I am considering switching from google mail to iCloud and am curious about your opinions.

I know there will be a lot of accounts I would have to change my email in, but most of my important accounts already have email addresses from apples „hide my mail“ function, so I am willing to do that work. And for the rest an automatic email forwarding will do.

A few questions are already in my mind, maybe someone can answer them for me:

  • Will my 2TB iCloud be used for my emails? Or would I need an additional subscription?

  • Is it possible to migrate all my mails from gmail to iCloud without any third party tools?

  • And to everyone already using a iCloud email as primary mail account -> What are your experiences so far? Any problems?

  • ansik
    1•1 year ago

    I’ve been thinking about this for a while so I’ll ask, no kinks yet or anything one should know first?

    I’m worried it might mess with apples “hide my email” thing, did you have that setup before moving?

    • @cerevantEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      You retain your Apple email as well, so everything should just work. I only have one or two hide accounts, but I think it has been working for me.

      Only glitch I’ve seen is that I have a family plan, and it stopped working on my kid’s phone. Kicked them out and added them back and all was good.