My wife and I are going to share a PC,, W7,, can we have seperate iTunes accounts and libraries on the same PC?
My wife and I are going to share a PC,, W7,, can we have seperate iTunes accounts and libraries on the same PC?
Configure your PC for an addtional user account.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
Windows users:
Look in your computer's Help documentation to learn how to set up additional user accounts. To locate this information:
Click the Start Menu, and then click Help or Help and Support.
Enter "new user" in the Search field.
Press Return.
If you create multiple user accounts on one computer but want the same media to be available in iTunes for all users, see iTunes: How to share music between different accounts on a single computer.
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Is there a way to have 3 seperated itunes accounts set up under the same email address? one is for me and each of my two sons in order to keep itunes money separate.
How to use multiple iDevices with one computer
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How do I sync multiple iphones with one computer? My husband and I have separate itunes accounts, as well as different contacts and apps.
Sorry, wrong link:
How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer -
Can you have 2 iTunes accounts, and use the same master card?
I wonderd if I cold have 2 iTunes accounts, one for me, and one for my mom, and use the same master card on both?
I dont want my mom to **** up my account if she gets an iPhone. Also she would be using my e-mail and my name.Yes.
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my wife andI are thinking about getting match so that all of our music is in one place. However, we are currently have different itunes accounts and we are worried about losing the different apps that we have accumulated over time, also she has more storage than I do and we are a little worried about that. Does anybody have any ideas.
You won't lose any apps but one of you will lose the ability to update apps on the device.
For you to share iTunes Match all devices must be signed into the same iTunes Store Apple ID that was used to purchase the service. This means any Apps that were purchased with the other Apple ID cannot be updated on the device as a device can only be associated with one Apple ID every 90 days.
I know it's not what you want to hear, but my suggestion is to simply stay with the system you have. It will cause you less headaches. -
Hi my wife and i both have seperate itunes accounnts and always make sure we log into our own but always. Seem to end up woth the others stuff as well which is quite annoying . Were not very technically minded so would appreciate a bit of help lol thanks jim
Hi Jjjames,
Thanks for posting. I'm really sorryo for the problems you've had. I can look into this for you if you wish. Drop me an email with your account details and a link to this post for reference and we'll take it from there. You'll find the address in my profile.
Cheers
David
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Can I have 2 itunes accounts on one computer, one for me and one for my wife. We want to synchronize different content to our iPhones.
HELLO EVERYONE,
WELL I HAVE TWO ACCOUNTS TOO... ONE FOR MY BROTHER AND ONE FOR ME...
THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DO..
EVERYTIME YOU OR YOUR WIFE LOG ON TO ITUNES YOU WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE TOP LEFT AND AT THE TOP IT WILL SAY STORE..
YOU WILL HIT LOG OUT AND LOG OUT OF YOURS..
THEN GO TO THE SAME PLACE AGAIN AND HIT LOG IN AND THAT SHOULD HOPEFULLY HELP..
ANYTIME YOU HAVE A QUESTION JUST GO TO MY PAGE AND ASK ME[:
THANKS,
BK[: -
My iMessages and FaceTime are offline.. When I try to activate my apple id account.. it says The server encountered an error processing registration. Please try again later. What should I do in this case?
Hey radyslav,
There's an article that applies to your situation, I'd follow the steps within here:
FaceTime, Game Center, Messages: Troubleshooting sign in issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3970
Take care,
Delgadoh -
I have a iTunes account and recently 2 of the song I have downloaded will not play, it says that it not authorised to play. How ever on the same day the other songs I downloaded that day are playing fine. I can't play the 2 song on my lap top and I-pod.
Hello Jigz19,
It sounds like you are unable to play a couple of songs from your library becuase you get a message that the computer is unauthorized to play, but other content purchased that same day works without issue. I would verify that the affected songs were purchased with the same Apple ID first:
Recovering a forgotten iTunes Store account name
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1920
Open iTunes
Highlight one of the items you have purchased (You can find your purchases in your Purchases playlist).
Choose File > Get Info.
Click the Summary tab.
The Account Name area will list the account used to purchase the item. Unless you have changed accounts, this is your iTunes Store account name.
If so, then delete the songs:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
Then re download them with this article:
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling -
I have two ipod nanos. And i have 2 itunes accounts and we are accessing both accounts from the same PC. One of my ipod works fine, it gets detected as a device and sync fine. The other one does not. Anyone knows what this may be?
The music sync is one way - computer to ipod. The only exception is ituens purchases. The ipod is not a backup device.
Copy everything from the old computer or your backup copy of your old computer, to the new one. -
My wife and I have iPhones. We share an iTunes account and we want to keep it that way. My iMessages began showing up on her iPhone and vise versa. I figured out to go to settings, messages and have only the send/receive checked for our individual phone numbers. When we do that however, we no longer can send iMessages to each other and it goes over SMS. I don't want that. I want to be able to send and receive iMessages with my wife without having to have a seperate iTunes account and without each other seeing each others iMessages to other iMessage users. How do I do this?
One of you needs to set up a separate Apple ID for iMessaging purposes only.
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I can't download apps from appstore. I have 2 itunes accounts and happened to have switched between them last night, now neither works. Someone broke into my original account and racked up charges, Apple closed it for me and suggested I open a new one,which I did, then they reinstated the original account. Some apps need to go to the second account to update since I had to resort to the new account while Apple took several months to figure out what happened, so I am stuck switching on occassion to update apps. When I went back to the primary account, I cannot download anything. I tried quitting both accounts, but nothing works. Help please!
Hello there, Gwald.
The following Knowledge Base article offers some great recommendations for troubleshooting your issue:
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1368
Specific to iPad are the following:
Troubleshoot issues on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you haven't been able to connect to the iTunes Store:
Make sure your date, time, and time zone are correct in Settings > General > Date & Time.
Note: Time Zone may list another city in your time zone.
Make sure that your iOS software is up to date by tapping Settings > General > Software Update (iOS 5 or later) or connecting your iOS device to iTunes and clicking Check for Update on your device's Summary page.
Check and verify that you're in range of a Wi-Fi router or base station. If you're on a device with cellular service, make sure that cellular data is turned on from Settings > General > Cellular.
Note: If connected to cellular data, larger items may not download. You may need to connect to Wi-Fi to download apps, videos, and podcasts.
Make sure that you have an active Internet connection. You can check the user guide for your device for help with connecting to the Internet.
Make sure that other devices (portable computers, for example) are able to connect to the Wi-Fi network and access the Internet.
Try resetting (turning off and then on again) your Wi-Fi router.
If the issue persists, try troubleshooting your Wi-Fi networks and connections.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
I have two iTunes accounts and was wondering if i can merge them together. I've a new macbook pro and haven't plugged my iPhone in it yet in fear of losing my songs from the previous account.
Go to the Music section of your Library (very top-left corner) and see if your songs are there. The "Purchased" playlist may have been deleted or gotten corrupted, but if that happens it's not a big deal because your music should still be in your main Music Library.
If your music is NOT in the Music section of your Library, then go to the iTunes Store homepage and find the Quick Links list on the right side. At the top of that list, click Purchased and you can redownload all of your previous content that you might have lost. -
How can I have another Itunes account on the same computer for my wife?
How can I have another Itunes account on the same computer for my wife?
In case you didn't fully understand what dallon meant, it means another user account on your computer. You set that up in Windows and then instal iTunes onto that account.
That way, you each have your own desktop and your own itunes. You can link to the songs in the other person's library as well, but you cannot run both iTunes at the same time. (That simply means you need to close it on the first account before opening it on the second account.) -
Hi- I am trying to download music from my computer to my ipod. I have an itunes account and the music is on the computer but it won't go to ipod, it keeps telling me I need to download an upgrade but the upgrade does not complete itself and after like 2 hours displays an error sign. How do I fix this so I can get the music to my ipod. Both ipod and computer(toshiba, windows 7) are brand new. Help!! I am not technologically smart!
I suspect that you are saying that you can't download/install the latest version of iTunes.
All I can say is try removing and reinstalling the Apple software using the following:
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7
If you have further problems with installing Itunes I suggest you post in the iTunes forum since you have an iTunes problem, not an iPod problem. Also report the wording of any error messages. What they say is importent on resolving them.
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