Multiple Apple ID's needed to maintain privacy on home Mac?

At home I have a family Mac. I have just bought an iPhone. At home we are signed in to iTunes etc using my Apple ID. I was wondering if there is any way to control what is transferred to the Mac via iCloud - I don't necessarily want to share all my work files, docs, photos, email etc with the whole family!? Do we need separate ID's? Would this then work with syncing from my iPhone to the Mac if 'we were different people'?

You can all stiil use the same iTunes Store account and have different accounts for the iCloud syncing service to maintain privacy. Each person would then use their own ID with their iOS device and their particular user account on the mac.

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Hello javyocks,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Concerning the issue with multiple Apple ID's, please look at the following:
Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5622
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a few days ago i decided i'd finally give iCloud a go & check out how well it works...
launched the app, followed the instructions & thought i might as well edit my iTunes Store Apple ID to AVOID having to deal with multiple ID's within the ''Apple universe''. since iCloud demands an email format ID, i did just that & was a bit surprised to realize i also would have to change the password which, i was instructed MUST contain an uppercase whatnot as well...
ok no problem, i edited all that in my iTunes account thinking that now all i had to do is just sign in on anything Apple with that username/password, right ?
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1 - in email format + 1 ''old'' one both sharing the same password, neat huh ? well done.....
don't get me wrong, without being a blind fanatic fanboy type of user, i DO love MOST of the stuff Apple does ( both hardware as software.. ) & have great joy in using it in my daily routine BUT....i'm afraid Apple did a big boo-boo here :
why not allow to change the old ID to an email format ID & then implement it's use ''everywhere Apple'' even if for example in places such as these Apple Support Communities forum, the website would ''hide'' automagically the ''@whetever.com'' part of the ID to protect the user's privacy ?...
i was even less impressed by this implementation when i logged-in my iTunes Store account with the new ID, saw there were upgrades for 3 apps i had bought for my iPhone & when i clicked the button to get them, a msg came up stating :
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anyway, forgive my rant about this, it's just that in this day & age when even the simplest of forums have got this username/password nailed to perfection, IT IS beyond me that a company as obviously capable as Apple DOESN'T & if this is the best it can do well....let's say i'm less than impressed & i will definitely get rid of iCloud
to me iCloud was more of a curiosity than a need since i ''plug'' my iPhone 2 ir 3 times a day to my iMac & clicking a button to import photos/sync/whatever is WAY LESS TROUBLE than having to shuffle back & forth constantly between multiple ID's - specially since at current prices, my 2TB music library WON'T be going on the cloud anytime soon....
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Thanks Limnos.
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Struggling to get Back to My Mac working. In the end, I want to be able to access my wife's iMac via BTMM when I am on the road. It may very well be "user error", but I need some advice...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4907
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5. Any other troubleshooting steps you have performed.
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