HT204053 How to setup multiple Apple devices sharing Icloud and app store but still have different apple id for each?

Our family now has 7 devices, Ipad, Ipad mini, itouch. I am not sure if I am setting them up correctly to share Icloud and app's but to each have there own device name and apple id for mail, messageing and facetime.

Thekidiuse2b wrote:
Our family now has 7 devices, Ipad, Ipad mini, itouch. I am not sure if I am setting them up correctly to share Icloud and app's but to each have there own device name and apple id for mail, messageing and facetime.
As randers4 says, use separate AppleIDs for iCloud and iMessage accounts.  You cannot "share iCloud" and have separate mail, messaging and facetime.  To get those, you need to use separate AppleIDs to each create your own iCloud account and your own iMessage account.
You can share apps and other purchased content by having a common AppleID used in the iTunes and App store.

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