HT4059 Can books be shared with other family members devices?

Can books be shared with other family members devices?

If you mean books purchased through iBooks, no. I beleive B&N offers that feature, but only on a VERY limited number of titles.

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Anyway to split account shared with other family members?

My daughter has moved out and would like to keep the songs she has downloaded from iTunes, but have her own account. Is there anyway to do this?

Music download from the iTunes Store can not be associated with another account. However, if the music has been purchased within the last 3 or so years then there is no DRM on the music and anyone can listen to it. But you should read the iTunes Store TOS to and make sure your family is adhering to it. http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/

I have been sharing an apple ID and icloud with other family members. How do I change my iphone so as to create my own account?

I have been sharing I-cloud with other family members. How do I change my i-cloud setting on my i-phone so as to creare my own account?

If you want to keep your iCloud data, you would need to migrate your device and a copy of the data to a new account. To migrate to a new account, start by saving any photo stream photos you wish to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing notes with iCloud, you'll need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; others keeping the account will not be effected by this), choose Keep on My iDevice and provide the password to turn off Find My iPhone. Then sign back in with a different Apple ID to create your new account and choose Merge to upload your data.
Once you are on your own account, you can go to icloud.com and manually delete any data you don't want in your account without effecting anyone else.

I am the administrator of my computer with other family members having accts. One member is grayed out and no one can access that acct. Why and what do I do about it?

I am the administrator of my iMac with other family members having accts.
One members acct. is grayed out and cannot be accessed by anyone except him.
I had put parental controls on it but now I cannot access it or change anything.
I don't have permission.??

These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
Note if you have iOS devices and haven't moved your contacts and calendar items across then you should create one dummy entry of each in your new profile and iTunes should merge the existing data from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library or a backup then then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data.
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My Apple TV can control all the apple devices in my home including my other family members devices why?

My Apple TV can control all the apple devices in my home including my other family members devices why? I have home sharing on so my MacBook pro, iPad, and iPhone can be put on my tv. How do I only contol my devices?

Lots of questions but essentially you want to try three steps:
Reset the power on the device
- issue continue?
Reset all settings from: Settings > General > Reset all settings > Reset All Settings
- issue continue?
Restore the devices software: Settings > General > Restore > Retore
- issue continue?
You likely have a hardware issue. Visit an Apple Retail Store

How do I share songs with other family members?

I would like to know how I share songs and movies with other family members who have different accounts.

- Sync them from a computer. You can sync music and videos from different computers/iTunes library manually. See the manual method included in:
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
- You can also redownload the directly to a device if the device ha iTunes 5 or later by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
However, you may end up with the 90 day wait to. See:
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID

Can family members added as part of the Family Share feature of iOS 8 really erase other family members devices with the Find My iPhone feature?

I initiated a Chat session with Apple Support to see if this was really possible. The answer I got was that it DID seem possible at this time. If this is true, then Apple may want to look at giving the sharing device the option to disallow other family members from erasing that device remotely (or playing sound, entering lost mode).
I would be comfortable allowing my wife to lock my iphone or erase it remotely if needed, but I would not want any of my kids to have that ability.
Can somebody else confirm this could be done?
My case # with Apple is: 668372718
iPhone 5
iOS 8
Family Share
Find My iPhone
Good day,
Ryan

Just tested this. You have to enter the Apple ID Password for the device you are trying to remote erase. You CAN put the device in lost mode without the password, but you cannot initiate a remote wipe without the password for the device.

TS4006 Can I use find my phone to find other family members devices if they have separate Apple ID

Can I use my find my phone on my iphone or iPad to find other family members I phones if they have their own apple id's etc?

If they have Settings > iCloud > Find My iPhone enabled on their phones and you know the id that it's linked to and the account's password then you can use the Find My iPhone app on another device to try and locate them.

An app that i had and used to be free can't be shared with my Family??

i've downloaded an app when it was free a long time ago, then i've deleted it. Reciently i've searched it and now it has a pricetag. I tried to buy it in my new iphone 5S (same icloud account) and it didn't charge me After agreeing the purchase because i've downloaded it for free in the past. Thats great, BUT it doesn't appears in Purchases at all!, so i cant share it with my family neither delete it and try to actually pay for it so I can share it. I dont want to be charged if same rules apply! But anyways, please i need a solution! We are a touring band and we need our tuner!. The app is "InsTuner Chromatic tuner". Please help! Thanks you so much in advance!

I use the same tuner. There are now two different versions (I'm not sure if there were two in the past). I know for certain I've downloaded the FREE version in the past to try it but looking under the FREE version of the app, it states I have not purchased it (app says GET in the App Store). I then later purchased either the paid version or the FREE version with the in-app purchase of the Pro version (are you confused yet?)...
1. InsTuner Free - Chromatic Tuner (in-app purchase of Pro version)
2. InsTuner - Chromatic Tuner with Tone Generator (NO in-app purchases & not free but I don't know the price since I've seemingly paid for it)
I have full access to #2 and it shows in my purchases and can use it on all my devices
I have no access to #1, it does not show in my purchases as it shows I have not yet bought it (GET in the App Store)
I don't seem to have the same problem as you but it still seems to be a confusing mess. This has happened in the past with other apps as well (can't say for certain which though) that start out with a FREE version only, then come out with a separate paid version and add an in-app purchase to the FREE version that makes it essentially the same as the paid version. Two versions: one is paid & the full version, the other is FREE but has an in-app purchase that makes it the same as the paid version...again, confusing if you initially downloaded the FREE version and possibly paid for an in-app purchase with that version.
You may want to try downloading the FREE version if you haven't already and see if it works for you.

How to share the Photos library on iCloud Drive with other family members?

I have uploaded our family photo-library to iCloud drive (136GB+). It works great!
But how can my wife (with her own iCloud-account, but within the family) see and use our library?

Tnx for the reply, though I already feared this was the answer.
Family sharing works well for keeping contact lists separated and we do not need to see all the crap the other half shoots with their iPhone.
But as family-members, we DO want to use our communal photo-library.
It would be great if you could share your entire library with family-members or at least select which albums to share with who.
Also it is silly that you can share a photo only to one other iCloud-album. If I shoot a nice pic of the kids I would want to share it with my wife AND with others.
The same would work for contacts. The family-head should be able to assign which contacts are shared and which are separate.
I hope Apple will update the family-possibilities so that this is fixed.

Can I play Game Center Games with other family members sharing one Apple ID

I have several IOS devices sharing the same Apple ID that my sons and wife use. I have set up a game center account using that ID and can find no way that we can play head to head games on those multiple devices against each other using that one Apple ID login, even if I create multiple Nicknames. Am I missing something?

An Apple ID is just an account that uses an email address and password. It does not have to be tied to iTunes. You can create one here. Create one each for your sons and wife.

Sharing apps with other family members

My husband and I have a desktop and two iPod touches. We have no problem sharing apps as we are using the same apple id.
I turned on home sharing so that I could share a couple of apps that we have purchased with my daughter. We authorized her laptop. We than transfered the purchased apps to her laptop. Then, we transfered the apps to her iPod. We turned on home sharing on the iPod. She can't open the apps. They appear to open but do not complete. If we have to use the same apple ID on her iPod to access the apps, it seems rather silly to allow us to transfer apps as well as music via home sharing from one computer to the other. I hope I am just doing something wrong. I really think that she should be able to purchase apps and music herself with her own id if wanted rather than having to pay me back for purchases made with my account.
I think Apple has made this far too complicated.

I figured out how to do it. If it has nothing to do with home sharing, then why does home sharing let you set to automatically copy all apps purchased on one computer to another if home sharing is on on that computer. Unfortunately, even though home sharing appears to allow it, it doesn't work properly that way. But, all I had to do was log in to my apple id on her iPod and then download the apps that I had purchased on her iPod and then I logged back out and the apps worked. I did the same with her iTunes.

How do I stop sharing downloads with other family members

Ive searched the threads and can't find an answer to my specific issue, being....
My son, wife, and I all share an itunes store Apple ID for purchases. Our iPhones, Mac Airs, iMac, and iPads itunes apps are all in the cloud. How can we prevent when someone buys something on the itunes store from automatically downloading to everyones library??
I buy an album, it begins to auto download to my sons library when he opens his itunes library. If I try to uncheck the auot download box in preferences on his library, the same boxes go unchecked in my library. If I have to do it manually, whats the point of being in the cloud?
Do I have to get everyone their own apple ID for itunes purchases?

Are you all using the same computer login with the same iTunes library?
If so, you cannot stop it because you are all using the same library.

I share itunes with other family members on my computer. First time I synced my iPhone, I picked up all of their apps. How can I avoid picking up their apps?

How do I fix?

Just change your iPhone's sync settings -- with your iPhone connected to iTunes, click on the Apps tab and choose to sync only selected apps, then choose the ones you want loaded. You can also drag and drop them to where you want them on your iPhone.

Home sharing with different family members

Hi-
I'm trying to get the whole home sharing figured out. I have my PC my iPhone 4, my kids iPod 4's. Itunes in my pc would recognize our pods individually. We added an iPhone 4s for my hubby but iTunes recognizes his as me and not him. Any suggestions to fix this? Siri doesn't realize it's him, he gets all of my contacts, etc. do we have to set up his own iTunes and not be able to do the home sharing?
Thanks!

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can use your own ID's for the iTunes Store, so that you each have your own account and content, but you need to use the same ID (doesn't matter which) for home sharing on all devices.

HT4059 Can books be shared with other family members devices?

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