Same Apple id what to do
Me and my girlfriend have the same apple id, but when i try to use imessage or reminders and also anything to do with the icloud it pops up on her phone aswell so what can i do to seperate them and keep all our music on one macbook
please help
thanks
First of all, you will want to establish different iCloud/Apple ID accounts for you and your girlfriend to sync contacts and other data separately. In your setup, you will actually have three iCloud/Apple IDs. One 'main' Apple ID which you use for Store purchases (and is shared between you and your girlfriend), and two new iCloud accounts for each you and your girlfriend to sync everything else.
Yes, you can have both an Apple ID and iCloud account setup on the same device.
On each iOS device, setup the main iCloud (Apple ID - ie [email protected]) account for the following services:
iCloud (Photo Stream and Backup are the only items selected here).
Music Home Sharing
Video Home Sharing
Photo Stream
Additionally, on each iOS device, add a new iCloud account (Under Mail, Contacts, Calendar) that is unique to each user (ie [email protected] or [email protected]) for the following services:
Mail (if using @me.com)
Contacts
Calendars
Reminders
Bookmarks
Notes
Find My iPhone
Messages
Find My Friends
FaceTime
On your individual Macs, use the main Apple ID (ie [email protected]) in iTunes. Then, use the unique iCloud account (ie [email protected] or [email protected]) in/for iCloud.
Now that both you and your girlfriend are using separate iCloud accounts for your Contacts (and other things), her Mac should be syncing with the iCloud account that is associated with her iPhone. Additionally, now that a unique iCloud account exists for her, she can use iMessages, Find my Friends, FaceTime, etc. separately from you.
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