HT204053 My wife and I get our iPhone 4s tomorrow. Should we put them both on the same Apple ID, or should I create one for her. All our apple products are on mine at this time.
My wife and I get our iPhone 4s tomorrow. Should we put them both on the same Apple ID, or should I create one for her. All our apple products are on mine at this time.
The answer to this kind of depends on what you both want to do. Apple IDs can be used for multiple Apple services. For example you could both have your own iCloud Apple IDs (which I would suggest), but have only one iTunes Store Apple ID.
So think about how you will each use the iPhones then make your decision. Keep in mind that if you both use the same iCloud Apple ID you will receive each other's texts and emails and all the email, contacts and calendars will be the same.
Similar Messages
-
My wife and I decided to both buy Iphones do I put them both under the same apple ID, or do I create two different apple ID's and two differnt icloud accounts? We want to be able to share my itunes library on both our phones and sync our calendars, but I don't want every update and reminder that my wife puts in her phone and I know she doesn't want every reminder I put in my phone.
What you need to do is both use the same Apple ID for iTunes content, but separate Apple ID's for everything else. So, you keep your existing Apple ID. If not a verifiable email address, you will need to create a new Apple ID for yourself. You also create an Apple ID for your wife, again a verifiable email address. You use the existing Apple ID for all iTunes content. The new Apple ID's for iCloud, iMessage, FaceTime, etc. Here's how to create an Apple ID:
https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/wa/createAppleId?loca lang=en_US
Use multiple devices on one computer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495 -
My wife and my iphones are both on the same apple id. If I create a new apple id for her, can we still share our music?
Yes. If you are using two different instances of iTunes on your computers, make sure the music is on both copies of iTunes.
The person with the new Apple ID will not "own" the music, as it is owned by the one with the former ID. But the way to deal with this is for the new ID person to do Store > Authorize This Computer from iTunes' menu, then have the person with the ID that purchased the music enter his/her Apple ID and password. -
how can i use face time on my ipad 2 with my wife on her ipad mini if we both got the same apple id info
Add another email.
http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/Album%201A/45059983711d586099 0cb799efad0bb8_zpsd520c0d4.jpg -
my wife and 1 both have new iPhone 4's. Is it best to use the same apple id so we can share music and photo's?
Would suggest Seperate Apple IDs > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
SHARING iTunes MUSIC
http://macmost.com/five-ways-to-share-music-in-itunes.html
Also...Have a read here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18409815?ac_cid=ha
And See Here...
How to Use Multiple iDevices with One Computer -
I cannot use the password to update apps on my second IPhone. It only works on one of the phones. They both have the same Apple ID and password.
If it really does not work, change your password here https://appleid.apple.com (Manage account) and try to add the account again. I hope it helps.
-
Me and my brother had the same Apple ID I changed mine and he lost his music we have an iPhone 5's
Me and my brother had the same Apple ID I changed mine and he lost his music how do I fix that
Welcome to the Apple community.
If you want to use different ID's for iTunes, only one of you can use the ID that has the purchased music. The other will have to start their own collection. -
I have an iPhone 5s and an iPad 2 both using the same Apple ID sometime I'd like to FaceTime the iPad from the iPhone to talk to my wife while at work how can I get it to do this it always says unavailable.
Naw I figure it out without all that had to go into the FaceTime settings and only use the phone number on the iphone and only use the Apple ID on the iPad works great now no need for two Apple ID or any signing in and out.
Thanks for your help though -
Hi guys, so we have 2 iPhones in my house, both on the same Apple ID so that my mum and I can share everything. I have just got an iPad mini, and would like to use iMessage on it with my phone number, but the iPad only picks up other more recently added number (not mine, my mums) when I go to message settings. Is there a way to make the iPad default to other number?
Using FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4319
Troubleshooting FaceTime http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3367
The Complete Guide to FaceTime + iMessage: Setup, Use, and Troubleshooting
http://tinyurl.com/a7odey8
Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
iOS: About Messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3529
Troubleshooting Messages http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755
Cheers, Tom -
We just got 2 iPad air today and Set up both with the same Apple ID, now I'm getting FaceTime and messages for my 12 yr. old. Do I have to set up a separate Apple ID for her to avoid this?
It's a trust issue. You can set them up so you don't receive each other's messages as long as you each have your own email address.
The trust issue is the fact that either of you can change the separation at any time via Settings by checking the appropriate (inappropriate?) email address.
To be absolutely sure you can never receive each other's messages will require two Apple IDs. -
I have an iPhone 4 thats i was trying to fix and now it will not turn on at all is there anyway that i can access my pictures and contacts from my new phone or pc? Aslo the are both on the same apple id but i dont know if that would help or not.
Contacts are designed to be synced to a supported application on the computer or a cloud service.
Pictures taken with the device are designed to regularly be copied off the device to a computer as would be done with any digital camera.
If you have failed to use the device as designed it may be too late to recovery anything.
Is the device regularly backed up to a computer via iTunes? If so, the most recent backup (when restored to a replacement iOS device) should contain all contacts and pictures as of when the backup was created. -
Hi I updated my iPhone 4 and my Mum's iPhone 4 to software version 5.0. They both use the same apple id and they are both backed up to iCloud. Once I updated my mum's phone i noticed that her contacts are now on my phone i deleted some of them but then she noticed that they had been deleted off her phone to. Has anyone got any ideas please.
Welcome to the Apple Community.
Your password for logging into iCloud cant be different than your password for your Apple ID if you use that Apple ID to log into iCloud, it sounds as though you are using 2 accounts. -
I have a 17" Mac Book Pro and a 13" Mac Book Pro...both use the same Apple ID. My wife uses the 13" and now wants to change the Apple ID on the 13" to her Apple ID. How do I do this and not loose the information on that computer?
Hello Teddy53149 and welcome to Apple Support Communities,
Follow this procedure:
Change your OS X account name and home directory name - Apple Support
As they recommend and as always when you're messing with administrator accounts back everything up first. -
My Apple ID and rescue email are reversed. How can I change them both at the same time
My Apple ID and rescue email are reversed. How can I change them both at the same time?
I'd already used this standard tool (exhaustively!), but for the problem encountered it operated in Catch 22 mode - you had to do two things but neither order was permitted. I did find an answer eventually, but am not sure what it was I did that solved it! Thanks, anyway.
-
i bought my husband an ipod nano. we already have the classic. should i put both on the same apple id or get a new id for hubby?
You can use the same account on both - I use the same account on my devices. Generally it's best to have just the one account, as all purchases from the store are tied to the account that buys it - so any iTunes music that you have/will buy will be tied to that account.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Can I connect Windows 7 to a mac network account server
Hi All, I have a Mac Mini Server allong with a pile of Macs and a few PCs. What I want is being able to login to an ACCOUNT from ANY of my macs OR PCs. So when the computer turns on it asks you to put in a username and password. I know this is possib
-
Problem invoking EJB web service from Java
The project has a BPEL project calling embedded Java class and that Java class is invoking EJB WS(Java based). The whole project has been developed in Jdeveloper. There is a dependency set between BPEL project and the EJB project. The EJB WS has been
-
Hi folks, I recently filmed an interview and some footage to use in a brief newsy-documentary I did for my work. I had a great deal of difficulty with the audio from the camcorder - I used a mic (XLR to 1/8 and plugged into the audio-in jack) and, af
-
Embarrassed to ask - monitor issue
When I'm bouncing between recording with a mic and listening, how can I make the mic silent when I'm listening (besides unplugging it)? Is there an automatic feature so that the mic will only be hot when I have the 'record' button in red on the recor
-
EL expression to set row at particular index as selected row
Hi, What should be the EL expression to set row at index 'i' as selected row in a tree binding. I tried *#{bindings.treeBinding.collectionModel.selectedRow[i]}* . But it doesn't work. I also want to make the selected row as current. Will *#{bindings.