HT204053 My children both have ipad minis - I want to be able to purchase them items using my applie id but I want them to have their own apple id for imessage etc...is this possible?

My children both have ipad minis - I want to be able to purchase them items using my applie id but I want them to have their own apple id for imessage etc...is this possible?

Your Apple ID can be associated with up to 10 devices, including iOS devices, computers and Apple TV(s). If you will still be within this limit, you can continue to share the ID across all your devices. A caution about sharing your iCloud account, however: when you share an account any data you sync with the account is merged and the merged data appears on all devices sharing the account. You may, for example, end up with each other's contacts and calendar events on your devices if you do this.
It's usually recommended that you share your iTunes account, but maintain separate iCloud accounts, as well as use different IDs for iMessage and FaceTime (to avoid getting each other's text messages and FaceTime calls). Note: the ID you use for iTunes purchasing does not need to be the same as the ID you use for other services such as iCloud, iMessage or FaceTime. This article may be of interest in this regard: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/.

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We have multiple devices in our family. On each iPad/iPhone each user has their own apple id for iMessage, Facetime and icloud, but we all sign in to the same apple id for itunes. When one of my kids comments on my shared photostream, it shows my name??

We have multiple devices in our family. On each iPad/iPhone each user has their own apple id for iMessage, Facetime and icloud, but we all sign in to the same apple id for itunes. When one of my kids comments on my shared photostream, it shows my name and not theirs as the commenter. How do I fix that?

CREATE A NEW USER
Go to System Preferences --> Create a New User in Users & Groups
Decide on whether to setup as Admin or Standard User.
Switch to the New User by logging out under the Apple in the Menu Bar or use Fast User Switching
Fast User Switching allows other users to leave current applications and windows open. Depending on RAM, you might need to log out rather than use FUS.

HT204053 should each member of the family have their own apple id for maximum icloud storage?

Should each member of the family have their own apple id for maximum icloud storage?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
It would give you more storage, but more importantly it will stop all your personal data getting mixed up.

HT5622 I had an iPhone 4S, I recently upgraded to a 5s and have been using it since early December. I kept my same Apple ID . I gave my 4s away, the person set up their own Apple ID for the 4s however now I can't use my Apple ID in my 5s. Any help please

I had an iPhone 4S, I recently upgraded to a 5s and have been using it since early December. I kept my same Apple ID . I gave my 4s away, the person set up their own Apple ID for the 4s however now I can't use my Apple ID in my 5s. Any help please

There could be many causes. What happens when you try to use it. also try adding it again.

1 catalogue managed on 2 Computers, looking at their own drive of Original Photos. Is this Possible? Thx

My LR4 catalogue is installed on my Desktop (Mac) with 11k Photos stored on an external drive (A) which is backed up hourly by time machine on a 2nd external drive (B). However I have now invested in a MacBook Pro to allow me to edit and keyword etc photos on the go. The photos will always be imported to the Desktop External (A) and this computer would continue to be the master because of the time machine backups and option to make a second copy, however most of my photo editing and key wording would be done on the laptop.
After extensive research online I concluded that my best approach would be to have a single catalogue (LRCAT file) that is backed up to my dropbox account so that both computers access the same modifications file. But how do I store the original photos? My ideal would be to have a 3rd portable drive (C) for the macbook that has all the same photos on as the desktop external drive (A) and is synchronised with the desktop external (A) to reflect all of the deletions made while doing the library management on the MacBook.
In summary, 2 computers, each with it's own external drive of originals, kept in sync, and managed by the LRCAT file stored in dropbox. Is this possible?
To anticipate your question, I don’t want to have a shared folder of original photos because the huge external desktop drive would be impossible to take on the road for use with the laptop, and actually is incompatible with the laptop as it is Firewire 800. And I don’t want to scrap it to make a portable drive the master external drive from performance, practicality and cost reasons. Not to mention that (inspite of the best will in the world) it would almost permanently be connected to the laptop and therefore the time machine back ups running on the desktop would rarely get to back up my precious photos. Having 2 identical drives of originals managed via to the workflow described above, would force hourly backups of all photos with Time Machine (since all new photos from the camera are imported to Desktop Drive (A)), and then necessity would require me to sync laptop drive (C) with (A) in order to be able to work on organising and editing the new images.
So…Can I have each computer looking to a different source of photos, if the photos are stored in the same hierarchy etc, but managed by 1 catalogue file?

THe long answer is no.
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I want to update from 10.4.11 to at least 10.5 but am worried I will lose all the files/apps/iPhoto's etc. will this happen?

I need to update my iTunes in order to use Apple TV and so that i can use icloud with my MacBook(I have an iPad and iPhone)
I have worked out in order to do this I need at least to have 10.5. I want to check that I won't lose all the apps, files, photos etc. on my computer if I upgrade to this? Do i need to clear everything before i install10.5?
I have read that if I jump to 10.6 rather than 10.5 I will lose everything on computer. Is this true?

Before you do anything make a cloned backup of your system on an external, erased HDD:
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the Destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the Destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination
entry field.
5. Select the Source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
6. Check the box, if present, to first Erase the Destination drive.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
You may then do an Erase and Install of Snow Leopard before moving to anything later.
Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Complete the Snow Leopard installation.
You can purchase Snow Leopard by contacting Customer Service: Contacting Apple for support and service - this includes international calling numbers. The price is $19.99 plus tax. You will receive physical media - DVD - by mail.
After you install Snow Leopard you will have to download and install the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1 to update Snow Leopard to 10.6.8 and give you access to the App Store.
Snow Leopard General requirements
1. Mac computer with an Intel processor
2. 1GB of memory
3. 5GB of available disk space
4. DVD drive for installation
5. Some features require a compatible Internet service provider; fees may apply.
6. Some features require Apple’s MobileMe service; fees and terms apply.

HT3529 i (the parent) wants to keep my apple id for my stuff but have my sons have their own apple ids for their ipod touch's. how do i do that?

does anyone have a good way to do this?

I have the same question. My son and daughter both received iPod Touch devices. I did not want to create a new Apple Id for each of them, I want to manage any application aquisitions and do not to have repurchase numerous apps I bought over last year on my iPhone for the kids to play with. Bottom line, is it impossible for for my kids to have these devices with the same Apple ID as my iPhone/iTunes account?

My husband has an Ipad that his company bought him that has their own apple ID for him, however, we have purchased a lot of music on our personal Apple ID. Is there a way to put OUR personal music on his work Ipad?

My husband has a work Ipad with a different Apple ID. Is there a way to load our personal music onto his Ipad with our Apple ID? We don't want to have to repurcahse music just for his Ipad. When we put it into our computer is asks us to switch the Apple ID, but we don't want to mess anything up for his work.

iPads are meant to be single user devices, with single ID's. The only way I can think of is if you burned cd's of your music, then ripped them on the work computer that he syncs with and get them on the device from there (I'm guessing this will work, I don't purchase music do I don't know if the DRM travels when you burn cd's or not).
You can't run 2 different apple ID's on the same iPad.

HT204053 How do you change apple id for icloud if phone is already set up. Need to give each phone in my account their own apple id for icloud so that we dont receive each others messages but can still all use same id for purchases.

How do you change apple id for icloud if phone is already set up. Need to give each phone in my account their own apple id for icloud so that we dont receive each others messages but can still all use same id for purchases.

Settings-icloud-scroll to the bottom, select delete, if you want to keep the content select keep, otherwise it'll remove it. Then once it is done add the account information for the account you want on that phone. Your apple ID in settings-store will remain the same and each device can still purchase/use content from that account.

Face time was working very good but suddenly I can't make any call ! I have iPad mini

face time was working very good but suddenly befor 3 days I can't make or receiv any call. I have iPad mini iOS 8.1.3

Hi Sunlightbm,
Sorry to hear that you cannot make any FaceTime calls. If you have not done so already, take a look at the article below to go over some general troubleshooting to get it back up and working again. Check the settings on your iPad for things like Date & Time is set correctly to making sure your connection to the internet is good.
If you can't make or receive FaceTime calls
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS3367
Take it easy,
-Norm G.

HT5622 What if I have children who have their own apple products but I want them on the same apple ID as me and we want to use imessage?

We have a few iphones and one apple ID. We only want to use the one apple ID as they are children and I want to have control. How can we imessage between us and different phones without everyone getting the imessages on each device?

Settings>Messages>Send & Receive...you can adjust here. There is no other setting to adjust.
What you want to do is really not the best approach. Everyone can continue to use the same Apple ID for iTunes content, but for everything else...FaceTime, iMessage, & iCloud, everyone really needs their own Apple Id for things to function properly & as designed.

IPad is now severely messed up after connecting iPod to its iCloud account, and after switching to that same Apple ID for iMessage/FaceTime

So, it all started with iMessage. FaceTime had similar log in symptoms as well, but I don't really use FaceTime. The best way I can describe it is with this... Paragraph I sent to my friend, describing my dilemma.
iMessage and everything was PERFECT for about a day, then it stopped working suddenly on my iPad. Then it wouldn't work on both. Then I could sign in on my iPod but not my iPad. Then finally I could log in to both. But it deleted the old send and receive email I was using, so everyone I texted would see an email rather than my name. It WOULD NOT let me add the email again, it would refuse to send a verification email to allow it to work, and would finally just say "error". Now it suddenly stopped working on my iPad and it hasn't worked at all for almost 2 days now. Oh and I only receive notifications for VZ Messages on my iPod, not my iPad. All the settings are perfectly in order on my iPad as well, so I have no clue what to do.
Instagram notifications also have appeared to behave as the VZ Messages notifications have. Any ideas? These are all of my top-used apps, and all of their noticatioms are left broken on my iPad after I added my iPod to my iCloud account, and started using my own Apple ID for iMessage and FaceTime.
DO NOT BOTHER GIVING ME THESE LINKS, AS THEY ARE NOT EVEN DESCRIBING THE SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING.
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
iOS: FaceTime or iMessage is "Unable to verify email because it is in use"
If you didn't receive your Apple ID verification or reset email

Have a look here...
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

HT204053 Can I use one Apple ID for iMessage/Facetime that is not the same as my iCloud ID?

I have one Apple ID for iCloud that is used on multiple devices. Each user has their own Apple ID for Store purchases. Can I use my Apple ID that is NOT my iCloud ID as a way to get my iMessages/FaceTime on multiple devices?

To clarify, we share an iPad (original iOS 5.1.1).
When I use it, I would like to use my individual AppleID that I use for store purchases so I get MY iMessages on both my phone and the iPad.
It seems to work when I use the iCloud Apple ID (meaning iMessages come through on both units) but when I try to set them both up using my store Apple ID, it doesn't work.
Help?!?!

HT3965 I bought my children ipad minis and they signed up using my apple id...I have created their own apple id now how do I switch their devices from my id to theirs so all of my contacts, pictures, and etc are gone from their devices

I bought my children ipad mini's...I signed them up using my apple id not realizing all of my calander, pictures, contacts and etc would show up on thier devices. I now want to switch them to their own apple id (which I have now created) but it won't let me erase my apple id on the device to change it...How can I change the apple id on the device?

Create a new IDs for them:
On the iPod go to
- Settings>Messages>Send and receive and sign out your ID and sign into their ID. Make sure that only their ID email address is listed.
- Settings>FaceTime sign out of your ID and sign into theirs. Make sure that under You can be reached at only their ID email address is listed
- Settings>iCloud and sign out and sign in with theirs
- Settings>iTunes and App Store and sign out your ID and sign into theirs.
- Apps are locked to the account that purchased them.
- To update apps you have to sign into the account that purchased the apps. If you have apps that need updating purchased from more than one account you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased from one account.

I have an IPad mini WiFi (not cellular) and an IPhone 5. I use the bluetooth connection between both devices when on the road. I downloaded a navigation system on my IPad using GPS positioning. Is Bluetooth OK to use GPS positioning on the IPad?

Hi
I have an IPad mini WiFi (not cellular) and an IPhone 5. I use the bluetooth connection between both devices when on the road. I downloaded a navigation system on my IPad using GPS positioning. Is the Bluetooth connection working to use GPS positioning on the IPad using IPhone 5 as the hotspot?
Thanks for your input
Felix013

try a RESET ALL SETTINGS

HT204053 My children both have ipad minis - I want to be able to purchase them items using my applie id but I want them to have their own apple id for imessage etc...is this possible?

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