Should you get a separate iCloud account for each family member if you are sharing calendars and contacts?

My husband got his first iPhone. We are now an Apple Family. We share contacts and calendar with our phones and computers. Is one iCloud account ok or should he get his own account? If he gets his own account, would it conflict with mine?

3 accounts.
1 for your you
1 for your husband
1 for shared purchases (the original if it already has purchases, as purchased content is signed with the Apple ID that it was purchased with, so it cannot be transferred to a different account).
The individual account are for Messages, FaceTime, iCloud backup, bookmarks, etc...
Settings -> iCloud
Settings -> Mail (if you use your Apple ID for you mail)
Settings -> Messages
Settings -> FaceTime
Settings -> Game Center
The shared account is for purchases
Settings -> iTunes & App Store
Settings -> Music -> Home Sharing
Settings -> Video -> Home Sharing

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Any devices connected to the same icloud account can sync all the data on that account. For this reason an icloud account is really for a single user.
On a mac, if each user has their own account, then the itunes for that mac account should be set up to connect to that user's icloud account (System preferences>icloud).

Can you have two separate icloud accounts for two iphones that sync with the same imac?

can you have two separate icloud accounts for two iphones that sync with the same imac?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Yes and no.
There is no issues at all if you use two user accounts on the mac, each can sync with one of the accounts.
If you are using a single user account, you can add the second account as a secondary account in settings > mail, contacts and calendars and you can then sync mail, contacts, calendars, notes and reminders from the second account, but not documents and data, back to my mac or photostream.

HT204053 Do I need a separate icloud account for each email account?

Do I need a separate icloud account with each email address?

Hi Winston and thank you so much for helping me.
What I would like to do is this. I have 3 email accounts that are important and I use every day so here is where I got messed up in my thinking. I have to select which email to receive my messages. To answer I have to go to each account
as I do not want to share my email accounts names. Can I assign each aol account name to an apple Id and have the messages go to that account only?
Winston, I thank you so much.

Where on the Apple website do I go to get a separate iCloud account for my wife so we can keep our text messages separate?

Both wife and I now have Iphones. Were on the Apple website do I go to get her, her own icloud account/email etc. I want to keep the itunes apple ID the same sso we can share purchases, just dont need to see all her messages?

On her iPhone. Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendar>Add Account>iCloud>Get A Free Apple ID.
Use this ID for iCloud, iMessage, and FaceTime on her iPhone. Keep your ID in Settings>iTunes and App Stores on both iPhones.

HT204053 can you have two separate iCloud accounts on one iMac device?

can you have two separate iCloud accounts on one iMac device?

You can have only one iCloud "user configuration" per local user on the Mac. Who the local user belongs to doesn't mind. Since it's a local user it's not related with who actually uses it. So let's say you want to set up Photo streaming using your iCloud user, just configure iCloud (under System Preferences) the same way you did on your phone and you're done.
But, beware: if you're only interested in synching photos, uncheck everything else when configuring iCloud on the Mac, otherwise you will merge, for example, your husband contacts, calendar and mail with those on your phone.
If you want to avoid any problems you can easily create another local user on the Mac with your name, under System Preferences, System, Users & Groups. After you create the user, logoff. The Mac will ask if you want to disable autologin (since there's more than one user that can log in now), answer yes and you will be presented with a logon screen. Click on your account name, insert the password and configure iCloud to sync with your phone.

HT204053 shouldn't I get an icloud account for each apple device?

I have three ipad and 2 4th gen Itouch and 2 3rd Gen Itouch. Should I have an icloud account for each devices?

If you want to keep the synced contact separated created a different iCloud account on each device with a different Apple ID. If you create the same account on all three devices, your synced content such as contacts, calendars, etc. will be merged across all three devices.

HT5527 So do you need separate iCloud accounts for your iphone AND your laptop?

iCloud complimentary storage plans expire tomorrow. Do we need separate iCloud accounts for iphone and laptop?

I'm thinking you had a Mac/Me.com account like I did that got transferred to iCloud. We were kinda grandfathered in to 25gig storage while the basic iCloud account storage is 5. As far as I know that storage plan is the only thing that expires tomorrow. You'll just be reverted back to the basic 5gig storage.
As far as anything else you don't need to have a different iCloud account, remember only one iCloud account can be used for the full suite of services on your phone but you could use a different one for iTunes and App store purchases if you wanted to. My wife and I share one account for those purchses on all our devices and computers but I do also use a separate iCloud account as my main one on my phone to keep our emails, messages, etc. separate.

Need to have a separate iCloud account for daughter's iPod touch

I would like to manage all my iOS devices under one appleID, but with separate icloud accounts for my two daughters, each with their own iPod. How do I retain my Apple ID on daughter's iPod but have a separate iCloud address so that she doesn't receive my Messages, etc?
Thanks in advance.
CN

You'll have to have separate iCloud accounts to have separate email addresses. You can do this and still share the same iTunes account for purchasing. There is no requirement that they be the same ID.
To change the iCloud ID on each of your daughter's devices, go to Settings>iCloud and tap Delete Account. (This will only delete the account from this phone, not from iCloud. The phone that will be keeping the account will not be effected by this.) If she is syncing any data with your iCloud account, when prompted about what to do with the iCloud data be sure to select Keep On iPod. Next, set up a new iCloud account using a different Apple ID (if you don't have one, tap Get a Free Apple ID at the bottom). Then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account. If they have any of your data in their new accounts, go to icloud.com on your computer, sign into each of the accounts separately and delete it.
To prevent getting each other's text messages, use separate IDs for iMessage as well. If you are currently sharing the same ID for iMessage, on each of their devices go to Settings>Messages>Send & Receive, tap the ID, sign out, then sign back in with a separate ID.

We have 2 itouchs, we a separate itunes account for each one. We have one home computer to use them both on for syc and icloud, the icloud will not accept the 2 accounts?

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How do I get a new icloud account for my phone when it was setup with my wifes account?

How do I get a new icloud account for my phone when it was setup with my wifes account?

Go to Settings>iCloud and sign out. Any synced data, such as calendars and contacts, will be removed.
To get a new ID: go to http://appleid.apple.com and create a new ID - you will need a different non-Apple email address from any ID you already have.
Then go back to Settings>iCloud and sign in there, enabling any data types you want to sync in the list there. You will be asked to create a new @icloud.com address when enabling Mail.

Can I create a separate icloud account for my husband but still use the same itunes account? I want our contacts, photos and storage capacity to be separate but be able to share music and apps we purchase.

can I create a separate icloud account for my husband but still use the same itunes account? I want our contacts, photos and storage capacity to be separate but be able to share music and apps we purchase.

Welcome to the Apple community Pammy.
Yes, that's exactly what I'd suggest for the vast majority of users.

Separate iCloud accounts for iphones with same registration.

My wife and I each have iPhones. Both are registered to the same apple account. Can we have separate icloud accounts for Photo Stream, Contacts and possibly backup?

Hello terlen,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
Creating an iCloud account: Frequently Asked Questions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4436
Best of luck,
Mario

HT4436 how do i setup a new email address/account for another family member in icloud

how do i setup a new email address/account for another family member in icloud?

They will need to get their own Apple ID - go to http://appleid.apple.com to set up a new one. You will need a different non-Apple email address from any already in use.
Then they will need a separate user account on the Mac, or their own computer. You can then set up the account and add an @icloud.com email address in System Preferences>iCloud.
Although you could set up an alias address on your own account, I should advise against this - once created you cannot detach an alias from the account so they wouldn't be able to move it to their own account at a later date and their email would be inextricably linked with yours.

Should you get a separate iCloud account for each family member if you are sharing calendars and contacts?

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