Merging / sharing across accounts

I have an iTunes Account from which i have bourght lots of music and games for my iPhone
my girlfriend also has her own iTunes account for her iPhone, and lots of music and games on her account.
when mooving together. is there anyway to merge this data into one, so we don't have to buy all the apps and music 2.
if it is possible to melt those two accounts into one. will it then be possible to reverse that action, (in case a relationship fails)
i am thinking that when the new IOS 5 comes with the option of sharing callendar notes in the cloud. it would be nice to have that feature 2.
anyone knows if that will work on seperate iTunes accounts?
Tnx in advance.

Any item purchasede from the iTunes Store is permanently tied to the account from which it was originally purchased, and that cannot be changed.
However, you can put items from multiple accounts into a single iTunes library that you can both enjoy. Simply copy the content where you want it, and add it to the iTunes library. Yes this can be reversed, but I won't tell anyone that you asked that. ;-)

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haha, brian has a hidden message in there.
Anyway, here all the links I have for sharing. The last link for using ACLs is the one I think you are thinking of.
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Sharing libraries between users on the same local network
You can also share a library on the same machine between users the same way.
Sharing libraries between users on the same machine...
-both users must have sharing enabled in their iPhoto Preferences
-both users must be logged in and have iPhoto running
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Sharing links from Apple....
Sharing your photos between computers
About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
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SHARING ONE IPHOTO LIBRARY BETWEEN USERS ON SAME MACHINE
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You can copy the desired library to the shared folder.
You then need to go to each iTunes app. in the various users and change the iTunes music folder location.
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Sorry to say but these Accounts cannot be merged...
From Here http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
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Hey there zornie,
It sounds like the features you are describing are part of iCloud Keychain.
iCloud Keychain can also keep the accounts you use in Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Messages up to date across all of your Macs. If you're signed in to Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, or any other accounts in Internet Accounts on OS X Mavericks, iCloud can push those accounts to your Macs as well.
From: iCloud: Frequently asked questions about iCloud Keychain
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5813
If you would like one of your devices to not automatically have accounts setup with iCloud Keychain, you would have to turn off the feature in your settings.
iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2613
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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Move the files to /Users/Shared/ and from there into the other account.
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There is no merge but you can move data from one account to another via the Shared folder. Data is copied from Shared. Watch your free space when copying. These are large files. Do one at a time if you are on a small drive. After making copy, delete from other users before you start next copy.
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Adding a new user account or just sharing one account?

Hello - looking for the best practice with this - my wife has an old PC laptop which is nearing the end of its life. She will probably just share my iMac with me. If so, her photos will be imported into iPhoto and her iTunes library will have to be migrated over. She also has an iphone with her own set of contacts in it. Three questions for folks out there who have multiple users on their macs:
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2. If we go the route of two separate accounts, will Time Machine be able to backup this new account?
3. Can one iTunes library and one iPhoto library be shared across two separate accounts?
Thank you.
Steve

1. It is usually best to have two separate accounts.
2. Yes.
3. Possible, but usually simpler to maintain separate libraries.

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Is there a way to share iTunes content (music, movies, etc.) between different user accounts on the same Mac? We have a "family" iMac with different login accounts (me, my spouse and our kids). When my spouse or kids are logged on as themselves, is there a way for them to access the music on iTunes that I see when I'm logged in? Thank you in advance!
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M

Hello M,
The article linked below details how to go about setting up a single iTunes Library for sharing across all user accounts on your system.
iTunes: How to share music between different user accounts on a single computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
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Hello to you all
My question relates about merging two apple accounts.
Having two accounts is an issue (for instance when you start setting up Family sharing, or trying to get phone calls on your Mac)
As we know, merging two accounts is alas (still ?) not possible.
But it should be possible to address the issue it my migrating data.
As many people, I have two accounts:
Account A: [email protected], with all my purchases (iTunes, apps, machines)
Account B: [email protected], with my calendar, contacts, bookmarks, photos...
The best possible option seems to keep account A:
- Transfer the data from B to A
- Possibly transferring the [email protected] address into A
- Close B
About the data transfer:
- Transferring iCloud documents is easy (using the Finder)
- Transferring contacts, events bookmarks is also easy as they can be exported (ex .VCF or html)
- Transferring Notes can be done by moving the notes from the iCloud list to the On my Mac List
- Transferring Passwords and Photostreams is difficult (No Export solution for KeyChains, No way to transfer ownership of a photo stream)
- I do not know yet about transferring the iCloud email address [email protected] into the [email protected]
So my questions are:
1) Do you have any idea about transferring Passwords in KeyChain from one iCloud account to another ?
2) Do you have any idea about transferring ownership of a photo stream to one iCloud account to another ?
3) Do you have any idea about the email address transfer
4) Do you have any other way to do this ?
Thanks for your attention
Kind regards

The easiest thing to do would be to use an iOS device, such as your iPhone to migrate the data from one account to the other. You can go to Settings>iCloud on your phone, sign out of account B, choose Keep on My iPhone and provide your password when prompted, then sign back in using ID A to create a new iCloud account and choose Merge when prompted to upload the data. This will not migrate notes, which as you said, can be dragged and dropped between accounts on your Mac.
This will also not move your existing iCloud email account. You cannot move an iCloud email account to a new iCloud account. You would either have to switch to the new @icloud.com email account that goes with your new iCloud account, or continue to use the existing email account as a "secondary account" To do this, you would go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud on your iOS devices (and System Preferences>Internet Accounts>iCloud on your Mac), sign back into account B and turn on Mail. Just be aware that, at least on an iOS device, this would not be push email as push is only supported in the primary iCloud account.
Photo stream cannot be moved between accounts either, not can it be enabled in a secondary account. If you want to keep your photo stream photos you'll have to either save them to your device, or add them to a shared album before signing out of the existing account (see http://help.apple.com/icloud/#/mmc0cd7e99). Another option would be to import them to your iPhoto events, then add them back to your new photo stream using iPhoto when you sign into the new iCloud account on your Mac.
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