Account for kids

I want to download music onto a Ipod Nano for my son. should I start a new apple ID for him or can I downloaded selected music from my itunes list for his I POD Nano? I just want to have parental control over his account.

Hello, Ryan008.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you want to setup an Apple ID for your son. Here is the best article the will address your question.
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201084
Cheers,
Jason H.

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ITunes Match family account and separate store accounts for kids

Hi there,
I've googled a lot and also read through this support forum, but I'm still not sure whether I can use iTunes Match with my setup or not. My setup is like this:
1) I do have one iTunes account for most of my music ans app puchases
2) My kids are using my iTunes account but they also have their own accounts for their purchases.
3) All those accounts are synced with one iTunes instance on a Mac (thus, if kid A purchases a song kid B is also able to sync the song to its iPod)
All devices are authorized for all accounts, but I want to keep separate accounts for my kids, so I can control their iTunes budget (they only have gift cards, no credit card is associated with their account)
So, as far as I've understood if I enable iTunes Match on my Mac, _all_ songs will be transferred to iCloud - no matter if I have purchased them or my kids. Fine for my iPhone, since the iTunes Match account and my iTunes Store account will be the same and I'm authorized for my kids songs.
But what do I have to expect on my kids iPods?
- Do I have a chance to use the family account for iTunes Match and the kids account for puchases?
- If so, what happens if a song is bought on the iPod with the kids account - does it get matched on iTunes Match with the family account?
- What about apps? I guess this no subject here, since I'm able to specify a different apps store account anyway - right?
Thanks in advance,
Ralph

You're not going to be able to keep the same setup if you want to use iTunes Match across all your iDevices. iTunes Match is associated with one iTunes Store account ID, and since iDevices can only be signed into one iTunes store account ID at a time (and can only switch iDs every 90 days), to be able to use iTM all iDevices will have to be signed into the same iTunes Store account ID that was originally used to purchase iTM. There's really no way around this.

Accounts for kids and other ramblings

I was trying to create limited accounts for my 3 kids who all just got iPhones. After much searching, it seemed that the only way to do this was by making an allowance account. So, I went through the process of setting up an allowance for one of them using their iCloud ID (@me.com) and was told that they are not set up for iTunes store. So, I tried logging them into iTunes and was told that I had to put a credit card on their account. Wait a second!!!! The whole point of this was to avoid having my credit card on their accounts. Just trying to get something working, I added my credit card and we were up and running. I then added the allowance to their account. At this point, iTunes let me remove the credit card info from their account. I did this for 2 of the kids without an issue. When I got to my daughter, she already had an iTunes account with a credit card associated to it. My intention was to switch her over to the allowance account and remove the credit card. I went through the process and it told me that I needed to call Apple support in order to complete the process. What the heck Apple?
Additionally, I switched my credit card number to a different card before doing any of this. The allowances however were charged to the card that was previously on file, not the new one that I entered because I wanted the new card to be used!
All in all, it has been a miserable process. I definitely think that Apple should put into place a technique of creating child accounts based off of the Parent's account such that the Parent can control the child's spending directly from their account within iTunes or via. an app on their iPhone, iPad, ...
If I'm missing something, please fill me in on what I need to do or where I went wrong. I don't want them to use my iTunes ID directly since I don't want them to automatically download my content, we don't listen to the same music and want that to be separate, and I certainly don't want all of the apps that they buy automatically appearing on my iPhone and iPad (yet I still want to use this feature for my own content).
Thanks!

Excellent ideas and can't understand why it is so difficult or wasn't implemented and thought out. Makes sense.
Ask Siri and see what she has to say! who knows, maybe they use questions to Siri to see what customer's want to know.
In the meantime, if you can, use iTunes Feedback. http://www.apple.com/feedback/

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I'm afraid that aliases remain tied forever to the account which created them - you can't move them to another account nor turn them into an actual account.

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If not, it's not much hassle to setup the e-mail and only give em the password to the itunes account and not the mail address.

This is most unlikely, since if any charges go void apple will most likely be responsible for this and will have to pay out around $10 for every dollar charged (and not paid off) and you must be of age 13 to sign up for an apple ID. Hope I helped.

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Should they have their own accounts so there's no worry about using my credit card? Do all the apps they download have to sync with my iPad.

I keep mine on my iTunes account so I don't have to track multiple accounts with separate purchases. All you need to do is go to Settings > Restrictions and enable a 4-digit PIN and disable certain features, like in-app purchases, forget itunes password immediately, delete apps, change accounts, etc. Add the account "find my iPhone" and then you can track where they are if needed too. By not allowing account changes, they can't add, delete, or chagne any email, calendar, or contacts accounts after it's setup.

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My son (9) is getting an iPod Touch for Xmas (don't tell him!! ) and I'm going to link it to my own AppleID for iTunes and the like so that I can manage any purchases.
However, I'd like him to have his own iCloud account for email and syncing capability (let along "Find My iPod"), and so that he's not burdening my own storage. As he's 9, it's not possible to create his own AppleID (without faking his birthdate, which I won't do, of course). Is there a way to create only an iCloud account for him?
What I really don't want (or need) is another AppleID, as I already have several of them, plus I'd like his account to stay with him as he grows up and eventually be able to link it to his own AppleID as and when he becomes eligible.
Any ideas? Many thanks in advance.

There is no way to create a new iCloud account without an AppleID unfortunately. Family accounts no longer exist since the demise of MobileMe.
Apple doesn't appear to have thought about and catered for people in your situation, despite them knowing that iOS devices are being given to kids much younger than 9.
Parents I know have just faked the birthdate when creating the AppleID for their child to create an iCloud account. It can easily be updated later when they are within the arbitrary age limit and given the password to the account. They continue to use the parents AppleID for iTunes and AppStore purchases until they are old enough to make their own purchases.

Enabling Displays Prefs in Simple Finder account for KId Pix user.

Hi,
I have set up a managed "Simple Finder" account for my son so he can play Kid Pix - however Kid PIx want's to run at "800x600" and "Thousands of Colours"
It tries to make the switch but ends up at the wrong resolution - after allowing system prefs to run the Displays settings is still greyed out.Is there a way to enable this or is there another workaround someone knows about ??
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ITunes account for kids

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hello all,
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