Update on iCloud+ Custom Email Domain

I’ve been using my custom domain with iCloud email for a couple weeks. Truth be told I hardly notice any difference from when I used Gmail. That’s largely due to using Apple Mail app as my primary interface. I haven’t had any reliability issues and the only real difference I’ve noticed is the email size limit is 20MB as opposed to Gmail’s 25MB. The primary benefit I’ve seen is that calendar invites end up on my iCloud calendar, which is where I prefer them. ...

February 28, 2024 · 1 min · dschaaff

Migrating My Email From Google Workspace To iCloud+

I’m in the process of migrating my email from Google Workspace to iCloud+. I’ve been using Google Workspace (aka gsuite, aka whatever name Google switches to next week) for my email for a long time. For ages it was free and made perfect sense as a service. Those free accounts have gone away, and the service’s focus is clearly aimed at the enterprise and not individuals like me. The price per user is also about to increase on me, so this felt like a good time to try something else. I’m only really interested in hosting email for a few custom domains and have no needs for any features beyond that. Our family already uses iCloud for everything so I figured why not give it a try. ...

January 29, 2024 · 1 min · dschaaff