Is there anyway to stop iCloud from sharing apps and contacts between devices? I have 3 iPhones, ipad2 and a Macbook and now all of the contacts from all 3 phones come up on everyones phones and the iPad. We have one iTunes acct.

I was told I would have to set up 3 separate iTunes accounts, but is that the only way? It has been very frustrating b/c I don't need my husbands or daughters contacts on my phone. And anytime one downloads an app, it pops up on the other devices. I like the intent the cloud, but it is getting frustrating to manage all of my devices individually.
thanks!!

Without separate accounts and IDs, how would you imagine or manage different people?
I assume that they all have their own separate login accounts for Mac OS. They should. But that isn't enough if all the household iTunes are under one ID, they would get mixed into one ID in the database.
Was it though through far enough? probably not. Getting the cloud concept working seems as far as it went with more work to be done to handle devices, IDs, and accounts, and to avoid just this mess and mishmash.

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