Can we share music/apps within a family while using different iTunes accounts?

Can we share music/apps within a family while using different iTunes accounts?
Recently purchased iPhone 5 for my wife and I + my daugther has an iPod. I'd like for us all to have separate iTunes accounts so we can each use iCloud without getting each other's notifications, but would like to have one central repository for mucsic and apps. I'm afraid if I set up iTunes accoutn for the tow of them, I'll have to re-purchase the music and apps (way too many!)

It can be done, but you will have to sign in to your account on her itunes to updated the apps. Try these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

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Share Music with Spouse on her iPhone, using different iTune Acct

Is it possible to share music that I have purchased, and in my itunes with my wife on her device without using iTunes Match? She has her own iTunes account. I have tried to sign in to my account on her computer. Does my music have to be in the cloud to share with her? HOW???

Well, that is your call. My husband and I both have separate Macs, but our shared music library is on his Mac, and (with the exception of our Photos), everything that I sync to is on his Mac.
You can copy her music to your computer, and set up her sync to only sync with Music on your computer, and then set up her computer to sync all of her other stuff. If you wanted to do that, you would just copy all of her music to the library on your computer, and when her device is hooked up to your computer, you would only have the "Sync Muisc" tab turned on for her.
You then go in and create playlists with whatever songs you want in them (you can create as many or as few playlists as you want), and then on her Music tab (on your computer), you would check which Playlists you want to sync to her device.
As for her other stuff, you would make sure that all of the other tabs on your computer for her device were not checked, so they did not attempt to sync. On her computer, you would make sure everything except the Music tab was checked.....
Here's a quick tutorial on how to create playlists:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12339
Hope this helps!
Cheers,
GB

HT202213 Can I share music with my wife if we have different Apple IDs

Can I share music with my wife if we have different Apple IDs

You can set up Messages and Facetime separate from your husband and still use the same iTunes to sync things like music, movies, Apps, etc.
To do this though, you need to get your own Apple ID. You then use your Apple ID to set up Messages and Facetime under your account. This way your Messages and Facetime calls will come from your account and your husbands from his.
And you will still be able to sync the devises on the same iTunes account.

HT204053 The entire family has used one itunes account for years. How do we all set up separate iCloud accounts now?

The entire family has used one itunes account for years. How do we all set up separate iCloud accounts now? Or should we? 5 macbooks, 2 ipads, 4 iphones, 2 itouch, 2 imacs. How does one decide what to sync, share and what not to? Green Jeans.

You need to start by understanding the distinction between iTunes and iCloud - Apple confuse the issue by referring to 'iTunes Match' as part of iCloud. It isn't.
You don't have to have the same login (Apple ID) for iTunes and iCloud; many people don't and there's no problem about it.
Your iCloud ID gets you email, calendars, contacts, iWork documents and PhotoStream syncing between devices.
Your iTunes ID gets you the iTunes Store, the App Store for iOS, the Mac App Store for OSX,, 'iTunes in the Cloud' (downloading of purchased items to any logged-in device) and 'iTunes Match' (uploading of songs not purchased in the iTunes Store).
Your family members can easily each get their own iCloud account to keep email etc. separate - in each case they will need a different non-Apple email address (a free one from Yahoo etc. would do) to set up the ID. If they are sharing a Mac they need to be using a separate user account.
They can have their own iCloud accounts and still all sign into the same iTunes account: or they can open their own iTunes accounts using their new iCloud Apple IDs.
BUT they cannot transfer items purchased under the present iTunes ID to different iTunes IDs.

How can I use different iTunes accounts on one iPad?

How can I use different iTunes accounts on one iPad?

You can't, well not easily anyway. The iPad is not meant as a multi account device.
You can Sign Out of your iTunes account in Settings->iTunes and App Stores->Apple ID->Sign Out
However if you sign in with another ID and then download past purchases with it you will lock out the previous ID for 90 days. Which means it will not be able to be used on the iPad for 90 days.

Can I move games from one iPhone to Another on different iTunes accounts?

We bought my daughter an iPhone 5C for christmas. Up until now she has been sharing my iTunes account as she was using my old phone.
This has meant that when she or I bought a new app, it automatically showed up on the others phone. (I know that this can be turned off) We decided that we would create a new iTunes account for her when we got the new phone.
I just assumed that this would mean we would need to repurchase all her Apps. She is a bit sad about this as it means rebuilding all her little Sims worlds and losing her high scores etc.
So, is there anyway that the Apps or at least the games content from her old phone can be transferred to the new one even though they are now on different iTunes accounts? We share the same iCloud (so I can track here phone from mine)
I don't think so - but she is adamant that it can be done - so I thought I would check.
Thanks
Craig

It can be done, but you will have to sign in to your account on her itunes to updated the apps. Try these instructions:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848

Removal of apps which was installed with a different iTunes account

Hi there,
I recently had to restore my phone from a iCloud backup. The backup contained apps which was installed by a different iTunes user. The phone keeps prompting me for the password and I don't know the password, I want to remove those apps from the phone so it will stop asking me for the password.
Please advice. !

If you can't delete the apps without entering a password, that means restrictions is turned on. And you will need the password to turn restrictions off also. So pretty much the only way to get rid of them, is a recovery mode restore to factory settings. But that will delete everything from the phone.
Or if you know who's ID was used to download the apps, ask them for the password, or keep the apps it's up to you.

How to share apps between 2 iPads with 2 different iTunes account in 2 computers?

I apologize if this has been answered somewhere but I've spent a lot of time researching this and none of the questions exactly match my situation.
Situation: I have my own iTunes account, Mac and iPad. My Mom has her own PC, iTunes account and I just bought her an iPad.
Issue: I would like to share some apps with her, without her having to buy them all over again. Since I'm paying for all her app purchases anyway, I would rather not pay for Angry Birds twice. She has her own apps and music that I have no interest in, so we cannot share 1 iTunes account.
This is what I was thinking of doing from all the research I've read:- Since I can authorize up to 5 computers or 10 computers & devices from 1 iTunes account, can my Mom sign out of her iTunes account on her PC, sign in to my iTunes account, download all the apps she wants from my account. Then, she signs out of my account, back into hers and sync her iPad.
Questions:
1) This (should) mean that her PC is now authorized with 2 iTunes accounts - hers and mine. In other words, she gets to keep all her content in her iPad plus whatever apps she wants from me. Will this work?
2) It wouldn't wipe out all her apps/music/photos etc during the sync, will it?
3) Will update to apps I purchased in my iTunes account automatically also update in her iPad? Or will the update only happen if she signs out of her account and in to mine again.
4) If someone knows of a better way of doing this, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks much
Jeff

I do something similar myself and it works quite well, so here are my answers to your questions:
1. Her PC would be authorized on both iTunes accounts. So yes, the arrangment you mention here will work.
2. No, nothing will get wiped out from her iTunes library or iPad.
3. The App Store on her iPad will simply ask for your password in order to update apps from your account. In these cases the authentication alert view will show your Apple ID instead of hers
4. Maybe instead of using the Purchases tabs (since on the iPad there is an odd restriction to only one account and changing it renders the feature useless for 90 days, why is beyond me) use Home Sharing between the computers if possible, or put what she wants on a flash drive to take to her house.

Can you transfer music from an ipod to a somewhat different iTunes library

I have an iTunes library...what happens if I plug an iPod into the computer that has some songs in the library already (from this same iPod), and some not? Will they all copy? Will it delete the ones that are already there? Just don't want to lose the music on the iPod.
Thanks

The songs on the iPod will not copy over to the new/different iTunes library. The sync process is only one way and that is from iTunes to the iPod. The only exception to this are iTunes purchases which can be transferred from the iPod to iTunes by choosing File -> Transfer Purchases with the iPod plugged in and appearing in iTunes.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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Homesharing with family members with different iTunes accounts

I recently got a new MacBook Air as a graduation gift. Before, I shared a PC Laptop with my brother. He has his own iTunes account but we both used the same iTunes program. Some of the songs on the old computer were mine, some were his. He's also made a few purchases for me on his account. Anyways, now that I'm trying to get my library onto my new computer, I set up homesharing and tried to get the old music (some mine, some his, some burned by CD's, etc.) All the music I had purchased on my account switched, but when I tried to import the other songs and movies that my brother bought, it said that my new computer wasn't authorized. Is it not possible to have someone else's music from a different account on my computer? I thought that was the purpose of homesharing. Does homesharing only work if it's the same account on several different computers? (PS I am all up to date with my iTunes and my software - I just got the laptop 3 days ago, so everything is brand new and current. I'm pretty sure the iTunes on the other PC computer is up-to-date, but I'm not positive and don't know how to check)
Has this happened to anyone else? Was there any solution that you found? Thank you!

I-tunes Home Sharing (HS) question:
Will they each authorized unit (i pad, computer,iPhone) individually update separately or collectively on a Home Share I-tunes account?
or differently stated
How does this work when i pad #2 (a new (HS) unit who likes Country Western)
and i-phone 3 (a new (HS) unit who liked Jazz and can't stand country western) but both like Mile Sirius connect to (HS) i tune account.
So when they individually connect with i-tunes from the "Dad's original i-tune account
Will it be updated as "Dad's original i-tune account
or as i-pad 2
Will it have access but not updating content from Old Dads or from Jazzy i-phone 3
Quite a conundrum.

HT1296 how do you transfer music from one ipod to another with different itunes accounts?

I have a friend who has a first generation ipod that was synced with another itunes account. He no longer has access to it and forgot login and password. I bought him another ipod touch 4th generation. I opened up a new itunes account for him. He has 470 songs on the old ipod that we want to put on the new ipod touch. How do we do it with two different itunes. We wish to use the new account. Thanks for any help

Copy the music for the old iPod to his computer by:
Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
Then sync the new iPod to that computer.

HT4009 I want to purchase an app that I have under a different iTunes account. How is this done, as I tried and iTunes said it was already installed.

I want to purchase a subscription of Brain Pop. I have it free under another iTunes account and want to purchase it under my newer acct. The message comes up as already purchased in app store.

If I were in that situation, I would use a computer. There you could sign in to iTunes, and "gift" the purchase from the account that currently has it free to the newer account. You would do this by finding it in the iTunes App Store, and then clicking the down-facing arrow to the right of the "downloaded" button.

How do you update apps that where purchased using different iTunes accounts? I get a cannot connect to iTunes message and it won't accept the password even after you change it.

Both my iPad and iPhone have the same problem. I have purchased apps with three different accounts. I understand I will need to use the original acct to do the update but every time it asks for the password I put it in and get a message that I cannot connect to iTunes store. I have even had the password reset and it still will not connect on the upgrade. But I can sign in with that account and purchase new apps i am loading a free one now just to make sure. So what is that about? Please do not tell me I have to also use the original password! We have reset them so many times that there is no way to remember the original one used at time of purchase a year and 1/2 ago. Please help. I have also upgraded to the iCloud thinking this would solve the problem but it still exists.

I use only one Apple ID and only one ID. I did have to change the password at one point but I had no issues at all with updating apps after I changed the password.
If you can download new apps with the ID that you changed the password for, I would think that you will be able to update apps associated with that ID as well.
Did you try restarting the iPad after signing out of the one account and then sign in to the other account/accounts?

Can I share my contacts list with family members?

can I share my contacts list with family members in the same way as sharing tunes and photos? If so how do I go about setting this up?

Perhaps you should read these Apple documents about what is stored by iCloud. The following is from this Apple document: iCloud: iCloud storage and backup overview:
Your iCloud account includes 5 GB of free storage for iCloud Mail, Documents in the Cloud, and your iOS device backups. Your purchased music, apps, books, and TV shows, as well as your photo stream, don’t count against the 5 GB of free storage ........
Here’s what iCloud backs up:
Purchased music, movies, TV shows, apps, and booksPurchased music isn’t backed up in all countries. Purchased movies and TV shows are backed up only in the U.S. Previous purchases may be unavailable if they have been refunded or are no longer in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBookstore. Some previously purchased movies may not be available in iTunes in the Cloud. A movie’s product details page in the iTunes Store shows if the movie is unavailable.
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Can you share music between iTunes accounts on the same computer

Can you share music between iTunes accounts on the same computer? My kids iPods are under my account now with all of our shared music but they want their own iTunes accounts. I would like to transfer the music and apps that they purchased under my account to their new accounts... Is this posible?

Anton M wrote:
This really isnt good. there isnt even a .tmp file on my pc.
Did you enable the display of system files and hidden files and folders?
by the way, how can i stop this from happening another time.
Make a backup!
i had music there for over 6 years.
Well you must have updated iTunes once or twice in that time. Do you have some sort of "tidying" app that is supposed to clean "unnecessary" files. If so perhaps it is too aggressive.
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