I have one cluster iCloud/iTunes Account.

Ok, I don't even know how to start getting into this. We have 1 MacBook Pro, 1 PowerMac G5, one PowerBook G4, several Windows PCs, 1 iPad, 1 iPhone, 3 iPod Touches, and 2 iPod Nanos in one iTunes/iCloud account. My whole family is on one account
My son, my daughter, and I are all on on one iTunes/iCloud account. All our Music, Photos, Videos, Books, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Notes, E-Mail Accounts, iMessages, and FaceTime are all mixed up and messed up.
How can I separate out our Media/Content in to our own accounts? How many credit cards do I need to do it? Please help.
Thanks,
David
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Use one shared AppleID (the current one) for the iTunes and App Stores - all purchased content can then be readily shared and updated on devices by anyone.
Each of you get yourselves another, free email address (gmail, hotmail, MS Live, AOL, ... whatever) and make yourselves your own, unique and private AppleID.
Use the private AppleIDs to each make your own iCloud account and your own iMessage account. That way everyone's email, messages, backups to iCloud and sync's to iCloud are completely separate in their own accounts.
You can organize your own devices shared purchased content by cutomize your sync settings in iTunes - as long as each device has its own unique device name, you can sync them all on one computer sharing one AppleID for iTunes and App stores, and each device can have its own custom content settings for sync.

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Please bear with me as I am not a super advanced user. I have seen variations of this question during my search, but nothing that seems to fit my exact situation.
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I have an Apple ID, itunes account, icloud account. Wife does not
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seperate, yes, the wife must have a seperate AppleID.
As far as keeping other content seperate and different,
you should create a seperate account on the PC for the
wife (if she doesn't or can't install iTunes on her computer).
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796
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