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bobolicious said:

Apple seems to have eliminated the ability to download the 10.12.6 Sierra installer in the App store as a previously 'Purchased' option, so unless one made a backup, or uses the repair disk option, fresh installs are forced onto a 10.13.0 macOS...

Has Apple crossed both draconian and practical lines here?

Sierra is still there, it's just hidden. Here's the App Store link.

deadwing85 said:

Any idea why an iCloud.com email address can't be used as an Apple ID? I ditched my long time internet providers' email and now I'm stuck with an old yahoo email as my Apple ID.

They can be used, however once you open an iCloud account it is already an AppleID on it's own, therefore you can't use it for another AppleID because technically it's already in use. This is why I have a separate email address for iCloud and another one for purchases etc. (created before iCloud existed).

tdeprenda said:

For some reason, when your original Apple ID is a .mac or .me address, you can't change your Apple ID or email. I clicked the edit button as suggested but I can't change my email. I would love to get rid of the .mac and .me addresses and just use the .icloud address but it won't allow me too. Any suggestions?

You shouldn't need to. If you want @icloud.com instead then just use it. @icloud, @mac and @me are interchangeable. My email address is @me.com which I prefer because its shorter, but using @icloud.com or someone emailing me with that will still work the same. This only applies to those who used to be with iTools and MobileMe.