Inter-device sharing

I didn't see a thread for iOS, so decided to post here. I made this suggestion to Apple earlier http://www.apple.com/feedback/ and believe it to have some merit. If anyone else believes this would be beneficial, maybe copying and pasting it into the feedback site above will give a better chance of making it happen (I posted it under iPhone, but any mobile device should do fine).
*+"I believe all Apple mobile product owners would benefit greatly if the next upgrade for iOS included a feature for inter-device sharing. This would allow for the iPad/iPhone/iPod to access audio/video/pics from other Apple mobile devices. This would eliminate A LOT of redundancy in what's stored on each device, allowing for more of certain types of media to be stored to specific devices. I own both the iPad and iPhone4 and tend to prefer movie viewing on iPad for obvious reasons, whereas music is more convenient on the iPhone because no viewing is required (driving/shopping) and thus no need for such a large screen."+*

There are also licensing issues with commercial content involved, and while some people would share only that content they created themselves, many people would want to use such a feature to share commercial, copyrighted content, and that's something the content owners do not want to allow facilitation of (that's one reason why you can't natively sync content other than that purchased from the iTunes Store from an iOS device back to iTunes).
But perhaps in future updates Apple will find a way to make this happen.

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You can have media from more than one account on an iOS device. Note that
- Apps are locked to the account that purchased them.
- To update apps you have to sign into the account that purchased the apps. If you have apps that need updating purchased from more than one account you have to update them one at a time until the remaining apps were purchased from one account.
I would set up the iPhone by:
iOS: Transferring information from your current iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device
Then on the iPod yocan either erase it and set it with the new ID or:
Use the new ID on iPod but only for:
Settings>Messages>Send and Receive
Settings>FaceTime
Settings>GameCenter
and Settings>iCloud if you want to have separate Contacts Calendar and some other things.
Continue to use the same/common Apple ID for Settings>iTunes and App stores so you can share purchases if you want to

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if they all use the same appleID then yes
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We have a number of apple devices, some ipod nanos, 3 ipod touches, and an iphone. All share itunes on one PC for music, videos, apps etc.
The ipods and iphone now have the iCloud option from IOS5. I get the general idea of iCloud sharing the info of one user across multiple devices. How does it work the other way, when there are multiple users that may want some parts kept private, such as photos, facebook etc?
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A single account would mean you all shared the same calendars, contacts, Photo Stream and email, but they can all be turned off individually, iTunes and the app store are separate accounts but it sounds as though you already have a single account for those any way, but again you can turn off automatic downloads and have each device sync different music and apps if you wish. It won't affect Facebook in any way.
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I have my iPod touch 3 for some time and in March I bought an iPhone 4. Originally I added a separate library for the phone, both sharing the same iTunes account. I use the shift key when booting iTunes to switch between libraries. Now, I'd like to use just one library and manually manage the content for each device. The reason I'd like to delete the iPhone library and use just one is that having two libraries seems to defeat the convenience of the new Wi-Fi sync feature in iTunes. I need to have my PC on and iTunes open to the device specific library in order to sync. I've also discovered I have to disable the Wi-Fi on the device I'm not syncing. If I don't, iTunes either crashes or sends error message saying it can't find the device or that it's seeing 2 devices and doesn't know what to do. At that point, I might as well just connect my USB and sync the "old" way. Any suggestions on how to use just one library so I can delete the other one? Or perhaps suggestions on Wi-Fi syncing? Thanks in advance!!

Hi Rictus,
SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
You can try one of these three methods:
1- Use iPhoto Library Manager-the paid version
The documentation page will give instructions on how it is done.
2- Sharing one iPhoto library between several users on one machine
3- Share an iPhoto Library in tiger Using ACL's
4- I have also read about ShareAlike
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Two iPod touch devices sharing an Apple ID. Can I create a new ID for one of them, and will I lose everything if I do?

My three young sons pooled their money and bought an iPod touch a few years ago. The oldest decided he wanted his own. We bought him one for Christmas last year, and I set it up using the same Apple ID. My oldest son downloaded some games but soon found whenever his brothers played the same games, the progress and changes were transferred to his device and vice versa. Is there a way to create a new Apple ID for the old device? If I am able to do that, will the younger kids lose all their pictures and videos? I am not concerned about them losing games or music. They have very little paid content on their iPod, but the older one has hit the age where he wants to start downloading music and better apps. Thank you for any help!!

It the devices have iOS 8 then use Family Sharing
http://www.apple.com/ios/ios8/family-sharing/
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids - Apple Support
Not that yo have to be at least 13 for a regular ID
Changing the ID does not erase any Data from the device
CHANGE ID
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Note the following are resolved if you use Family Sharing (iOS 8 and later):
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What do yo mean by: " it will backup on all devices"?
If you mean that is one persone purchases an app it appears on all device then on each device go to Settings>Store and turn off automatic downloads.

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I shared a project from Final Cut Pro to the Apple Devices (so that I could watch the video on my Apple TV). I found the video in Home Movies in iTunes, and actually watched it successfully through Apple TV.
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The Complete Guide to FaceTime: Set-up, Use, and Troubleshooting Problems
http://tinyurl.com/32drz3d
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