HT204074 Use separate Apple ID's for iTunes, on the same pc

Hi,
My partner and I have separate iphones. Do you know how we can use our apple ‘s separately on the same computer?
I plugged his iphone into itunes and it changed/superceded all his settings with mine, without asking for an Apple ID? I then removed the itunes program completely from the computer and replaced with a new download, it went directly into my itunes account, again without asking for an ID?
Kind regards,
Terri

Yes if she has her own user account on the MacBook. One user account can't sync to two separate iCloud accounts.
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Thanks for your reply. But what I don't understand is, can I no longer have multiple icloud accounts, to be used for different purposes? Like I said, we have been using one apple id/icloud for storage etc and one for find my iphone.

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