Can my husband and I share purchases on itunes, even if we have different apple ID's? Can we sync each other's devices to our itunes account?

Can my husband and I share purchases on itunes, even if we have different Apple ID's? Can we sync each other's devices to our itunes accounts? Before we had it so that, he had the itunes account and synced my iphone to it as a named device, but the problem was, when I used to send imessages, it looked like it was from my husband and not me!

You can set up Messages and Facetime separate from your husband and still use the same iTunes to sync things like music, movies, Apps, etc.
To do this though, you need to get your own Apple ID. You then use your Apple ID to set up Messages and Facetime under your account. This way your Messages and Facetime calls will come from your account and your husbands from his.
And you will still be able to sync the devises on the same iTunes account.

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HT3819 can my husband and I share purchased content on our iPads, like movies?

Can my husband and I share purchased content on our iPads, like movies? I wouldn't want to buy them twice.

Yes. You can sync as many idevices as you like to one library.

HT202213 Can I share music with my wife if we have different Apple IDs

Can I share music with my wife if we have different Apple IDs

You can set up Messages and Facetime separate from your husband and still use the same iTunes to sync things like music, movies, Apps, etc.
To do this though, you need to get your own Apple ID. You then use your Apple ID to set up Messages and Facetime under your account. This way your Messages and Facetime calls will come from your account and your husbands from his.
And you will still be able to sync the devises on the same iTunes account.

HT204053 Can my husband and I share an apple ID if we have 2 separate iPhones? What would be the cons to this?

We have an iMac, an iPad that my husband and I share but 2 separate iPhones. Can we share our apple id so we share the same cloud?

You can, but for most people, the best solution is to share an ID for purchasing from the iTunes and App stores, but keep separate IDs for iCloud, iMessage and Facetime.
If you share the same ID for iCloud, you will be sharing the same iCloud account. When you do this, any data you sync with the account is merged and appears on both phones. You will, for example, end up with each other's contacts on your phone. You will also be sharing the same 5GB of free storage space that comes with each account vs. each having your own 5GB of storage. You can still share your iCloud calendars if you want (http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mm6b1a9479), and while you won't be sharing the same photo stream, you can still share photos with each other using shared photo streams (http://help.apple.com/icloud/#mmc0cd7e99).
If you use the same ID on both phones for iMessage and FaceTime, you'll end up getting each other's text messages and FaceTime calls.
This article may be of interest: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/.

How can my wife and I add photo to the same photo stream with different apple ID's?

My Wife and I are having baby and we would like to both be able to add photos to her shared "baby" photostream. We have different apple ID's. Is this possible and how can we do it?
Thanks!

No, you would have to share the same apple id. FAQ photostream http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486
You could do this have your wife import the pics to the computer http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083 , then you can sync those pics to your phone using itunes.
Or use dropbox, there should be an app.

My iphone and ipad have different apple id's - can I sync the contacts from my phone to ipad?

my iphone (business) and ipad (personal) have different apple id's.
Can I get the contacts from my phone onto my ipad?

When you try to update the app, is the Apple ID that comes up the same as the Apple ID in Settings>iTunes & App Store?
Have you tried any troubleshooting steps? e.g. log in on another device, reset password etc.

HT3819 Can my husband and I share our itunes music....if we have different sign in names?

Id like to access my husbands music on his itunes account. Is there a way to do that? Will homesharing work?

Yes:
Understanding Home Sharing
Troubleshooting Home Sharing

My husband and I share the same computer at home with different email address and apple IDs . My question is can I download music from my itune page to his Iphone?

Can I Share the itune music that I purchase with my husband even if we have different Apple ID passwords?

No, you cannot have the same primary email address used for two separate Apple IDs.
However, you can sign into the same email address on your separate devices for the purposes of receiving mail. Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts & Calendars > Add Account.
Apple IDs are for using Apple services, like the App Store, iTunes, etc.
Email addresses (while used as the NAME of an Apple ID), are separate entities.

HT5621 can my wife and I share iBooks using one of our apple accounts?

My wife and I each have an iPad and an iPhone. She has a Macbook Air I have a Macbook Pro wth retina display. I also have an iPad mini retina.
Is there a way we can share books bought through iBooks even though we have different Apple accounts? I have Mavericks and she is going to update to it on our Macs.
M Duncan

LeeDribin wrote:
How can my wife and I share iBooks on each of our iPads?
Not sure this helps in your case, but worth a look perhaps:
http://www.mcelhearn.com/os-x-10-9-mavericks-sharing-your-ibooks-library/

My husband and I share an ITunes account. He gets my apps and I get his. How can this be separated. I am also getting his contacts. My Icloud is turned off!

My husband and I share an I tunes account.
This was never a problem until I Cloud was born.
I have turned off the Icloud on my I phone4 all together.
He has Iphone 4S and is getting all the apps I purchase and I am getting his contacts.
How can this be solved. If I get my own Itunes account do I have to purchase my apps again?
Help!

If you use another iTunes ID you can keep your apps, but you need to do some settings first.
Read the hlep infos.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
I have purchased music, apps, or books with multiple Apple IDs. How can I get all of this content onto my iOS device? 
First, you need to copy all of your purchased content so it is on the same Mac or PC with iTunes. This computer should be the one you sync your device with. For more information on how to move your content, see these articles:
Mac: iTunes for Mac: How to copy purchases between computers
PC: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between computers
Next, authorize your computer to play content with each Apple ID in iTunes. Once your computer is authorized for all your content, it can be synced to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
And about the iCloud, I'm not very sure about that. I think maybe you don't need to turn off all of the iCloud settings, just the items you don't want to sync with your husband. For the apps, you can cancel 'automatically download purchased items' in the settings on iOS devices.
May these informations will help you.
JHinSel

HT1495 My husband and I share an i cloud account but each have our own separate ipads. We were told this would work, but now I can't find a book that I've downloaded on my ipad anymore. Where would I find it?

My husband and I share an i cloud account but each have our own separate ipads. We were told this would work, but now I can't find a book that I've downloaded on my ipad anymore. Where would I find it?

You and your husband can share a store account and still have seperate iCloud accounts for your contacts, bookmarks and stuff like that. Click here for instructions to make an apple account without entering a credit card. Make sure you use a different email address for each apple account.
Set up your iPhone/iPad whatever using the new account for iCloud. Then go into settings/store and sign in with your purchasing account, you may need to sign out of the other account. To the best of my knowledge, your household is allowed to share purchased legally, someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Once you each have your own devices set to your own accounts you can set them to backup to that account and it will keep all your contacts seperate.

My husband and I share an email address. He now wishes to have an itunes ie Apple account, but it won't let him as there is already an account with that email address- yes, of course, it's ME. How can we resolve this?

My husband and I share an email address. he now has a new phone which requires a link with itunes; he'd also like an itunes account. However, when he tries to set up an account, he repeatedly gets told the user name - ie our email address, is already taken. And then his attempt fails. SO surely two people with the same email address can have seperate apple accounts?

FaceTime, Game Center, Messages: Troubleshooting sign in issues
If still problem contact iTunes
Apple - Support - iTunes - Contact Us

My husband and I share a new PC. We have different music tastes and each have an iphone. How can we both use our one computer and one itunes program with separate music libraries and separate iphones?

My husband and I share a new PC. We have different music tastes and each have an iphone. How can we both use our one computer and one itunes program with separate music libraries and separate iphones?

Each device only syncs waht you select.
Select only what you want for each phone.

My husband and i share a macbook. we each have our own log-in and we each have our own itunes account. how can we share our libraries?

My husband and I share a macbook. We each have our own log-in and we each have our own itunes account. How can we use home sharing?

First, you need to understand that there's a difference between "syncing" and "backup". Backup is the saving of content and settings, where syncing is the bidirectional transfer of content for an account to a web-based server (like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, etc.)
If you see your calendar in your iCloud account, that implies that you have set up your iCloud account to host (sync) your calendar, and perhaps contacts, email, and notes. An iCloud account can only sync one user's information at a time so it is intended to support a single user. You can have more than one iCloud account, and you can even have more than one iCloud account on the same device (but one has to be primary, and the secondary iCloud has limited capabilities), but a single iCloud account only supports a single user's content.
Backup is the saving of your device's content and settings to use in case you need to recover these things, but you can't see the contents of your backup (just the size and device name). You can backup more than one device to iCloud and you can backup to iCloud or you can backup to your computer, or both (one at a time though, you have to choose).
So, if your wife has her own email and calendar she can certainly do that in parallel to whatever account(s) you have for email and calendar. But if you have only one iCloud account then only one of you can use it for email, calendar, etc. But the backup of these accounts is really just a backup of the device's settings that link the device to these accounts. For example, if she uses Gmail then the backup of the iPad only backs up the fact that your iPad is set up to use her account, it does not backup the account itself (the content of her account is saved and preserved on Google's servers, not your device's backup).
Does that make better sense?

My husband and I share an Apple id but would like to have our own. How can we do this?

My husband and I share an Apple id but would like to have our own. How can we do this?

You can read how to create Apple IDs here: Set up an Apple ID in iTunes - Apple Support

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