Is it safe to use iCloud mail as login for AppleID? I created my apple account originally with gmail, but I’m slowly transitioning out of the google mail and am considering changing my Apple ID as well. But given that the mail is part of the account, is it safe to use it? Are there any guides how to best secure account while using icloud mail? Having a different mail as backup for recover? Something more?
If you have iCloud+, I highly recommend buying your own domain (depends on the exact domain, but a lot of TLDs are around the price of iCloud 50GB) and set up iCloud Mail to work on that custom domain (this is a feature included with iCloud+). That way you’re under control of your mail address should you ever want to switch away from iCloud, and don’t have to update your address anywhere ever again.
thanks all for the answers, I switched to @icloud for my AppleID. It indeed said that I won’t be able to switch the email back to other if I will do this, but if I will ever want to get rid of @icloud, I will probably as well will be getting rid of all the Apple services :D
I’m pretty sure I have read that after you transition your Apple ID to an iCloud login that you are stuck with that.
I have been considering moving as well because Gmail doesn’t work well with Apples mail app, but I’m not sure I want my Apple ID permanently stuck to iCloud.
Apple ain’t going nowhere
I switched mine from Gmail to my iCloud mail years ago. Absolutely no problems.