The Apple ID account system is rigid and inflexible . Once you ’ve make an account with an Apple - controlled address at me.com or mac.com in the sure-enough days or icloud.com over the last several years , you ca n’t alter it . ( It ’s trivial to changeif you apply a third - party email name and address . )
What take place if you change your name through union , preference , or other reasons ? Or are tired of ( or embarrassed by ) an speech you might have named in your youth and require a more sedate incoming mail label ? Apple lets you create assumed name . ( I first wrote about this in 2019 , and the steps have commute with Apple ’s relaunch of iCloud.com last class . )
Instead of abandoning your Apple ID , you may add a Modern address and make some changes at iCloud.com and with your iPhone , iPad , Mac , and other email clients to depart using that fresh address . you could also receive and send email from multiple aliases , too .
You can pick a return address including aliases and variations in Mail for macOS.
iCloud.com login
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lumber in via Safari toicloud.com .
Mail login
Click the gridiron ikon in the upper - right corner and clickMail .
iCloud Mail Preferences
sink in the gear icon at the top of the left over - handwriting sidebar above the Mailboxes label and then choosePreferences .
iCloud Mail accounts
ClickAccounts .
Add Mail Alias
How to use an alias as your default address
Apple shows assumed name as if they only work as the account name plus@icloud.com . However , with my account – which see to the Pleistocene era , or at least the dotMac and MobileMe days — I was able to also use@mac.comand@me.comwith the same account name . you may see which ones act upon with your account in the next step ; each domain is shown as a freestanding popup choice for a default address .
To use this unexampled address as your nonremittal return :
This Mac 911 clause is in response to a question submitted by Macworld reader Whitney .
You can pick a return address including aliases and variations in Mail for macOS.
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You can pick a return address including aliases and variations in Mail for macOS.
