HT204053 Multiple Apple ID's tied to a primary ID

I want to create separate apple ID's for my children. Can they still download apps and music that are under my ID?
I want them to be able to use FaceTime or iMessage but do not want them knowing my password so they don't accidentally download apps/games that end up costing money. They only live with me half-time. I was not able to find answers to this in the support section. Thanks.

If she logs into icloud using your ID and password, then she'll be connected to the same icloud account. But this is usually not advised, since if she does connect to your account, she and you will get the same emails, have the same calendars and contacts, same notes, etc. If she happens to delete a contact (one that is important to you), then you will lose it as well. Is this what you want?
The real question is why would you want to have her use the same icloud account? If on the other hand, you want her to use the same ID for the itunes account (which is not the same as an icloud account), then yes, that's a good idea, if you want her to be able to download the same apps and songs, etc. without buying them again.

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Hi
i ran into the same problem. surprisingly though, i am not using multiple apple id and just one mac.
i did change both the account (apple id) and the computer (from pc to a mac server), but home sharing is on and the apple tv (1) is synced with the new computer.
i can connect to the itunes store and browse through it (signed in at all times). i cannot purchase any content and cannot play transferred rentals from the computer (apple tv is not authorised...)
somehow, it seems the apple tv was stuck with a previous id.
i have just now re-authorised my computer on the account and will give the apple tv another try. i did notice a message during the re-authorisation process. the apple tv is being authorised. this gives me hope.
in any case, your setup seems to be a dream come through. i decided to phase out my high end multiroom linn kivor system (over 20k back 6y ago) to an itunes based system. apparently you managed to build something.
i tried an itunes based nas but gave up due to complex operation (and overheating on top) and went for a mac server. i will be using windows clients though.
most of my content is cd based. can you sync purchased content between pc's? or with a server?

Multiple Apple ID's tied to one iTunes account

We have three people with Apple devices in the house: My MacBook Pro & older iPod, my daughter's iPod Touch & iPhone and my wife's iPhone and (not yet set up) Mac Mini.
We all have Apple ID's, but am wondering how to tie them to my iTunes account so we only have one source of billing? I sync my iPod to my MacBook, but no other local syncing is happening currently.
We do not want to necessarily share music, just billing. Whatever we did with my daughter's iPod and iPhone seems to be working, I see her purchases, but do not see her music, nor her mine. Not sure how we did it and don't want to screw it up going forward.
Also - Should we sync the phones and iPods to local computers or just iCloud?
Thanks

You cannot do that. Each Apple ID needs to be tied to each separate account. Each of you must purchase your own copies of music and apps and sync to separate iTunes Libraries on the computer. The computer must have to user accounts set up - one for you and one for your fiance.
Sharing Stuff From Different iTunes Accounts (or Computers)
Here's how to do so using different computers:
Transfer what content you want to the separate iTunes library on each computer. To transfer content from your library to another library do the following. We'll assume this is between husband and wife separate accounts and different Apple IDs.
Launch iTunes under your wife's login;
Sign her out of iTunes, then you sign in;
Select iTunes -> Preferences -> Devices -> Disable auto-sync when an iPod/iPhone is connected;
Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC;
Select Store -> Authorize this Computer (only have to do this once);
Select File -> Transfer Purchases (all of the purchased content on your phone will be transferred to your wife's library);
When complete eject your phone, sign out of iTunes, sign your wife back in.
You can now sync whatever content you want to your wife's phone. Just remember all updates to apps obtained using your account must be done while signed in using your account: sign wife out, you sign in, update apps, you sign out, sign wife in, sync her phone.
This way you can share content (permitted under the EUSLA) and still maintain your separate logins. Do the same on your computer if you want to share content from your wife's library.
Just load whatever content you want to share on each others phones, transfer the content, then delete it from the respective phone if you don't want to keep it there.
Contributed by user wjosten and modified by me.
iTunes- How to share music between different accounts on a single computer

HT204053 Multiple apple ID prompts at same time on phone

I have already changed my old apple ID to my new email, yet on my phone I am prompted for 3 different apple IDs: the old email, the new email, and mobile me...How do I change that?

You wouldn't have to use the same iCloud ID to both use Find My iPhone, you would just have to sign into the iCloud account on the Find My iPhone app that the device you are trying to loacate is using. Sharing the same iCloud account is usually not recommended because when you do this, any data you sync with the account is merged and you will end up with each other's data on your devices. Also, any actions taken on one device (such as adding contacts or calendar events) will be replicated on the other. You would also be sharing the same 5 GB of iCloud storage for your data and backups rather than each having your own.
If you want to do this anyway, start by deciding which device will be keeping the current iCloud account. On the one that will be changing accounts, if you have any photos in photo stream that are not in your camera roll or backed up somewhere else save these to your camera roll by opening the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tapping Edit, then tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share and tap Save to Camera Roll.
Once this is done, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On My iDevice. Next, sign into the other account, turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account and merge it with the data that is already there.

HT204053 Multiple apple id's

My daughter and I have different apple id's. we would like to use the same one so that we can use apps such as find my I phone. How could this be done?

You wouldn't have to use the same iCloud ID to both use Find My iPhone, you would just have to sign into the iCloud account on the Find My iPhone app that the device you are trying to loacate is using. Sharing the same iCloud account is usually not recommended because when you do this, any data you sync with the account is merged and you will end up with each other's data on your devices. Also, any actions taken on one device (such as adding contacts or calendar events) will be replicated on the other. You would also be sharing the same 5 GB of iCloud storage for your data and backups rather than each having your own.
If you want to do this anyway, start by deciding which device will be keeping the current iCloud account. On the one that will be changing accounts, if you have any photos in photo stream that are not in your camera roll or backed up somewhere else save these to your camera roll by opening the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tapping Edit, then tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share and tap Save to Camera Roll.
Once this is done, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On My iDevice. Next, sign into the other account, turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account and merge it with the data that is already there.

HT204053 Multiple Apple ID in family, one account

I have tried to change the family iTunes account to my wife's Apple ID that we set up a year ago but never used. Itunes won't let me change to that one because it is "already in use." How do I now transfer purchases to her account?

I no longer want the purchases that are on the account. I want to simply change the name of the account to hers so that she can have all the purchases that she and the kids made under my account name. There's no way to do that?

HT204053 Multiple Apple Id's to the same account

Trying to add my daughter to the same cloud account as mine, any ideas if this is possible?

If she logs into icloud using your ID and password, then she'll be connected to the same icloud account. But this is usually not advised, since if she does connect to your account, she and you will get the same emails, have the same calendars and contacts, same notes, etc. If she happens to delete a contact (one that is important to you), then you will lose it as well. Is this what you want?
The real question is why would you want to have her use the same icloud account? If on the other hand, you want her to use the same ID for the itunes account (which is not the same as an icloud account), then yes, that's a good idea, if you want her to be able to download the same apps and songs, etc. without buying them again.

HT204053 can you have multiple apple id's for the family but we all use the same iCloud?

Can you have multiple apple id's for the family members but we all us the same iCloud account?

You'll have to have an ID you all share in order to have a shared iCloud account. It would be sensible for each person to have their own ID and their own iCloud account for email and their own data (each would be on their own computer/iOS device or user account on a Mac) and then have a common account which everyone would sign into in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts and Calendars to access shared data.
You don't want to be all using the email in a common account - if people are using email aliases remember these can't be detached from the account and transferred to another one. Having all your emails mixed up together can be somewhat impracticable.

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.

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 I have multiple apple id's - how do I find them all?

I have multiple apple ids. I can not remember the security questions any more and now I can not access my email using my old email address. I now get a "Your account has been locked" message - very annoying!

To find all your AppleIDs log into
My Apple ID https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
There use the link Find your Apple ID in the lower right of the window.
On the same page you can use the "Reset your Password" link to manage your Apple ID and require that your security questions will be reset. You will receive an email notification with instructions how to proceed.
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I need to know if I can have multiple Apple Ids attached to one itunes account. Trying to set facetime up on these separate devices and it keeps failing. Any help would be appreciated. I tried to add additional emails, but I all I get is verifying and it never verifies it.

yes you can still sync all the devices on itunes using one master itunes/appleID account.
Music:
If you want to select specific playlists for your kids, DON'T enable iTunes Match on their devices, otherwise they will get ALL the playlists on their devices (learned that the hard way)
If you have wi-fi synced enabled that should still work.
Apps:
I manually select which apps they get on their devices using itunes. It only changes when they re-sync.
Don't enable AUTO downloads on their devices for Apps or Music purchases.
Since I also have young kids using these devices:
I have restrictions setup on their devices. I don't allow them to install/delete apps, nor do I allow them to make any account changes on their devices. This way their devices stay in order and get backed up to icloud. I can easily restore their devices if I needed too.
Once in a while I will disable the restrictions so I can update all their apps.
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HT204053 How do I combine multiple apple ids

Does anyone know how to combine multiple apple id's?

Prior to the 8.0.2 my iPhone, and iPad and the iMac (update 10.9.5) used both our original iTunes id (which became our apple ID as well) AND my own personal me.com apple ID but now it is either or but not both. Now my iPad gets some iMessages, my iPhone gets iMessages as 2 separate conversations, but my iMac does it the old way and just combines it all into one conversation
Can anyone help me add it all back together?

HT204053 how do i delete a multiple apple id from my account? I only need one

how do i delete a multiple apple id from my account? I only need one and i have two listed

Hello javyocks,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Concerning the issue with multiple Apple ID's, please look at the following:
Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622
I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to merge them into a single Apple ID?
Apple IDs cannot be merged. You should use your preferred Apple ID from now on, but you can still access your purchased items such as music, movies, or software using your other Apple IDs.
If you are wondering how using multiple Apple IDs relate to iCloud, see Apple IDs and iCloud.
Take care,
Alex H.

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