Shared Apple ID, seek to split

My daughter and I share an Apple ID (mine) for iTunes, from when we shared a computer. We each have our own music library. Now she has a Macbook Pro and her own Apple ID. We transferred her music library to her new computer using Homeshare, but it is still associated with my Apple ID. How do we separate our libraries so hers is connected to her (new) Apple ID?

rwright41 wrote:
Thanks - this helps. Just curious, couldn't I even change the Login ID, which is currently my e-mail address, to a new e-mail address?
Yes, absolutely.
Go here -> https://appleid.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyAppleId.woa/
You can update everything (including the AppleID/email address) to her info and she's off and running.
You can create a new one for yourself.

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My family (me, wife and 2 kids) all share the same Apple ID. We share it for everything (App Store, iCloud, etc.). We did this because I didn't want to purchase the same music or apps multiple times. This has worked well for several years. But with iOS 8, we can use Family Sharing, but not if we share an Apple ID (at least not when using a shared Apple ID on iCloud). So my question is, how do we switch from a shared account to separate accounts using Family Sharing, while not losing access to any apps or music? I've seen many previous posts (pre-iOS 8) state that I can create new Apple IDs for my wife and 2 kids, then just use them for iCloud and leave the App Store associated with our existing shared Apple ID, but then when they go to update apps, they'll need to enter my password (which my kids do not know, since they don't currently need the password to updates apps with the shared Apple ID. When they want to purchase a new app, be it free or paid, they have to come to my wife or me to enter the password.)
What I'm think is this. Let me know if this would work:
1) Create new Apple IDs for my wife and kids.
2) Before changing anything on their iPhones, go into my phone (which will remain on our existing Apple ID) and turn on Family Sharing and add them to my family so we can share purchases.
3) Once Family Sharing is enabled, change their iCloud login to their new Apple ID accounts. That enables Family Sharing on their devices and they'll be part of my family.
None of the above steps solves for the "you must enter Dad's Apple ID password to update your apps" problem. So my question is, should I also change their App Store account to their new Apple IDs as well? If you say that won't help (because apps will always be associated with the Apple ID they're originally purchased with), then I don't understand how Family Sharing works when you buy apps. In other words, will Family Sharing enable us to share apps that we already downloaded, or just new apps?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Jason

You should be able to have purchases from more than one Apple ID on one device (up to five I think). When you create the new Apple ID and just leave the apps already on the ipad alone, you shouldn't have any problems.

Shared Apple ID has become a problem and I can't figure out how to be unshared.

Originally, there was iTunes and the iPod. We had one computer with the music on it, and the iPods were all connecting to that single iTunes account, all with a single Apple ID. Then came the iPhone, which needed an iTunes account to set up, update, etc. So of course, we just continued to use the same iTunes account and Apple ID.
Jump ahead a few years to the present, 5 iPhones (5 users), 3 iPads, a couple iPods, 3 mac book pros, and Apple TV and a mac, and they are all still using the same Apple ID. It was fine, even ideal, as I could control the content on the kids iDevices and we could all share apps. Now, with iCloud, FaceTime, and Messaging, it is becoming very apparent that we all should have our own Apple ID. Fine. So....
How does one set up a new Apple ID and not loose all that has happened? Meaning progress in games, access to music, etc.? It feels like that as Apple has improved upon its offering, all great, it has not thought out how it effects a family. While it would be a good shot in the arm of the economy to make 4 of the 5 family members buy everything again, that should not be the only practical option.
Is there another?

I had the same issue, and good news is, it can be easily solved by creating an iCloud account.
First, sign out of your Apple ID on the device you choose. Create a new Apple ID but this time choose the "@iCloud.com" option. Create an account for each device.
Step 2, for the App Store, use the shared Apple ID. But for iCloud, sign in with each individual iCloud account. This way, you'll be able to back-up each device alone while still have one unified ID for your App Store purchases.
To sign in using your new individual iCloud account, go to each device's settings and sign in to iCloud from the iCloud tab in settings.
Hope this helps, feel free to ask if you're still unsure! This way you can use your iCloud ID for GameCenter, backup, etc while maintaining a shared Apple ID for purchases.

EBS 12.1.3 & clone from non-shared to shared appl tier: adcfgclone.pl error

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we have Oracle EBS 12.1.3 with 11gR2 in IBM AIX7.1. We are now cloning it from a non-shared appl tier to a shared appl tier. Shared appl tier is located in the network drive which uses NetApp.
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- Sharing The Application Tier File System in Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 [ID 384248.1]
- Using Load-Balancers with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Doc ID 380489.1)
DB clone went without problems, but now I'm getting strange problems when trying to run adcfgclone.pl for apps tier:
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pwd: No such file or directory
Copyright (c) 2002 Oracle Corporation
Redwood Shores, California, USA
Oracle Applications Rapid Clone
Version 12.0.0
adcfgclone Version 120.31.12010000.8
ERROR: could not find source system context in /../context/db/CTXORIG.xml
Can't open /../context/db/CTXORIG.xml:
No such file or directory
This file exists:
/d01/shared_mount/apps/apps_st/viscomn/clone/context/apps/CTXORIG.xml
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I've cloned from non-shared to non-shared app tier without problems, so I have a feeling that this might be related to the shared network drive.
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BR,
TH

Hi Hussein,
thanks for the reply.
+The path is different (first path is db while the second one is apps), so copy the file from the source instance to $COMMON_TOP/clone/context/apps directory on the target instance and try then -- Troubleshooting RapidClone issues with Oracle Applications R12 [ID 603104.1]+
What I meant to say that CTXORIG.xml already exists in the correct directory in the target system:
$COMMON_TOP/clone/context/apps
Anyways, I recopied the file from source to the target system $COMMON_TOP/clone/context/apps, but still the same problem. I'll continue reading "Troubleshooting RapidClone issues with Oracle Applications R12 [ID 603104.1]".
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205: my $cwd = `$pwd_cmd`;
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TH

Separating my iphone from a shared apple ID and itunes - will I die?

stepwise, how do I remove my iphone and ipad from a shared apple ID to a new account? will my previously downloaded content disappear from my device?

If the old ID is yours, and if your new ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

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I have a 5 and my wife has a 4S. We have always shared an apple id. After we both updated to the latest os, she keeps getting my text messages. We have gone into settings on her phone and unchecked my number under send/receive, but it reverts back to having my number checked also.... any idea how to prevent this? Thanks

2 ways, best solution is to use number 2.
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2. Get her an Apple ID using her e-mail address and use that for all the Apple services (iMessage, FaceTime, iCloud, etc)
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dlaron

If you mean that you would like to create a shared iCloud account with a shared iCloud email address and you already have an iCloud account of your own, you can do that by creating a new Apple ID (see https://appleid.apple.com/account), then use the ID to set up a secondary iCloud account on your Mac by going to System Preferences>Internet Accounts (or Mail,Contacts,Calendars)>iCloud and signing in with the new ID. You can then turn enable Mail in this account to create the shared email account. Secondary accounts are more limited than primary iCloud accounts, and will only sync Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Reminders and Notes.
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HT201303 how can i get songs downloaded from other apple products on my shared apple id on to my ipod nano?

how can i get songs downloaded from other apple products on my shared apple id on to my ipod nano? my daughter just got a new ipod nano for her birthday and we redeemed the shared apple account our family uses and when we went to go buy music it says we need to redeem another card for us to buy the music so i was wondering if i could just let my older daughter download the music onto her phone via itunes app and see if that music would go on my younger daughter's ipod nano but i am looking on the itunes and i don't see an option for that for ipod nanos. thanks so much.

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Just hooked up new apple tv for first time. able to connect to internet (netflix, youtube) but not able to connect to my itunes account via home sharing. apple tv tells me to make sure computer's itunes has home-sharing enabled, which it does. any advice?

Just hooked up new apple tv for first time. able to connect to internet (netflix, youtube) but not able to connect to my itunes account via home sharing. apple tv tells me to make sure computer's itunes has home-sharing enabled, which it does. any advice?

Have done both suggestions, still not working. Could it have somehting to do with my local network? I am using a wireless Internet provided by my apartment building so not sure if apple tv and my computer are not technically on the same "local network?"
apple tv and main computer are connecting to Internet fine. Just cannot see my itunes on apple tv.
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My wife and I currently share the same Apple ID; however, she has her iPhone synced with the iTunes on her laptop and I have my iPhone synced with my iTunes on my separate laptop. The problem, of course, is that if we both use the cloud, all our info gets shared/synced together, which we don't want to do.
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How do I fix a shared Apple ID?

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Cannot start family sharing: Apple id is already used for shared purchases

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Family sharing Apple id

I've been using one Apple id for iTunes purchase - shared by all - and one for icloud data syncing - photos, contacts, calendar etc. With family sharing is there a way now to use the main iTunes account, change the email address to the icloud one I normally use and then take advantage of family sharing? There are a couple of issues that seem to prevent this, not least that you can't change an iTunes account email to an existing iCloud email. Also I would need to export or safe a load of icloud stuff locally to then migrate to the new account. And of course family sharing doesn't have shared everything eg. Shared contacts.
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Thanks for the quick reply

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