HT204053 managing multiple apple id's

we use 3 iphones in the family, have 1 apple id, dont know how to separate to different accounts without confuising back upsm, contacts and without merging all data of all phones.
can anyone help with how to manage multiple accounts?

i signed into my old id on my phone and is said the i can transfer my content to my device but would not be allowed to do it again for 90 days. not sure if this helps you or not. i have the same question becasue i have had several ids over the years

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HT204053 using multiple apple ID's

Should a family with multiple apple devices all use the same apple id in order to put music downloads and AP's all all devices? We currently have 3 iphones, 1 ipad and 2 ipods! we manage this with playlists but what about AP's? We manage the music with individual playlists, but every time I open itunes, all of my daughters ap's begin downloading.
wodnering if there is a better way....I don't know alot about managing all the devices and using icloud.

If you don't want to pay multiple times for each item you purchase, for each device, then define the Apple ID in settings>iTunes Store... the same for each device.
However, when you sync each device to itunes, you can control which apps are to be synced to the device, same for music. Just look at each tab in itunes (for any given device) to set the items you want.

HT204053 merge multiple Apple ID's into one Apple ID

I have multiple Apple ID/accounts and would like to merge into one account

Cannot be done. Just use one account in the future and remove all private information from the other. Unfortunately any purchases will remain forever (unless Apple changes its mind) separated.

Managing multiple Apple IDs in the office

Hi folks,
I'm at a small design studio, with 17 Macs. At the moment staff use their personal Apple IDs for updates etc - the problem with this is we have various freelancers who come in and use different macs. Is there an easy way to manage Apple IDs for multiple Macs - ideally…
An Apple ID would be associated with the Mac, not the user's email address. This would solve the problem we currently have when people leave or join the company, and when we have freelancers in.
Could we set up an office 'IT@…' email and use the same Apple ID across multiple Macs? How would this affect purchases of software - iWork for example - where we'd want that software purchased for multiple Macs?
What I really want to avoid is having to tie each Mac, and its software to a specific email address - which may be out of date in weeks or months.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob

You should speak to the folks at the Apple Business division about volume licensing for businesses. The way you currently are doing it also violates the Mac App Store Terms of Agreement which only issues you a consumer license. They can also give you advice regarding deployment of software over multiple Macs at once
.http://www.apple.com/business/vpp/

How do I manage multiple Apple IDs on one iMac

We just purchased my oldest child her first personal iPod Touch 5th gen. Up until now, we have all managed our music/devices (2 nanos, 2 iPhones, iMac, iPad, and now Touch) on our iMac under one Apple ID (mine!). We use this ID for everything from Apple TV purchases to iTunes to apps etc. as one big pool all charged to one credit card. Now that my daughter has her own Touch we want to allow her to redeem gift cards to buy things (rather than go to credit card). The problem is, her Touch is now somehow (automagically) synced to MY Apple ID - I am guessing because we plug it into our iMac and downloaded all the OLD songs she had from before. Is there anyway that my daughter can have a separate Apple ID than our main one and still manage them both on our iMac??

What do yo mean by manage?
This may help:
iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer
Note:
- Apps are locked to the account that purchased them.
- To update apps you have to sign into the account that purchased the apps. If you have apps that need updating purchased from more than one account you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased from one account.
ALso note the 90 day time period for changing accounts. Tha effects the ability to redownload previous iTunes purchases.
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
CHANGE ID
The ID is used in the following locations and you have to change them.
Settings>Messages>Send and Receive
Settings>FaceTime
Settings>GameCenter
Settings>iCloud
and Settings>iTunes and App store
You have to sign out of ID (for iCloud you delete the iCloud account from the iPod) and sign in with other ID.
If the iPod has iOS 7 then you have the enter the password for Apple ID presently sign in Settings>iCloud.
Also, a Restriction can be set (Settings>General>Restrictions) the prevents changing accounts

Is it possible to manage multiple apple ID's from 1 e-mail account? I don't want users of an ihone to mess about with the apple store

I am the telecom manager of a small company and I want to manage the iPhones in the company myself ( 7 pieces ) so that a user can not mess about with the phohe and the app store. I already found out how to block some of the functionality of the phone. I don't want to setup appleID's per users e-mail address because the confirmation of the apple ID will always be sent to the users of the phone.
Is this possible?
Johan

Nope. You can only have one credit card attached to an account at a time. Its not that big of a deal to use two accounts, users do this all the time. Create the second account(UK Account) in iTunes on your computer...sign out of your Italian account first. Then authorize your computer for this new account: Store>Authorize this computer. Then sync your phone. Now, to switch accounts on your phone: Settings>Store...tap the ID shown...sign out...then sign back in with the ID you want to use.

HT204053 Can multiple apple ID users share the iPad easily?

Hi, just purchased the new IPad for me and my partner to share, we both have apple ID's and assumed we could easily access emails etc. Does anyone know how we can both get equal share of the device? Cannot find a way to swap between ID's except in music when warnings indicate that another user would not be able to use iPad for 90 days, hence we did not continue. Are they really only designed for single person usage?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The iPad is more of a personal device than a family device, you may however be interested in adding secondary iCloud accounts (settings > mail, contacts, calendars)
You can only have one primary account but multiple secondary accounts, secondary accounts cannot use photostream or document sharing.

Managing Multiple Apple IDs

Hi everyone,
I'm sure this question has been dealt with a million times on these boards, so I apologize in advance. For years, I used an MSN email address as my Apple ID and primary email address. However, I no longer use that email address -- now use Gmail primarily -- and updated my Apple ID accordingly. After the fact, I discovered that the apps I downloaded and purchased using the old/MSN Apple ID will no longer update on my iPhone or iPad unless I log out of the new/Gmail Apple ID and log back in under the old/MSN Apple ID (and vice versa I'm assuming). Is my understanding correct? And if so, is there another way to go about this? For example, if I delete the apps I downloaded and purchased using the old ID and re-download them using the new ID, will I be able to update them on the iPhone and iPad using the new ID? Any other recommendations for managing this issue? Thank you in advance.

Ummmmm, you are giving us conflicting information here.
If you just changed the name of your Apple ID, that's one thing, but if you created a new Apple ID that is another. You first posts tends to tell us you must have created a new Apple ID, but maybe you are confused in there somewhere.
Log into both Apple ID's and let me know what you see when looking at your history:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

HT202213 How do I manage multiple Apple ID accounts to one computer?

My husband & I travel a lot and both have our own Itune accounts & apple ID's, Ipads & Iphones but share one MAC when we are home.
We no longer seem able to download all our various purchases to the one computer. Any idea how we bypass the message that keeps coming up?
Something to do with a 90 day restriction?

This is the confusing difference between "authorization" and "association".
In order to play content on a computer, you need to "authorize" the AppleID used to buy the content. This can be done for many AppleIDs on one computer.
However, in order to *redownload* content on a computer, including
- redownloading previous purchases
- autodownloading purchases made on another device
- running iTunes Match
you have to "associate" the computer to that AppleID, and this can only be done for one AppleID *per computer* (NOT per user account). This user can only change every 90 days.
There is no workaround for this. They'll reset the counter for a one time error (like when my son locked me out of Match by redownloading a TV show), but if you want content from more than one user, you'll have to copy it there by some other means.
Oh yeah, be sure to write Apple about what a stupid rule this is.

Managing multiple Apple IDs and multiple computers

My wife and I have two apple IDs and we have two laptops (an Air and a MacBook Pro). I use my ID for my purchases, and she uses her ID for her purchases. We chop and change the computers depending on what we're doing (although I tend to use the Mac Book Pro, and she the Mac Air). Each of us has our own login on each of the laptops. We both have significant 'libraries' of content for each Apple ID.
My question is this - I logged in on the MacBook Air with my login and attempted to dowload from iTunes via iCloud using iTunes Match a TV episode I had only part watched on my MacBook Pro. I recevied a message saying the Air was associated with my wife's Apple ID and if I downloaded the show, she wouldn't be able to download any of her past purchases for 90 days.
What complete madness is that?
We have so many apple devices (we both have iphones, ipads, an apple TV at home and the two laptops) and use our separate apple IDs for our purchases, syncing, photostream etc etc.
Now, when I want to do something really simple like watch a show on my other laptop I can't unless I block my wife for 90 days...
Am I doing something wrong? Or is Apple's policy really lacking in any commonsense! Keep in my mind Apple's insistence that each person should have their own apple ID....
Thank you in advance for your help/suggestions.

I'm not surprised you haven't seen them on here. The search in these forums is abysmal. I don't remember which I'd seen on here, and can't find it again myself.
Here's a writeup with screenshots:
http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/19/ios-8-how-to-set-up-and-use-family-sharing/
I had a harder time finding out which apple ID an invited family member should use if they have two IDs in the same way that you and I do. It seems that the invited person can do the same - join the family share group with their iCloud ID, then specify the different Apple ID they have been using for their purchases.

HT204053 managing two apple id's for two users on MAC

How do I add a iphone with a different Apple ID, to be able to add find my phone

My Mac, iPhone, and iPad using the same iCloud account are available with Find My iPhone when logged in to my iCloud account via webmail access using a browser, and the same when using the Find My iPhone app.
I cannot add another iPhone with a different iCloud account to access with Find My iPhone under my iCloud account.

HT204053 Managing 2 Apple ID's

I discovered that I have 2 Apple ID's, is it possible to merge the accounts?

i signed into my old id on my phone and is said the i can transfer my content to my device but would not be allowed to do it again for 90 days. not sure if this helps you or not. i have the same question becasue i have had several ids over the years

HT204074 Managing multiple Apple ID's.

I have two Apple ID's and I have purchased music from both. How do I combine the music to one location on my Windows computer so my Library finds the music?

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TS1741 How do I have multiple apple IDs on one Apple TV 5.3

I have looked and looked but I can't find a way to put both mine and my boyfriends apple IDs onto this Apple TV that I just bought him. It's the 5.3 version, I went under general, settings, and then iTunes Store, and there isn't a accounts option, it's just a sign in option so how can we both use our phones as remotes?

Well, you could save multiple Apple ID on your Apple TV, but you can't use them at the same time!
To add and manage multiple Apple IDs on Apple TV, follow this guide:
How to add, manage multiple Apple IDs on the same Apple TV

Can i use one pc with one installation of Itunes to use with multiple apple ID's?

can i use a single pc with one edition of itunes to manage multiple apple id's (without everyone's mail and message popping up on eachothers ipads/iphones etc)?

You would need the apps installed on both volumes. The versions installed on your 10.4 drive will most likely give you a "You cannot use this version, etc..." error if you try to launch them from a 10.5 volume. Some apps may run but you will end up "confusing" the system as to which instance of the app you want it to use.

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