Hide My Email

Generate Apple Hide My Email addresses on macOS terminal and copy them to clipboard using the hme CLI tool.

Hide My Email CLI

Generate Apple iCloud+ "Hide My Email" addresses from the terminal. The generated address is automatically copied to your clipboard.

Usage

hme <label> [note]

• label (required): A name for the address (e.g. the service you're signing up for)
• note (optional): A description or reminder for the address

Examples

# Create an address labeled "Twitter"
hme "Twitter"

# Create an address with a note
hme "Shopping" "For online orders"

Output

On success, prints the masked email and copies the full address to clipboard:

✓ abc****@icloud.com (copied to clipboard)

On failure, prints an error message to stderr and exits non-zero.

Requirements

• macOS with an iCloud+ subscription
• System Settings accessibility permissions granted to your terminal app