HT204053 how do I set up a sub account in iCloud?

How do I set up a sub account in icloud?  We need three separate email addresses in this house but only have one Apple ID.  Since the apple ID is an email address, I'm sort of in a catch 22.  I can't set up individual icloud accounts because I don't have other apple ID's.  I can't get other apple ID's because you have to use one to get an icloud account... Very confusing.  Our main email address transfered seamlessly to icloud and we love it but we want to ditch our Advertisement ridden verizon email and have a separate email for my husbands business contacts and my business contacts.  Everyone says we can just sign up for other icloud accounts but... well... the whole catch 22 thing.  Someone please help, I feel like I'm chasing my tail here.

Welcome to the Apple community.
You cannot set up subaccounts, as you couldwith the family pack for MobileMe. I'm not sure why you can't create separate Apple IDs and hence iCloud accounts, it isn't good practice to share and iCloud account between different people. All you need to do, is each create your own iCloud account, choosing your old email address when you do so.

Similar Messages

  • How do I set up a sub account for a child who now has an iPod touch

    I have an iPad and and iPod touch 3rd gen. I have just bought my so a 4th gen iPod touch.  How do I set up a secure yet additional sub account for him?
    I need to be able to see what he is doi g as he is young and he cannot spend any money on the account himself.
    J

    Hello,
    Your Internet/email service provider should be able to tell you exactly what to enter. You may also want to take a look at the following web page:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1277
    Good luck!
    Jan

  • How do I set up an emai account on I-Cloud

    How can I set up an email account on iCloud??

    Not sure what you mean.
    Do you want to create a new email account through the apple icloud system?
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4436
    Or do you want to use a older, already used, email address and have it linked somehow to icloud? Not sure you can do that as I've never bought into the whole icloud system. I do use google Gmail.

  • How do i set up three phones on one icloud account?

    How do I set up three iphones on one icloud account? I do not want the contacts, data mixed

    It's a bad idea if these phones belong to different people.... all of your information will be merged and everyone will have everyone's contacts and whatever else you are pushing to icloud.
    However, all you need to do is go to settings>icloud and sign into the same account on all 3 phones.

  • How do I set up a seperate account for my wife?

    We finally purchased a nice new iPhone for my wife. But she would like her own iTunes account. How do I set up a seperate account for her? She has her own laptop, with an iTunes account on it that I was using. Should I just un-install that iTunes package and have her download a new version? I'd rather have two versions so I don't lose the music on that old iTunes account. It's not huge, but would be a PITA.

    Apple ID
    Go to iTunes > Store > Sign Out (your apple id) and sign your wife apple id in.

  • How do I set up a googlemail account on my mac? Note not a gmail account, but a googlemail account.

    how do I set up a googlemail account on my mac? It seems to recognise gmail accounts but not googlemail accounts. I have a googlemail account not a gmail account and I don't know how to set this up. A gmail account is very straight forward. Help please

    if it keeps asking for the password again just write "0000", add the controller to your favorites, close bluetooth before asked for a password again, and the open bluetooth again

  • How can I set up 2 email accounts in Mail

    It's me again.
    I'm trying to set up Mail 2.1.3. in 10.4.11. I have 2 email accounts. I can enter one just fine but it won't take another. When I try, it says that I "already have a POP account". How do I set up 2 email accounts? I see where I can enter the 2 email addresses by separating them by a comma. But the 2 addresses have different passwords and the password box takes only one password at a time. Any ideas?

    It's hard for me to tell by what has been written so far, but it may be referring to what you are entering for the account description. That is, in Mail Prefs > Accounts > Acct Info, for each account it has several entries: Acct Type (that you can't change), Description, email address, full name. If the first account's description is POP, then make the second account's description POP2. I use terms like, "home", "work", and "school" for my accounts' descriptions.
    If this is not what is going on, please write down every step you do, and every entry you make, as you try to configure your second email account and post it back here. Naturally, do NOT disclose your actual email address(es) or mail account login name or its password to us here.

  • I have an iTunes account with my own music library.  My wife wants to have her own music library.  Is there a way of setting up a sub account for her, or do I have to set of husband playlists and a separate set of wife playlists?

    I have an iTunes account with my own music library.  My wife wants to have her own music library.  Is there a way to set up a sub account for her, or do I have to set up a set of husband playlists and a set of wife playlists?

    Sorry, but that's not possible.
    You can share iTunes libraries on a network >  iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer

  • How do you set up separate facetime accounts under one apple id

    how do you set up separate facetime accounts under one apple id

    This is possible, but I haven't found any official Apple topics about it, so I will share a nice web article about it on a Mac fan website:
    http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l
    Hope this helped!

  • HT5620 How can I set up two separate accounts on one iPad?

    How can I set up two separate accounts on one shared iPad?

    The iPad is meant to be a single user device.
    It is possible to use multiple ID's on an iOS device, but when you switch ID's and download content with another ID, you associate the device with that ID for 90 days and lock yourself out of the other ID for that 90 day period.
    So while it is possible, it's not advisable.

  • How can i set up multiple user accounts for my new ipad mini?

    How can i set up multiple user accounts for my new ipad mini?

    The iPad mini is basically a one user device. There are no Accounts. You can set up restrictions so that only you can do certain things.

  • My wife and I have been using the same iTunes account, but would like to have separate apps on our phones.  How can I set up a separate account for her?

    My wife and I have been using the same iTunes account for both our iPhones, but she wants separate apps from mine.  How can I set up a second account in her name, delete the apps on her phone and start from scratch with just the apps she wants on her phone?

    If you have the old phone, connect it to iTunes, right click on the device, and choose transfer purchases.  If you no longer have the old phone, I don't believe there is a way to recover them, as they were on your original device.

  • How do i set up a itunes account without a credit card

    how do i set up a itunes account without a credit card?  I'm in Canada and it does not give me the "none" option.

    Do they sell itunes (gift) cards in Canada? If so,buy one amd redeem.

  • How do I set up an administrator account so my daughter who is under 13 , so she can access itunes herself. Main access will be via itunes vouchers . I don't want to create credit card access.

    how do I set up an administrator account so my daughter who is under 13 ,
    can access itunes herself. Main access will be via itunes vouchers . I don't want to create credit card access.

    There is no such account. The iPod is really a one-user device
    Create a NEW account/ID for her using these instructions. Make sure you follow the instructions. Many do not and if you do not you will not get the None option. You must use an email address that you have not used with Apple before.
      Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card
    You can then redeem a gift card(s) into the account

  • How do you set up an iTunes account in two countries

    I have an address that I use in two different counties. How do I set up two iTunes accounts; one for each country.

    iTunes accounts are not designed to be used in multiple countries.  It affects a few people but probably makes it simpler for Apple given the complexities of international copyright.
    You would have to set up a separate account for each country with a different AppleID.  Each account would have to have separate credit card information for a CC issued in that country, with a physical address in each country.  If you do this, remember that items purchased under one AppleID are not transferable to another.  Then too you will have issues with authorizing your computer for  downloads (a 90 day wait period for changing authorizations).  There's a host of issues with having purchases scattered between multiple accounts.
    You can change country for a particular account, again once every 90 days if I recall correctly.  However, that has its own set of issues which people have encountered when trying to do something such as update an app that is only available in the other country.
    You could likely make it work 90% but it won't be simple.
    Technically you are not supposed to use an account while out of the country. People seem to get away with it but Apple can do things to stop you.  E.g., "The iTunes Service is available to you only in the United States, its territories, and possessions. You agree not to use or attempt to use the iTunes Service from outside these locations. Apple may use technologies to verify your compliance." - http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#SERVICE

Maybe you are looking for