Multiple users - one apple ID?

So I recently got the new iPad and my wife recently got a new iPhone 4s. I am trying to come up with the best way to manage both of our devices on our home PC. Should we share a single apple ID? We have always shared music tastes and with this iCloud thing (which I must admit to not knowing much about) what happens to sharing if we have unique ID's? Any help or thoughts on this situation would be very appreciated

Everything Apple has publicly released about iOS 5 is on there web pages and available for you to read. Until it's released, the only legal users are developers who are bound by NDA not to discuss the beta and it's features. Wait till Wednesday.

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Hi all,
Wanted to bring up a new "feature" of iOS 6 - probably already has been discussed here a few times, but this is a real pain and something that I think Apple has backwards.
My wife, daughter and I each have an iPhone 4, and son has an iPod Touch. All of us have upgraded to iOS 6, and we all share one Apple ID.
Everyone is able to turn iMessage on without any issue, but - every OTHER device is given the option of accepting messages sent to the newly activated device. They can either accept or deny the ability to do so, but then going into the iMessage settings they can reactivate this "feature."
Shouldn't the setup be that when activating iMessage from a device, it gives THAT device and only that device the option of whether the other devices have the ability to send / receive messages?
We were all wondering why on earth we were all receiving iMessages from friends of my wife, friends of my daughter, people I work with, etc. It's a huge hassle - so much so that we have all turned iMessage off.
Big disappointment in this implementation - the option to share should be owned by the device that is turned on, not the other devices that are already on the account.
Thanks,
Scott

OK, I think I'm getting it.
Example: dad, mom, son. (we need 4 AppleID accounts)
Dad's iPhone:
iTunes AppleID = family@ me.com
iMessage AppleID = dad@ me.com
Dad's iPad
iTunes AppleID = family@ me.com
iMessage AppleID = dad@ me.com
Mom's iPhone
iTunes AppleID = family@ me.com
iMessage AppleID = mom@ me.com
Son's iPod
iTunes AppleID = family@ me.com
iMessage AppleID = son@ me.com
Family Computer -- each person has their own User Login. So just like individual devices, we use the shared (family@ me.com) for AppleID on iTunes, but use our personal (dad@ me.com) appleID for Messages.
When Mom finally buy's an iPad and powers it up for the first time, it prompts her for an Apple ID.
From reading literature at Apple, I believe it initially applies this single AppleID to everything on your new device. It's up to the user to go in and change iMessage (within iMessage, sign-out of current AppleID and sign-in with a different one)
Is this correct?

Multiple devices, one apple id, many problems :)

We have several apple devices:
Me: iphone 5s, ipad mini
daughter: iphone 6, ipad 3
son: iphone 4, ipad 3
For years we have been sharing the same apple id, and the kids use their own email addresses for imessage.
Now, I'm trying to set up family sharing, and they would like to use the same addresses for imessaging. But even after deleting the email from our apple account, it will not allow me to add to family sharing.
If I create new apple id's for the kids, will they lose any of the apps they currently use? My son is very concerned about losing his "worlds" on Minecraft! LOL
Also, can I use their email addresses for new apple id's?
Any advice would be appreciated!
Thank you

No. iDevices are single user devices. You cannot have two users with two IDs using the same device. Either they use one Apple ID or you buy one their own device.
Yes, Family Sharing will do that now.
Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids
Family Sharing
A Guide to Family Sharing - iCloud - Apple Developer
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Just confirmed that it is not supported.
Refer to the following thread:
https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/312369
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"Neither Unity or Connection are designed for multiple users accessing the same mailbox at the same time - neither system "locks" mailboxes so you will always have windows for those types of issues (i.e. someone marks a message read right before another user goes to hear it). This is not a supported scenario in either product line and never has been."
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Well, on a Mac you'd create multiple users and they'd have their own stuff. Maybe on a PC you can do the same?

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This made it possible for my spouse to buy new music on iTunes, and everyone else in the house would be able to see the music on their iTunes, and rate it themselves, or remove it from their local playlist. Also, I have everyone in the house setup with the same automount script so we all use the same username and password when accessing the NAS.
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d---------@
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We have three users in the house, each with their own Apple ID, using multiple mac/PC devices. Can we and how would we use Home Sharing to share music, apps, etc?

Do you have a computer. You can't share music or apps from one mobile device to another. To share photos you need to use photo stream shared albums.

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I got my 8 year old an iPad mini for Christmas and I'm about to set it up but I need some advice on using multiple IDs on one computer. I have an iPhone 4s. I assume I will need another Apple ID for the iPad mini so she can use Facetime. How do you manage two devices with different IDs on one computer? Will my movies and music be available for the iPad mini ID? What happens when I plug the iPad into my computer? Do my iPhone apps on my account disappear? Do I need to log out of my iTunes store account? Is their a danger in mixing the two accounts? I was told to be careful if you plug another iPhone into your computer because it can wipe your phone and replace it with another users info if you don't log out/in correctly. It's very confusing so if anyone could give me some advice on how to set this up and manage two IDs and devices on one computer it would be helpful. Thanks:)

This should be of some help.
How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer
Your daughter is too young to have an Apple ID because the minimum age is 13 years old. You can use her email address for FaceTime and Messages. You add the address as the contact address when you activate both of those apps. But both apps will still have to be tied to your Apple ID.
I was managing 5 different devices with one iTunes library and all devices had their own unique content on them. It is not that difficult to manage.
there is lots and lots of information out there on how to do this. Check some of these out for more information.
https://www.google.com/search?q=managing%20multiple%20devices%20with%20one%20iTu nes%20library
This will help with FaceTime and Messages.
http://macmost.com/setting-up-multiple-ios-devices-for-messages-and-facetime.htm l

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we have set up 2 users on our pc. we each want to maintain our own library, but want to share music between the 2 ipod libraries. got that done, no problem so far.
however, when 1 user makes changes to the info on an existing song in their library that is already being shared, the other user gets an exclamation point that the song is no longer found in his library, and must go find the song again in the itunes music file.
is it possible without going to each individual song for the changes made in one library to automatically update in the other library or must you go find each song to get rid of the error message on an individual basis?
please help! lots of songs to fix.
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Have a look at this article: "How to use multiple iPods with one computer" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
You may want to set your smaller iPod to manual update that way you can drag whatever songs or playlists you choose to it: "Managing Your Songs Manually" http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/ipgettingstartedt3.html
For info:
The iPod offers three ways to transfer music from your computer. You can select one of the following update modes from the iPod Preferences menu in iTunes (Edit=>Preferences=>'iPod' tab):
1) Automatically update all songs and playlists. This is the default mode, in which your entire music library, including playlists, is automatically synced to your iPod. If the music library on your computer exceeds the iPod storage capacity, you are prompted to select a different update method.
2) Automatically update selected playlists only. With this option, iTunes automatically copies the playlists you have selected to the iPod when you connect it to the computer.
3) Manually manage songs and playlists. You can also choose to transfer music to the iPod manually. This allows you to drag and drop individual songs and playlists from iTunes to the iPod.

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Hi,
I have two user's on my computer, both with different log on's etc. How can another user look at my photo's that are currently in iPhoto with out having to move folders around.
Can this also be done with iTunes so that we can share music without having to make duplicates?
Thanks.

Hi Fancy,
The first group of links will tell you how another user can view your iPhoto Library.
SHARING IPHOTO LIBRARIES
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
-Remember that you can only view the other library. You can't edit the photos or play the saved slideshows or view the made books or burn them to CD or DVD. The books and slideshows will show up as an album. You can play that album as an "on the fly" slideshow. You can drag images from the sharing library to your library in the source column to import them to your library. You can then edit, add to albums, books, slideshow, etc.
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About shared photos
Turning off photo sharing
Looking for shared photos
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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
There is no other info on the site about how it works.
I strongly urge anyone wanting to try any of the methods for sharing one iPhoto Library folder among more than one user to backup all iPhoto Library folders before attemptin anything.

IWeb won't publish my daughter's sites (multiple users; one computer)

Our daughters have their own computer, so I created two user accounts (one for each). They also each have their own MobileMe account (under a family plan).
Each has created a site in iWeb. However, I can't get iWeb to upload either site. Each time I click publish, it says "sign in to Mobile Me" and the system preferences window pops up. It seems to log in to the account, automatically. iWeb has a window open saying "Logging in" When I click to return to iWeb, that "logging in" window disappears and nothing else happens. Nothing is uploaded.
Even if I try again, it says "log in" again. I don't understand why they aren't logged in automatically, all the time, under their username and why iWeb won't upload anything.

Jim:
Try the following. Even though it's for a different problem, mail in this case, it has helped others with your problem;
Source: http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/mobileme/index.html#d30jul2008
Page Title: MobileMe
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 9:06:25 AM
Jim Oase
After waiting a day for the rolling restore to happen, I called AppleCare because Apple had sent an email saying my service was back, and it wasn't. I still could send and not receive using Mail.
*Here is what fixed it*. Go to MobileMe (terrible name) in System Preferences, log out. Then enter a garbage name and password and try to log in. This apparently clears the MobileMe preferences. Then enter your real UserName and PassWord. For me this was lights on.
I am left wondering how long ago I could have had email had I known this preference reset scheme.
OT

Multiple Users, One PC, Different GB iPods

We have 1 iPod that has 4 GB of memory. We got that first and have a lot of songs in iTunes already.
Now we have a new 1 GB iPod. How do I have my own separate library for this iPod and how do I put songs onto the iPod? I've been trying, but I can't figure out how to download a playlist alone or a segment of songs in the library to the smaller iPod.
Any info appreciated.
Thanks.

Have a look at this article: "How to use multiple iPods with one computer" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432
You may want to set your smaller iPod to manual update that way you can drag whatever songs or playlists you choose to it: "Managing Your Songs Manually" http://www.apple.com/support/ipod/tutorial/ipgettingstartedt3.html
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ICloud with multiple devices - one Apple ID

2 ipads - one for me and one for my children
1 apple ID - mine (kids aren't technically old enough)
2 - emails - .mac and .me (currently the kids have aliases under the .me which are collected in a folder
Somehow in the set up my original ipad was set up with my email ending in .me and the kids was set up with .mac
As the dust has settled somewhat in configuring both to have seperate imessage and facetime capablities which I have managed to do, I would like to switch the e-mail accounts so that the .mac account is listed on mine and the .me listed on the kids.
Is anyone aware of this situation and can help.
My secondary issue would be to find a way to use mail where my e-mail can be hidden from the kids. I don't think this is possible but I thought I would ask?
I appeciate your responses.

What, exactly, are you trying to do? You can use the same iCloud account on as many devices as you want, as long as you don't turn on iTunes Match. Once you turn on Match, you're limited to 10 devices total.
Is this what you want to do...same iCloud account, but different iTunes/App store accounts on each device? If so, you can do that also.

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My husband and I share an Apple ID (multiple email addresses). He often plugs in his iPhone to sync it to our iMac. If I plug in my iPhone, will it delete my contacts and sync with what is uploaded to the computer (his contacts)?

There is that risk, but there are ways to avoid problems. See: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495 for advice on how to use multiple devices with the same computer.

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