1 PC, 2 iTunes accounts (and phones).
We have 1 PC, 1 copy of iTunes (running on XP Pro), 2 iTunes accounts. Each phone has their separate user ID's and backup's. When I purchase music on my iTunes account I can load it onto my iPhone/iPod but not her iPhone. When she purchases music on her iTunes account, I can load it onto her iPhone as well as my iPhone/iPod. How is this possible?
Thanks!
RK
You can only use one account on your device. Contact the iTunes Store and see if they can do something about it, but the official version is:
I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to consolidate them into a single Apple ID?
At this time, Apple IDs cannot be consolidated.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/
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