Should i have a separate itunes account for different ipads in my home?
I have four ipads registered in my name on itunes. Should each ipad have it's own itunes account? I have them on the same account for apps and music purchases, but messaging and facetime are an issue.
No. Facetime and iMessages can be used with different email addresses, but there's no need to have separate iTunes accounts and in fact it is recommended you have only one iTunes account.
Basically you can go into Settings->Facetime and Settings->Messages, and change the "You can be Reached by Facetime At" address to a different one for each device. Same applies for Messages under Send & Receive.
Then you can use that address to contact that specific device.
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An account means an iTunes Store account which is an online service. Do you mean that, or do you mean a library on a computer?
iOS devices can only be synced to one iTunes library at a time. You can sync that iPod to your account but it will wipe everything currently on it.
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod - http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201253 - detailed example: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18860187#18860187
If you use manual syncing, you can sync items from more than one iTunes library to your iPod. (You can sync iPod touch, iPhone, and iPad with only one iTunes library.) When manually managing content, you can add content from multiple libraries to your iPod or iPad. Even when manually managing music, some content may be available from only one library at time. This includes all content on iPhone and video content on iPod and iPad. http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12113 and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1202
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Then you can go to AppStore and download apps you've purchased (either via "Purchased" button in "Updates", or simply search for them and download them.
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JoeyV325 wrote:
Is there a way to move music/apps from one ID to a new ID?
No.
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But you can still use the items in each iTunes library.
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you can connect the iPhone to your mac and import those iPhone photos and videos to iPhoto assuming you have iPhoto. You can create a folder and export all those photos to the Finder. Keep safe somewhere. Also keep the iPhoto library for safe keeping. When you restore your iPhone you can sync all those photos back to the iPhone. so you will lose nothing. Just remember when you export from iPhoto select jpeg for photos and original for videos taken with the iPhone.
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nidubs wrote:
I have had an itunes account for many years. I have recently purchased music on my iphone 5 and it is not showing up on my Macbook itunes account. WHY?
Why would they?
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-> iTunes Store: How to enable Automatic Downloads
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