I have an iMac and an iPhone. I've just bought my wife a MacBook Air and want push my iCal to her laptop. Is it better to use my Apple id when I register the laptop or use iCloud to share.
Before I set up my wifes new Mac book Air I want to be sure I am doing the right thing. The main thing is that any changes I make to my iCalendar on my iMac or iPhone get pushed to her laptop and, when she gets one next month, her iPhone. Do I register her laptop in my name and use my Apple ID or is it better she has her own account and I publish my calendar through iCloud. I get the impression from the tutorials is that if I use iCloud she will only be able to view my calendar by logging on to iCloud and it will not appear on her iCalendar on her laptop or have I got the wrong end of the stick? Not so important is my contacts but I don't think you can use iCloud to share contacts, not the full address book anyway. Sorry if that's a bit long winded.
No it's not stealing. They have an allowance that you can share with so many computers/devices. You'll have to authorize her computer to play/use anything bought on your acct. You can do this under the Store menu at top when iTunes is open on her computer.
As far as getting it all on her computer....I think but I am not sure (because I don't use the feature) but I think if you turn on Home Sharing in iTunes it may copy the music to her computer. I don't know maybe it just streams it. If nothing else you can sign into your acct on her computer and download it all to her computer from the cloud. Not sure exactly how to go about that, I haven't had to do that yet. I wonder if once you authorize her computer and then set it up for automatic downloads (under Edit>Preferences>Store) if everything would download. Sorry I'm not much help on that.
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