Family iTunes library: is there anyway to split it up?
ok it seems like it must of been asked before but i cant find the answer i am looking for. everything i see says it cant be done. it doesnt make sense to me so let me ask.
we (family) have had one itunes account for ever. kids were little so everything was shared. it was easy to keep track of what they were buying and doing. all music , apps and etc was on our family sharing computers, laptop.
now one of our kids is off to college and wants her own library and her own account. here is the question.
can she take any of it with her in her new accuont ? she probable bought over 85% of the music herself over the years and we bought most of the apps. our library is appx. 8000 items.
are there any solutions out there?
it doesnt make sense that apple wouldnt let us give her some things and us keep some? can it be done?
thanks
bigmac
now one of our kids is off to college and wants her own library and her own account. here is the question.
can she take any of it with her in her new accuont ? she probable bought over 85% of the music herself over the years and we bought most of the apps. our library is appx. 8000 items.
There's no real problem about having music purchased from two different iTunes accounts in her new library. The computer she has the new library on will just need to be authorised for both the old account and her new account.
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