I have a macbook and my wife has an iMac. We share the apple id for iTunes purchases but I want some degree of separation with programs, how do I do that?

Since I upgraded to a mac my wife and I share the same apple id but this basically shows us as the same person with most programs. How do I get some separation on messages, face time etc.

Yes if you want to share your purchased Music, Apps etc between them.

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Hello. I am about to migrate over to iCloud. I don't think I see my situation addressed. I have one mobile me account and a separate appleID for purchases. I have 4 devices and my wife has two. Right now they are all using the same mobile me account t

I don't think I see my situation addressed. I have one mobile me account and a separate appleID for purchases. I have 4 devices and my wife has two. Right now they are all using the same mobile me account to sync just the calendar and address book.
1.) I want to add email syncing for my 4 devices and email syncing for my wife's two devices separately, but we want to sync and share the same calendar and address book. Is this possible?
2.) I also have 5 different calendars, one for work, one for home, one for... etc. Is there a way to have different devices only sync certain calendars and not others or is it an all or nothing deal?
Thanks in advance for any tips!
S

To begin with, I would like to try to explain Apple's confusing nomenclature in regard to iCloud.
Apple have called the whole cloud thing iCloud, there are a number of features under the iCloud umbrella, some of which require their own login. iTunes is one of these, another is what Apple have unfortunately also called iCloud.
You can use the same Apple ID (account) to login to both iCloud and iTunes, but you don't need to and often users will login to each service using a different ID.
The part that you need to remember is that the services available when you log into iCloud are completely different and unrelated to those when you log in to iTunes. Your iCloud login enables mail, contacts, calendars, find my phone, Back to My Mac, Documents & Data sharing and photosstream, it does not affect any of your iTunes services.
To avoid confusion when discussing your problem, when I mention iCloud, I am referring to the services under the iCloud login, Whereas I will refer to the whole cloud thing as The Cloud.
Generally speaking it is not a good idea to share an iCloud account between different people, it often results in contracts, calendars et cetera being deleted by others. Saying that however you can add secondary iCloud accounts to your devices at settings> mail, contacts, calendars. Secondary accounts do not have all the features of a primary account, but are often very useful. Because you can enable or disable each individual feature of an iCloud account, you can cover almost any situation by using secondary accounts.

I have a motox and my wife has a iPhone but she can't receive texts from?

i have a motox and my wife has a iPhone but she can't receive texts from me. What would be the problem on why is that?

What did you used to send her an iMessage, using her phone number or e-mail address?
Does she have in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > her phone number & e-mail address selected?

I just bought a MBA and I need to move my photos and itunes to an external hard drive (from my old MacBook Pro) because they won't fit on the Air. I got the photos moved fine and I followed an online tutorial to move the necessary files for itunes, but i

I just bought a MBA and I need to move my photos and itunes to an external hard drive (from my old MacBook Pro) because they won't fit on the Air. I got the photos moved fine and I followed an online tutorial to move the necessary files for itunes, but it didn't work. The files copied fine, but when I tell iTunes on the Air to look at the external drive for the library, it doesn't find anything. What I copied was the entire iTunes Media folder. So, how do I move the necessary iTunes files from my old Pro to a external drive so I can access them from my new Air? Whew!

iTunes- How to move the library to an EHD
After you move the library you need to open iTunes by first depressing the OPTION key then launching iTunes. You will be given a choice of which library to use. This can then be made a permanent change, if you wish, in the Advanced section of iTunes preferences.

I cant use facetime. but my sister can. we share the same account for itunes.but when i go to face itme and click on create a new account a blank screen pops up. what do i do?when i go to make a new facetime account nothing comes up

i cant use facetime. but my sister can. we share the same account for itunes.but when i go to facetime on my ipod touch and click on create a new account a blank screen pops up and the only thing it says is cancel and account. what do i do?

Please follow these directions to delete the Mail "sandbox" folder.
Back up all data.
Triple-click the line below to select it:
~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A Finder window should open with a folder named "com.apple.mail" selected. If it does, move the selected folder — not just its contents — to the Desktop. Leave the Finder window open for now.
Quit and relaunch Mail, and test. If the problem is resolved, you may have to recreate some of your Mail settings. You can then delete the folder you moved and close the Finder window. If you still have the problem, quit Mail again and put the folder back where it was, overwriting the one that may have been created in its place. Post your results.
Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

My iPhone 3Gs randomly shutting off at any given moment. I could be in the middle of a text, a call, or doing some games and it'll just shut off. Now here's the unique part. When I go to turn it back on, the apple loading screen pops up but it takes some

My iPhone 3Gs randomly shutting off at any given moment. I could be in the middle of a text, a call, or doing some games and it'll just shut off.
Now here's the unique part. When I go to turn it back on, the apple loading screen pops up but it takes somewhere from 3-5 minutes for it to boot up. Then the lock screen with the time and whatnot shows up. From this point on, my iPhone has a chance to shut itself back down and I have to repeat the process over and over again. Most of the time the lock screen flashes and then goes straight to black (shut down) but sometimes I can make it a few menus before it shuts itself down.
The only way to keep the iPhone on is to plug it into a charger of any sort. I'm fairly certain it isn't a battery charge issue because this happens at any % of power and sometimes my iPhone can use up all of its charge and not have this happen while other times I can be at 90-100% and it could randomly shut itself down. What can I do in this situation if some has some solution to this problem please let me know on [email protected] Thanks!

Not sure if this Term is Relevant towards an iPhone but, my iPhone won't Post unless if it's plugged into a Charger.

I have a balance in my iTunes account but would like to pay by credit card. How do I do that?

How do I pay by account's credit card instead of balance in my credit from gift card?

I'm in exactly the same situation -- I just got a big gift card on my iTunes account, and then American Express sent the 5 free songs offer, which expires in a few weeks. I found the following instructions from someone on another website. I haven't tried them myself but they look like they'll work.
According to Apple's page, it uses the following order for song purchases:
Song credits.
Gift certificate, prepaid card, or allowance credits.
Credit cards.
Thus, it would appear that you cannot charge a credit card without using up your credits or gift certificates first.However, similar to what @Nick said, you could just open up another account, add the credit card to it, and then gift the items you want to your original account.Update: Based on my own tests of self-gifting, these are my findings:
Gifts will deduct money from the credit card on your account; they will not use up song credits nor gift card credit. This means that you do not need to open another account, just add it as a credit card and gift it to yourself.
You cannot send a gift to the same email address as your iTunes account. This can easily be circumvented by sending it to one of your other email accounts.
The easiest method of gifting to yourself is to select the print option. It will show you a code which you then use to redeem the song. It will allow you to redeem the code on thesame account.
Found at: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/6827/can-itunes-ignore-store-credit-and -use-a-credit-card-instead

Hi. I have a MacBook Pro, my wife has a MacBook Air - is it possible to share a photo library and still be able for both of us to access it when not on the same network?

For example, she often works away and we both obviously would like access to the photo library while she is away.
Upon her return I would then need to sync the library with any new photos either of us has taken. We also both have iPhones with separate apple id's so would need to sync both to a single library if possible?

There is not yet a reliable way to keep an Photo library on a network volume, that you can access remotely and share between multiple users. The syncing over the network will corrupt the libraries, and merging two iPhoto libraries requires third party tools, like iPhoto Library Manager.
With Aperture instead of iPhoto you could merge libraries, but still not have the library on a server for remote access.
It would be easier, if both of you kept your own copies of the iPhoto library on your macs and used the shared photo streams to add any new photos taken by each other.

I have windows Vista and my wife has windows7; What number of photoshop elements should we buy?

What photoshop elements number should we buy that is compatible with my windows Vista (64bit) and my wife's windows 7? Whatever is the best photoshop elements to buy, can I buy a single one and use it on both our computers-- will adobe allow 2 users?

Please see the tech specs:
http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop-elements/tech-specs.html

I have two iPads and giving one to my grandson. Using my Apple id for both, can we use different passwords to access our "own" apps. Also I don't want the downloaded App to go to both iPads. Been looking for hours for an explanation! Thanks for any help.

I have two iPads and giving 1st gen. to my grandson. Using my Apple idI for both... can we use different passwords to access our "own" apps. Also I don't want the downloaded App to go to both iPads. Been looking for hours for an explanation! Thanks for any help.

Look at this link.
Giving your former iPad to a spouse or family member: the quick guide
http://www.tuaw.com/2012/03/17/giving-your-former-ipad-to-a-spouse-or-family-mem ber-the-quick/
How to Share a Family iPad
http://www.macworld.com/article/1163347/how_to_share_a_family_ipad.html
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1202
iOS & iCloud Tips: Sharing an Apple ID With Your Family
http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/
How To Best Use and Share Apple IDs across iPhones, iPads and iPods
http://www.nerdsonsite.com/blog/2012/06/07/help-im-appleid-confused/
 Cheers, Tom

My sis and I share the same library for iTunes but when she tries to uncheck my songs and syncs hers, my songs are synced to her iPod still making her delete my songs. What can she do?

So my sis and I share the same iTunes library on the comp, and when ever she wants to sync her music, she unchecks all my songs. But once she unchecked my songs and syncs hers onto her iPod, my songs are there still. We've unchecked all my songs manually but my songs still sync onto her iPod. I want to know what to do because she ends up deleting my songs and when ever I wanna sync my songs, it takes me forever. PLEASE HELP ME GUYS!!

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
Simplest way is to create a New User Account for each of you...
Each user will then have their own iTunes library.

I am using fieldpoint and labview to log and monitor the temperatures of my system. but i am not using Labview 6i with DSC, how can i do it??

i am using fieldpoint 2.0 and labview 6i to monitor my system, but i think i don't have labview DSC.

I have written a relatively large Fieldpoint application "just" using LV5.1 FDS, so it can be done.
Fieldpoint can be seen as an external instrument, so you need to use the driver/vi's that comes with FP.
I believe using DSC would only make the job easier for you.

Bought by a game on the apple store for an ipad but it has now frozen how can I get it to work with out paying again?

Game through the apple store has now frozen on my ipad. How do I get it to work again?

Hi there,
You may want to take a look at the troubleshooting steps found in the article below.
iOS: Troubleshooting applications purchased from the App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1702
-Griff W.

I have a mac and my wife has her Iphone synced with another library.

When she hooks it up to the MAC it says it will erase in order to sync with my Itunes/Mac. How does she use my computer to communicate with her phone without erasing it?

Depends on what she wants to do. You need to make sure that auto sync is turned off, then there are only a few things she can do with the iPhone and a different computer. The iPhone is desiged to sync with just a single computer. Is t here a reason she wants to connect to your computer?

I have an iphone5 and my friend has an iPhone 4 I can receive blue texts from her but she's not receiving mine

I have an iPhone 5 my friend an iPhone 4. I can receive texts from her (in blue) but she's not receiving anything from me? Help

What did you used to send her an iMessage, using her phone number or e-mail address?
Does she have in Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > her phone number & e-mail address selected?

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