HT202213 How do I manage multiple Apple ID accounts to one computer?

My husband & I travel a lot and both have our own Itune accounts & apple ID's, Ipads & Iphones but share one MAC when we are home.
We no longer seem able to download all our various purchases to the one computer. Any idea how we bypass the message that keeps coming up?
Something to do with a 90 day restriction?

This is the confusing difference between "authorization" and "association". 
In order to play content on a computer, you need to "authorize" the AppleID used to buy the content.  This can be done for many AppleIDs on one computer.
However, in order to *redownload* content on a computer, including
  - redownloading previous purchases
  - autodownloading purchases made on another device
- running iTunes Match
you have to "associate" the computer to that AppleID, and this can only be done for one AppleID *per computer* (NOT per user account).  This user can only change every 90 days.
There is no workaround for this.  They'll reset the counter for a one time error (like when my son locked me out of Match by redownloading a TV show), but if you want content from more than one user, you'll have to copy it there by some other means.
Oh yeah, be sure to write Apple about what a stupid rule this is.

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