HT5824 i let my girlfriend use my apple id when i got her a new iPhone and now everything that is associated with my apple id refers to her as the main user which means my iPhone and mac book think im her. How do i get my iCloud to recognize me again?

When i bought my girlfriend an iPhone i let her use my apple id. I got some of the problems with letting her do that instead of creating her own worked out but one that i do not know how to fix is my mac book and my iPhone thinks i am her. When i ask siri who i am it responds with her name on my phone. When i try facetiming her on my iPhone it calls my mac book. I try to edit the account but the one option that i don't see is the option to change who the iCloud recognizes as "me." If i create a new apple id i will lose a lot of stuff that i have saved. Does anybody know a solution to this without losing everything i have?

sophieguichard wrote:
oh ok    and then i need to create another id for her? would we lose all our stuff?
thank you so much!!!!
Well, yeah.  You want to create separate accounts for each of you, using individual Apple IDs.  I know mothers and daughters like to share clothes, shoes, handbags, etc. but don't share Apple IDs. 

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