How do I share apps between 2 users on same computer?

My wife and I have recently each gotten iPhones. We both use the same mac with our own login but same using the same apple id. How do we share our apps from our own itunes login?

in iTunes on her account, sign into the iTunes store using your Apple ID (or vice versa) and re-download the app.
How to redownload purchased apps from the App Store

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