HT204053 Consolidate all of our devices to a new Apple ID

My husband and I have an iMac, iPad, Apple TV and two iPhones. We each had an Apple ID and the devices used one or the other of the ID's. We have created a third Apple ID and want to consolidate all of our devices to the new ID without losing data on iCloud. We can't figure out how; can you help?

Migrate your iCloud data from each account to the new one on your phones by first saving your photo stream photos to your camera roll (open the my photo stream album, tap Edit, tap all the photos, tap Share, tap Save to Camera Roll). Next, open any notes you are syncing with iCloud and email them to yourself (these can't be migrated but must be recreated by copying and pasting the text into new notes in the new account). Finally, if you are sycing any iWork documents with iCloud, turn off iCloud syncing in your iWork app settings.
Next, go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, choose Keep on My iPhone when prompted, sign into the new account, turn on your iCloud syncing and choose Merge to upload the data to the new account. Once you've done this on both phones, check the new account on icloud.com from your computer to confirm that all your data is there.
Once you've confirmed that your data has been successfully migrated to the new account, go to System Preferences>iCloud on your Mac, click Sign Out, then sign back in with the new account ID to sync the iCloud data in the new account to your Mac.
You will not be able to migrate your former iCloud email addresses to the new account. A new iCloud email account will be created when you create the new account. If you still want to use the old email addresses, you would have to go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars on each phone, tap Add Account, sign into the old iCloud account that the phone was using, and turn Mail to On. This will add your old iCloud accounts to each phone as a secondary account. The limitation with this approach is tha Mail in a secondary account will only be fetch, not push as push email is only supported in the primary account.

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HT204074 All of our devices have the same apple id (2 iphone 4's & 1 Windows Comp..) How can we seperate them but also allow them to still use the same itunes account?

I tried to ask a similar question before, however did not understand our issues well enough to even form a comprehensive question and the kind replies.
I apologize, unfortunately I've yet to resolve our problem.
All of our devices are under the same Apple ID & password (an IPhone 4s, an IPhone 4, and a Dell Laptop that uses Windows 7.) How in the world can
we separate them (so we can both use our free 5GB under the iCloud storage that each of our IPhone's offer, but "also" still use the same shared ITunes
account?
As it stands right now, my son's phone (iPhone 4) is set up under our Apple ID & pw-which enables him to use the free 5gb's under the iCloud.
I cannot take advantage of the Free 5gb's iCloud on my IPhone 4s, because it's all "my info." on my son's phone (my email address & pw=what we've always used for our shared ITunes acct.)
A big fat mess I know, and don't even want to confuse things by asking about these SMTP's...1 thing at a time!
Not sure if it is still on his phone, however in trying to resolve this issue last time I set him up with a MobileMe address. I believe I entered my info back into his phone because it created a bigger mess!
Thank you in advance for any suggestions/help! It's taken me some time to gather the patience and courage to ask for help again in resolved this
issue!

I don't know if I'm asking this all in a way that can be understood? Thanks ED3K, however that part I do understand (in the link you provided!)
What I need to know is "how" I can separate or rather create another Apple ID for my son-who is currently using "my Apple ID?" If there is a way to let him keep "all" his info on his phone (eg-contacts, music, app's, etc.) without doing a "reset?') Somehow I need to go into his phone's setting-create a new Apple ID and possibly a new password so he can still use our combined iCloud & Itunes account?
Also then letting me take back my Apple ID & password, but again allowing us (my son and I) to use the same iCloud & Itunes account? Does that make more sense??? I'm sincerely trying to get this cleared up once and for all----just need guidance from someone who has a true understanding of the whole Apple iCloud/Itunes system!
Thanks again for "anyone" that can help me!!!

HT5622 I have been using one apple ID for my family as it makes it easier to manage itunes purchases/rentals on all of our devices. Now that my kids are getting old and my wife has recently purchased an Iphone, I can see that I need to change my strategy

I have been using one apple ID for my family as it makes it easier to manage itunes purchases/rentals on all of our devices. Now that my kids are getting old and my wife has recently purchased an Iphone, I can see that I need to change my strategy. I plan to add a few more iphones to the family very soon. What is your recommendation to manage all of our devices (iphones, itouch, apple tv) for my family? Can I continue to function with one apple ID or is it time to take the leep into attempting to manage multi-apple ID's?

There's a few ways of managing multiple devices on a single computer (and keeping seperate content on each). The following document is worth checking through:
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer

In the old Mobile me storage I had shared storage for my family and all of our devices. How do I breakup the 55GB across my apple accounts now that iCloud is by device by user?

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That storage moves to master account. Since there are no accounts like that in Icloud, people in your family will enjoy complimentary 5 gigs from Apple and they will let you know if they need anymore. You will not be able to manage storage from windows desktop

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Which devices are you talking about?
How do you know the devices have been compromised. Suggest you change all your passwords.
Describe what problem you are experiencing. This isn't Windows.
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Tomar, Portugal
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Sorry Morgado. This is a Firefox for Android support forum. Not a general purpose. Android forum. Please ask in an Android OS forum.
Locking this thread.
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Several weeks ago I was forced to change my Apple ID when my e-mail address changed. I spent several hours resetting all of my devices. The new ID seems to be recognized everywhere except when I'm asked to enter it for app on my computer.

Several weeks ago I was forced to change my Apple ID when my e-mail address changed. I spent several hours on the phone with a tech resetting all of my devices. The new ID seems to be recognized everywhere except when I'm asked to enter it for app upgrades on my Mac-Pro (10.8.5). When I'm asked to sign in there, the old e-mail address is still shown and I'm unable to change it. Suggestions?

I was forced to change my Apple ID when my e-mail address changed.
There is no such requirement.
You have created an additional Apple-ID, which is different from the one under which you purchased Items from The Mac App Store.
Go back, log in under the OLD Apple-ID and Add an additional email Address there instead.
Apple does not yet have a convenient way of combining Apple-IDs.

HT5622 Do iMessages ,videos , photos , and games all transfer when I buy a new apple product?

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When restoring from an iPhone or iPod touch backup to an iPad (or vice versa), only third-party apps and their data will be restored. Icon order will not be restored.
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Ever since my wife and I upgraded to iOS 8 all of our devices now ring on incoming calls. She also gets all of me texts. How do I stop these actions?

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