HT201269 Different iCloud id on my mac than on my ipad

Trying to sync my iPad to my new Mac Air but I have different iCloud ID's on both items. Does anyone know how to fix this so I can have the same Apple ID on both items?

On your ipad, go to setting>iCloud and click on your ID, sign out then sign in with the ID you want. On your Mac, click on the apple then system prefs then iCloud and do the same,

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HT4865 I accidentally set up a different iCloud account on my mac instead of the account my phone uses??

I have had my iphone 4s for a long time, i recently purchaced a MacBookAir and set up an iCloud account thats diffent from the email i used on my phone i am unable to pair the two, i would like to use my new email i used on the mac and change the old email my iphone iCloud uses... thanks

To iCloud accounts on your phone, start by saving any photo stream photos you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow, then tapping Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing any notes on your phone with iCloud that you want to keep, you'll need to open each one and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password when prompted, then sign back in with the new ID. When you delete the account you will be prompted to keep or delete the current iCloud data from your phone. If you all your data is already in the other account, choose Delete from My iPhone. If you need to keep the data and merge it with the other account, choose Keep on My iPhone, then choose Merge to when you sign into the new account..

TS3988 i seem to have set up two different icloud accounts can someone tell me how to correct ?

I seem to have set up two different icloud accounts one on mac and one on my ipad newest one can someone tell me how to correct this?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Choose which one you are going to use and delete the iCloud account from the other device, then log back in using the details of the account you wish to use.

HT204053 I have different iCloud IDs for my iPhone &Mac and I have 5GB on each, if I decide to use only 1 ID for both, can I have 10GB or will I be limited to 5 since it's 1 iCloud ID.

I have different iCloud IDs for my iPhone &Mac and I have 5GB on each, if I decide to use only 1 ID for both, can I have 10GB or will I be limited to 5 since it's 1 iCloud ID. I am afraid that if I I use only 1 iCloud ID for both of them I will be limited to only 5GB which is small a nd I don't have money to be paying annually for extra GB. Thanks and waiting for your replies.

The free 5GB allowance is per account, not per device.
If you back up to iTunes, 5 GB should be more than enough for the average user.

Another "This itunes account is set up to use family sharing with a different icloud account than Apple ID "

I saw another thread on the matter but thought I would post because the circumstances are different. Here is how it happened.
I have had an Apple Store account for years and until recently our family has only had our one Mac and my iPhone 4. Thus any purchases we have made on the Apple App Store were made only with this account.
We recently purchased two iPhone 5S's--one for my wife and one for my daughter. Neither had Apple IDs so first we set up my wife's iPhone and created an Apple ID for her. Next we used the Family Sharing feature to set up an account for our "under age 13" daughter.
Because I am still waiting for my iPhone 6 Plus to arrive, and because the iPhone 4 cannot upgrade to iOS 8, and because my Apple ID is the only account with any apps that have been purchased in prior years, I set up my wife as the Family Organizer but when I set up her account, I chose the option to "share purchases from a different account" and entered the information for my Apple ID.
My daughter is able to view my prior purchases on her iPhone, but when my wife tries to view my prior purchases, she receives the message "This iTunes account is set up to use Family Sharing with a different iCloud account than <her Apple ID>."
I hope Apple is reading this. I would be more than willing to help them on this one as this feature is one of the main reasons I put our family on iPhones.

I had this problem. I finally figured it out yesterday. Try this:
On the device that is having trouble seeing purchases, go to Settings>iCloud>Family Sharing> Then tap on the user of the device you are on. Under "Family Purchases" make sure it has the AppleID of the person for that device. Mine originally had my husbands AppleID in there (he is the Organizer), but I changed it to mine. That doesn't make it so that the purchases are under me. The purchases remained under my husband, but my ID had to be in this spot for it to work.
After that, I closed settings, then I went to Settings>iTunes and App Store> click on the AppleID and Sign Out, even if it has the right AppleID in there. Then Sign In again using the AppleID of the person on that device. Again-- even if it has the right ID in there to start, still sign out and back in.
See if they show up. If they don't show up still, try doing a restart (hold down power button and home button until it restarts).
They should show up by then, but if they don't, at that point, try to go into iCloud and Sign Out and back in.
I think the key is having the right ID in "Family Purchases". I hope this works for you.

How do I set up different icloud accounts for each family member and make them able to access them on our common mac using their user name on the mac. I am doing this to make sure kids don't get access to our messages.

We have several apple products in the family. I would like to set up different icloud accounts for each memeber. I lately noticed having activated different devices with same icloud account that each device can access everyones messages by going in their settings and clicking which number or email they want to use to see messages. Let me make sure I am understood, on my sons ipod in his messages settings he can switch to my cell number and see all my messages. Re setting the devices isn't my great issue but can i set up each kids user account on my mac to their individual icloud accounts?
Thanks!

Any devices connected to the same icloud account can sync all the data on that account. For this reason an icloud account is really for a single user.
On a mac, if each user has their own account, then the itunes for that mac account should be set up to connect to that user's icloud account (System preferences>icloud).

HT204053 can I use more than one email address on icloud (using iphone and mac)?

I have an email account which seems to be using icloud, and I want to add another email account so that I can access it via icloud. Is it possible to have more than one email address on icloud? I have an iphone 5 and a macbook.

You can only have one email account for each iCloud account. You can create up to three alias addresses, but these will still receive email in the current account inbox. This explains how to create an alias if you want to do this: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622.
You can create a second ("secondary") iCloud account on your device by going to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and entering a different iCloud ID. This will give you second iCloud email account but it will only be fetch email (not push). Also, you can only create a maximum of three iCloud accounts on each device so this would use one of your allotted accounts.

Can I have a different iCloud ID than my iTunes Store ID?

I have an apple id that I use for the iTunes store and share with my kids. I set up iCloud on my iPhone and it used that id. I would like a seperate apple id that I couled use for iClould so I can keep my contacts, reminders, calendars, etc. seperate. Is it possible?

To answer your question (robphoton) .....
I don't have an iPhone or Music Match so i don't know how they work.
But on my iPad there is a place to enter an iCloud account ID in the iCloud
settings and in the iTunes store settings there is a place to enter a different
Apple ID account for the iTunes store.
In my case i had an old Mobile Me account linked to an existing Me.com
email address which was converted to an iCloud ID and i have a different
Apple ID account which was linked to the iTunes store. So i was forced
into 2 separate accounts.
My iCloud accounts syncs my emails and backups and my iTunes account
takes care of all my purchased music or videos in the iTunes store.
The original poster asked if he could have two accounts. One for all his
family to use in the iTunes store so they could share music and a separate
iCloud account just for him to use for his personal emails and backups and
my answer was yes he could because the two accounts that i have work.
My concern for the original poster was that when he signs into the iTunes
store to make a new purchase he has to make sure he always signs in using
his iTunes account ID so his purchases are linked to the same iTunes account.
If you start mixing purchases using 2 different accounts in the iTunes store
then you will be locked out of half your library depending on which account is
authorized in the iTunes player.
One account is always best if you are a single person using your Apple
mobile devices but if you have a family with multiple devices then a
separate iCloud and iTunes account might be better.
In my case my separate iTunes store account ID lets me purchase iTunes music
and videos that i can use on both my Mac and my iPad and my different iCloud
account ID syncs my Emails, backups and bookmarks on both of my Apple devices.
As long as you purchase items in the iTunes store using the same iTunes store
ID and the iTunes player on all your Apple devices are setup with the same iTunes
store ID then you can buy and play any items on your Apple devices. It doesn't matter
what your iCloud ID is set at, Its only your iTunes Account ID that counts.
I hope what i've written is clear and answers your questions but Apple has made
this very confusing by forcing us into all these different login IDs and passwords.
If you are still confused then you should call Apple support and let them know
that this iCloud / iTunes account system that they set up is very confusing.

HT204053 I have an iCloud account on my Mac which has a different account name to that on my iPhone. How can I change the Mac account name to that on the iPhone?

Hi,
I have an iCloud account on my Mac which has a different account name to the iCloud account on my iPhone. How can I change the Mac account name to match the iPhone one? Kuranda.

You can't change it in one step. Sign out of the one now on the Mac, sign onto the right one.

HT204053 I have one icloud id on my mac and want to share with an ipad with a different icloud id. if I create a new id for both of us will this work? My concern is losing data on either device.

I have one icloud id on my mac and want to share photos, calendars, etc with an ipad with a different icloud id. if I create a new id for both of us will this work? My concern is losing data on either device. (the mac book pro is new, but has all of the retrieved data from my previous mac book pro)

You will lose data from whichever was the 2nd to last to sync .
Don't do it.

I have a different icloud account on ipad mini than is on my iphone 4. Contacts keep moving or go missing

i have a different icloud account on ipad mini than is on my iphone 4. Contacts keep moving or go missing

You need to be using the same icloud account on both devices if you want your data synced between them.

How to change two different iCloud account from mac and iPhone?

How to change two different iCloud account from mac and iPhone?

Pick one to use, abandon the other.

The iCloud id on my Mac is my old mobile me id. I use a different id for purchases which is also the I'd used on my iOS devices. Is there any way to replace the iCloud apple id on the Mac to make it the same as the one that I use for purchases?

The iCloud id on the Mac is the old mobile me one. I no longer have any use for it and want to use the id that is used for purchasing and is on my iOS devices. It would enable me to make better use of I stream between the Mac and the iOS devices

Sign out of icloud in system preferences and sign in with the one you want to use. Just be sure to backup icloud-synced data first, before signing out, if you have any data associated with that account you care about. Then you can reimport it after. If you only want the information that is currently syncing on your mobile devices, then it's simply sign out with the old MM one and sign in with the one on the mobile devices.

Filters different for mac than windows such as photocopy filter

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has anyone experianced differet filters reacting differently when changing from a mac to windows, in particular photocopy filter?
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If you really want someone to blame, then the people who own palm should be somewhere in the firing line, as they have halted any further development on the mac platform despite palm OS once being considered the natural companion of the mac. If you notice in the account setup for palm forums there is as yet still not even an option to choose mac osx 10.5 leopard, and the desktop software is written for PPC computers as opposed to intel ones. If you have an intel mac therefore, it will run really quite slowly.
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HT204053 Can two different icloud accounts used for the same mac computer and same Itunes account still transfer photos and downloaded apps to all devices associated with that mac?

I purchased my wife an Iphone and we currently use the same icloud account, but we just ran out of storage. I'm not sure if we need so much more space that I'm ready to upgrade to 15 total GB of storage. If my wife sets up her own icloud account for her iphone will she and I still be able to share our photos, downloaded apps and music with different icloud accounts?

Apps and music aren't anything to do with your iCloud account, indeed you can use different ID's for each.
If you create and use another ID for iCloud, you will not be able to share both photostreams to the same user account on the computer.
This could be worked around with a second user account on the computer for the second user to do all their computing in. However you may find that photostreams shared albums will work around the problem for you. For example if you create a shared album and share it with your partner, any photos you add to that album will be available in your partners photostream on the computer.

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