me, but if you ever change, you just change a forwarding rule as opposed to a whole ID.
If you are absolutely SET on using your mobileme account and want to use it for your apple ID, just log in to itunes and click "I forgot my password", use your mobile me account it says is already in use, and then when it sends the password reset link, just change the password to what you want (it will send it to your mobile me since it is already established)... obviously another person cannot have the same apple id, and you are the one who will get the confirmation in the email.
In essence you are taking your name back from whoever had it before... the side bonus would be you can go in to past purchases and maybe get a bunch of apps that were purchased in the past :)
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: fed-talk-bounces+michael.pike=email@hidden [mailto:fed-talk-bounces+michael.pike=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Blankenship, Bob J Mr CTR US USA IMCOM
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 3:33 PM
To: email@hidden
Subject: [Fed-Talk] I got a problem - But it's Friday
After next week I will not longer have a Comcast email address which is my Apple ID. I went to the Apple store to change my Apple ID to my Mobile Me address which I have had for about a year. It tells me that that address has already been used and to use a different address. --- Well yes that is my mobile Me email.
Spent 45 minutes on the phone with a Apple support rep and she was a waste of time. She told me to go get a G mail account and use that. I am paying for Mobile Me email and want to use it. Turns out that the Mobile Me address is also considered an Apple ID account. She told me your Apple ID did not have to be a email address so tried my user name (QTVRBOB) system said it was not a valid email address.
Anyone else run into this and have a solution? Would be great if I could merge the two accounts so all my purchases would show up under my Mobile Me account. Surely someone else has run into this before?
Thanks & MERRY CHRISTMAS
Bob Blankenship
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