Multiple iPhones to a single iTunes Account - doable?

Hi all, heres one - Is it possible to have 2 iphones authorised to 2 personal machines (windows) AND my mac which has all my centralised iTunes music? Currently, my music collection is dottted around various machines and drives. I am in the process of consolidating it all onto my G-RAID Thunderbolt unit which is plugged into my macbook which I use for work (doesnt leave the house)
I would like myself and my misses to be able to synch our iphones to our personal laptops (which are mobile) but then also be able to synch to the macbook if we want to add/change music on our phones etc.
Is it possible to do this?
Apologies if this is all super-obvious!
Thanks for the help!

Not sure I parsed all that, but the short answer is:
(a) You can sync multiple iOS devices to a single computer
(b) You can only sync each device to *one* computer, even if the accounts are the same on the two different computers. If you try to sync it to another one, it will erase the content and overwrite it with the specified content from that computer.
If having access to all your music all the time is important, consider Match.

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My question is a bit different. I have not yet been able to wean my wife off her dying Dell. While she has iTunes on it sync fails so she has not backed up her 3GS phone in ages. She has different music, pictures, and apps than I do, and we do not want to share these. So I want to sync her phone (and iPad as well) to my Macbook Pro, but keeping things separate.The responses and Apple material regarding syncing multiple phones to a single Mac talk about shared music and media libraries and do not seem to talk about apps.
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There IS a way to turn it off. Settings/Store - Automatic Downloads. Turn Apps off.
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Hi sandexpress,
As Ocean20 indicates, you want to make sure that you have automatic syncing turned off. In iTunes Preferences under Devices, make sure you have "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" checked. Then connect each iPhone, and make sure that "Manually Manage Music and Videos" is checked on the Info page for each of them. Then go into each page for each device, and select what you want to sync to that particular device. (you would do this one device at a time - complete the steps for one of the phones, then connect the next one and do the same thing).
With this kind of setup, you can modify what will sync at any given time for a particular device once you have connected it to iTunes, but before you click on the Sync button at the bottom of the screen. If you want to change some sync options on a particular device, you would just go into the page you wanted to change (Music, Photos, Apps, etc.), make your changes, and then Sync.
If you do not have any changes, you can just hook up the phone and click on Sync.
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Here are some tips: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495

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I am wondering if anyone knows how one will be able to manage multiple users under a single account under the new iOS5. Let me explain. In my house my wife and children download content ( movies, music, app) under my itunes log in so we can decide to watch the movie on my computer or my sons iphone without running into DRM issues. With the automatic syncing of pictures with iCloud I dont want my pictures and hers being mixed up but would like to each have an account. The problem is that I dont want to loose the ability of having the same DRM account for different itunes account. In other words, is there a way to associate a couple of me.com (icloud) emails / accounts to be associated with one itune store purchase account to be able to take advantage of sharing content with in the family. My apologies for the long winded question but I couldn't explain it any other way.:)
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This is from a MobileMe page, so it may not fully apply, but it suggests you'll be able to use separate accounts for iCloud and iTunes.
http://www.apple.com/mobileme/transition.html
If I use different accounts for iTunes and MobileMe, can I merge them into a single account and use it with iCloud?
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JustElleBea wrote:
... can multiple iPhones share one iTunes account?
Yes... But anything Purchased or Downloaded is Permanently Tied to that Apple ID (yours)
Re Using Multiple Devices on one Computer...
Have a read here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18409815?ac_cid=ha
And See Here...
How to Use Multiple iDevices with One Computer

Using multiple iPhone's on one iTunes account

Hello, im not sure if this has been asked, i had a quick look but couldnt get a 100% answer.
My wife and i have 2 iPhones using one iTunes account, both have been updated to iOS5. We both can use iCloud and all the new features of iOS5.
When both iPhone's were set up i sent an iMessage to one of my contacts, they recieved the message and replied, the reply came in and was recieved on both iPhones. I know you can turn off in settings on the iPhone that i do not want to recieve the reply to but in doing so i will turn off iMessage on that iPhone.
On my iPhone i set up iCloud with my default iTunes email, and my wifes set up a new @me account. This has over come the problem of using Find My Friends App, so now she can have her own account.
Now if her contacts do not have her @me email in thier contact for her, she will not be able to utilise iMessage from iPhone to iPhone. Then comes the issue with making purchases on her iPhone as she is logged in under her @me, but purchases must be made with my email account so i can also have the purchases. Now your prob saying just log into my account when making purchases, but if she does iCloud won't work due to the app was not purchased using the same email address.
All i want to be able to do is use 2 iPhones on one iTunes account, be able to have seperate Find My Friends set up, both be able to have each others purchases, both use iMessage to each other and friends, both use seperate iCloud accounts.
If i am doing something wrong please let me know, or if you know how to do it.
My other theory is, i have added a different @me account to my iTunes account, could i set her iPhone up using this account, seeing that this one is linked to my original acount?

The Apple account used for iCloud can be different than that used by the App Store. In other words, your wife can use her own iCloud account and use your Apple ID for the App Store and thus you can share apps. To change the App Store ID, go to Settings/Store and tap on the Apple ID. Then tap Sign out, then log back in using you Apple ID.

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you can have 1 itunes, but you each have to have your own icloud account, see here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4020?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
and here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895

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I use itunes as a resource for teaching music. I also use it as a resource for our church's music ministry. I want to use a gift card for church purchases and my credit card for my business purchases so I can accurately track my business vs. personal expenses. Is there any way to have multiple payment options under one account? I haven't been able to locate any info on this...
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sorry, but to the best of my knowledge, you can only have a single payment method for a give iTunes Music Store account. You can use a gift card with an account with a credit card, but the iTMS will charge the gift card balance first until it runs out; there's no way to allocate certain purchases to the card and others to the credit card. If you want to keep them separate, you'll have to have two separate iTunes Music Store accounts (you can have up to five accounts on a single computer).
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I am looking to set up two iphones and a two ipads (one for me and one for my fiance) to a single itunes account to allow us to load music and apps from the same itunes account but be able to have seperate accounts for facetime on our phones and ipads. Any recommendations on the best way to do this?

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Sharing Stuff From Different iTunes Accounts (or Computers)
Here's how to do so using different computers:
Transfer what content you want to the separate iTunes library on each computer. To transfer content from your library to another library do the following. We'll assume this is between husband and wife separate accounts and different Apple IDs.
Launch iTunes under your wife's login;
Sign her out of iTunes, then you sign in;
Select iTunes -> Preferences -> Devices -> Disable auto-sync when an iPod/iPhone is connected;
Connect your phone, DO NOT SYNC;
Select Store -> Authorize this Computer (only have to do this once);
Select File -> Transfer Purchases (all of the purchased content on your phone will be transferred to your wife's library);
When complete eject your phone, sign out of iTunes, sign your wife back in.
You can now sync whatever content you want to your wife's phone. Just remember all updates to apps obtained using your account must be done while signed in using your account: sign wife out, you sign in, update apps, you sign out, sign wife in, sync her phone.
This way you can share content (permitted under the EUSLA) and still maintain your separate logins. Do the same on your computer if you want to share content from your wife's library.
Just load whatever content you want to share on each others phones, transfer the content, then delete it from the respective phone if you don't want to keep it there.
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