Managing apps on 2 appleID accounts with 1 iTunes.

My gf and I both have an iphone 5. I have a laptop. She doesn't. Can someone explain to me the logic of downloading/syncing apps on our devices? I've noticed that I can download an app while logged into my account on itunes, and I can sync that app to her phone. It will sync apps to her phone regardless of which appleID i'm signed into in itunes,
This is because your siging into your account then your GF phone is then syning to that account. This will happen, yhou have the auto sync turned on. Just turn it off and it will then prevent her phone from syning to your account.
edit preference, click on the phone icon and then check do not allow auto syning of iphone ipad.
On your GF phone go to setting itunes, check the account it's signed into. If need sign out and sign in with the correct account.
So if we both synced all of those apps to all of our phones, are you saying that when it asks for an update, we will both end up having to enter her password and my password according to who was logged in in itunes when it downloaded.
Correct becasue they are in since linked, even thoug you have 2 different apple id's with the down loads. if you want to update the app that was downloaded with the different apple id you will then have to put in that password. For that account.
The best way to fix it, is to delet the app and download it from the itunes store from her phone, again make sure the account is sigined in on the phone under setting itunes.
This makes me think i should go back and delete all apps from her phone that I downloaded when logged in as me.
That is the best thing you can do as I stated.
These apps will always show up, you can try to delet them from the summary page in itunes, click on apps, but the most it will do is allow you to hide them. Its been awhile since I have messed with that.
One thing to also do is make sure to name your phone, setting general about.
Then when you do have the phone plugged in you will see it over in the left side uder devices. Also make sure who's apple id is signed in on itunes, on the computer.

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