One Account, Two iPods

This may not be what you expected: I do know how to use one account across multiple devices, but I couldn't think of a way to concisely word this.
My younger brother just received an iPod Touch 4G for Christmas. I already have an iPod Touch 4G, which I received last year. On our Apple ID, my whole family has bought games, songs, etc. My brother would like to transfer Angry Birds, Doodle Jump, and whatnot to his new iPod without buying them again. However, he also wants to text me through iMessages and compare game achievements and scores through Gamecenter.
Is there a way of texting and such between different iPods on the same account? Or will we have to make him a new account and rebuy the games?

Redownload the apps to the iPod by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
For the Messages problem see:
MacMost Now 653: Setting Up Multiple iOS Devices For Messages and FaceTime

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What can I do??? I basically want iTunes to stop syncing apps, but I don't want my sons to loose all the apps they have on their iPods. Anyone, please?

Each device can have its own sync preferences with iTunes that the user controls. The same apps can be installed on both devices or different apps on each device, which is selected under the Apps tab for each device.
First disable automatic syncing when each iPod is connected. Under the Apps tab for the first device, deselect automatically sync new apps. Deselect the apps that you don't want installed on the device. Select Apply followed by a sync.
Repeat for the 2nd device.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
It shouldn't be a problem, you should be able to have multiple devices on a single account. Try deleting the account and re-entering the data.
Of note, I'm not sure you are aware, but iTunes and iCloud are different accounts, you can share an iTunes account and hence music, apps, books etc, but have separate iCloud accounts, thereby having separate contacts and calendars etc.

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Hi
I've been a mac user for 18 months and almost from the start, I have used an external HD to boot from, seeing how slow the 4200 RPM internal HD is.
I have just noticed something that really confuses me, though. Even if I only have one account created, "memyself&I" it looks like there is one user on each drive. If I create a new file/folder in my regular external drive user account, it will not show if for some reason, I decide to boot from the internal drive and vice-versa.
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Can anyone shed some light on this ? Would it be easier to forget the external HD and suffer the turtle effects of the internal drive or is there a way to easily manage the situation.
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Hi,
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Can iTunes manage two different iPods in a single account / library - without making their contents the same? One synchronzing playlist A, the other synching playlist B ?
Or ist the only way to handle 2 iPods by 2 different user accounts?
Thanks a lot
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Very simple.
Each user creates their own playlists.
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PAmedic983 wrote:
I recently upgraded my iMac 17" G5 to a 24" Core 2 Duo and I would like to set it up with one administrator account since it is only myself and my girlfriend that will be using this computer. Can I have this one user account and use Mail for both of our Mobile Me accounts, but not have Mail group everything into one inbox? I know I can set up the multiple accounts in Mail, but it then groups both of our inboxes into one. Is there any way to separate our Mail accounts without creating separate user accounts and having to switch each time one of us sits down?
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I had purchased songs on a different computer years back. I no longer have said computer but still have the same itunes account but on a new one. Is it possible to repurchase them? When I search the songs from my purchase history into the itunes store, it does not allow me to repurchase them for free, but for full price. The songs are still in the store but not in my library...so why wouldn't I be able to redownload them?

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This is all changing with icloud, coming this fall.
In the U.S this is released in a beta version.
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I received a gift card and redeemed it at work. (it was emailed to work, so I clicked the redeem button there) I pulled up itunes at work and my $20.00 credit showed up. When I went home and logged in, it was not there. After a little more investigating I realized that even though my apple ID and password are the same when I log into itunes on the different computers, the account info is different. At work, it has my husband listed, the wrong cc# and it won't allow me to edit the account info. (the box to click is missing) When I log in at home, it has my information, the correct cc#, and I can edit my info. My home computer is correct, the work one is wrong.....but my credit is stuck in my account on the work computer. Weird, huh? Can anyone help me get my credit to show up at home?????

It might sound redundant but have you gone to myinfo.apple.com and tried changing the acct information?

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Setting up two iPod Touches on one account with gift cards for app and in-app purchases

I have multiple devices on one account - 2 iPod classics, one iPhone 3G and two recently acquired iPod Touches for my 8 year old boys. They want to make in-app purchases (for Dragonville). They each have their own gamecenter ID. I want to set up each of them with gift cards for their purchases. Is this possible?
If not, what is the recommended approach to manage all devices in one place while allowing individual devices to have a seperate payment mechanism?
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I recommend that you
Create a NEW account/ID for her using these instructions. Make sure you follow the instructions. Many do not and if you do not you will not get the None option. You must use an email address that you have not used with Apple before. Make sure you specify a birthdate that results in being at least 13 years old
Creating an iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store account without a credit card
More details of how:
http://ipadhelp.com/ipad-help-tips-tricks/how-to-get-free-apps-from-the-app-stor e-without-a-credit-card/
Use the new ID on her iPod but only for:
Settings>Messages>Send and Receive
Settings>FaceTime
Settings>GameCenter
and Settings>iCloud if you want her to have separate Contacts Calendar and some other things.
Continue to use the same/common Apple ID for Settings>iTunes and App stores so you can share purchases.
To make sure you only sync the media yoo want, configure iTunes syncing so that only checked media is synced to the idevices.
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hellow, i'm new to this site, as you can tell(# of posts). anyway, i already own a ipod (4g),and just got my wife a ipod(1g). the problem is, i don't know how to get her, her own account. i tried to run her ipod+itunes disc, but i almost lost all my stuff.......can someone please help? any info would be greatley appreciated. thanx.

Welcome to the discussions. See this:
Using two iPods with One Computer
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I have two iPod Touches. I sync one of them to my Mac, for which I have downloaded and installed the 1.1.3 update on one of them and purchased the new applications for it. Now I would like to download and install the same to the other iPod Touch, which I sync to a Windows machine.
The problem arises when I want to download the update again from the iTunes Store. I get a message that informs me I have already purchased the update and would not give me the option to buy it again.
What is the deal here? I have only one account with which to log in to the iTunes Store. I don't need another one. Or do you have to have an account for every iPod you own?
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