HT1689 We know have 4 iphones in the house is it better to have a seperate itunes account for each one?

We have two itunes accounts right know and it is kind of confusing. I feel like it would be easier to just start over and each of us have our own account.Any suggestions?

If you all want to share music, apps, movies, etc., then you should all log into the same apple ID in the Settings>iTunes & App Store...
But under Settings>Messages, Settings>Facetime>, and Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars, you should each log into your own individual account. That way you can keep all of those seperate.

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One of you needs to set up a separate Apple ID for iMessaging purposes only.

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I have had an itunes account for many years. I have recently purchased music on my iphone 5 and it is not showing up on my Macbook itunes account. WHY?

nidubs wrote:
I have had an itunes account for many years. I have recently purchased music on my iphone 5 and it is not showing up on my Macbook itunes account. WHY?
Why would they?
Do you have Automatic downloads enabled? Note this only works for items purchased after it is enabled.
-> iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
Also, see this -> Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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Family Plan as with the cell phone carrier?
Is so, the iTunes account or Apple ID is not related to the type of cell phone plan an iPhone is under.
Will the sisters being using the same computer and iTunes library?

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You can share your libraries within the same household:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1455?viewlocale=en_US
And here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH1453?viewlocale=en_US

HT1711 Can I have 2 seperate itunes accounts on the same computer?

Can I have 2 seperate itunes accounts on the same computer?

Yes. If you mean Apple IDs, log in and out as needed. If you mean iTunes libraries, launch iTunes with the Shift key held down and choose or create one, or use separate Windows user accounts.
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I have an personal Itunes account and Ipone 5 and now work have given me a 5s do I need a seperate Itunes account for this?

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That's up to you, unless your employer requires differently. You can sync as many devices as you want to the same iTunes account. You can have the same content on each device or different content, again the choice is yours.
If you decide to setup a separate Apple ID/iTunes account for this phone, I recommend you also setup a different user account on your computer & use that account/iTunes for the phone. Do that, & there's no way the data can get mingled.

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can i have a seperate icoud account for backup , but use my families apple id ?

if the backup is being done from a seperate device, it will show up in the icloud settings as a different backup.
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The old Apple ID (presumably your dads) owns those songs and your new Apple ID does not. However, your dad can authorize your iD to use the songs by going to Store > Authorize This Computer from your iTunes menu and entering his Apple ID and password.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
You should use the same iTunes account for all your devices.

Hello, I have 5 apple devices in my house, how do u set up seperate facetime accounts for each device, Thanks.

Hello, Ihave 5 touch 4's in my house, how do u set up seperate facetime accounts for each device? Thanks.

The following link should be of help to you. What I had written will also apply to iPods.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/20821890?ac_cid=sa123456#20821890

How do I get my music from my account on old computer to new computer? And how do I have two seperate itunes accounts on one computer?

I had my music on my itunes on my old computer (pc), and need to move it to my husband's computer. My husband and I both have iphones and want to keep using our seperate itunes accounts on one computer, as we both have our own media set up on our accounts. I had burned my music from the old computer onto discs and imported onto the new one...works in the library but I can't put them into playlists, which means I can't put the music on my iphone. As for using two seperate accounts on one computer, it was suggested to me to make another profile on windows (vista), and use the second account on that profile. I did that and have had such a frustrating time trying to get this to work. I don't know if I've done something wrong, but it's just headache after headache. Somehow my apps even ended up on my husband's account? Also, how can we share music between our profiles? It seems ridiculous that we should have to buy an album twice just because we have to different accounts. I would be willing to create a third joint account with my husband, but only if we can still have our own music, apps, etc, and can somehow transfer the music we have to this new account...if possible. Suggestions please???? I'm so close to pulling out my hair over this!!!

You'll need to copy the music currently on your iPod to your new PC and into iTunes first before you can sync it to the new iPod.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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HT2731 can you have two seperate itunes accounts on one laptop

We bought my daughter an ipod touch for christmas but would like her to have her own itunes account, am i able to do this on the same laptop?

Yes, you can. This support article may be of help:
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
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You can't have seperate email addresses with one iCloud account, however, you can use one iCloud account as the master account with all your contacts, calendars etc in it, then add a second iCloud account and only used the email part of it.
See: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4020

HT1689 We know have 4 iphones in the house is it better to have a seperate itunes account for each one?

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