Splitting content between iTunes accounts

Can I split my account? Basically, my daughter and I used my iTunes account. But now she is grown up and wants to have her own account. Can I make it so some songs go to her new account and some stay with me? Please help.

Unfortunately, no. Items purchased in the iTunes Store are always associated with the account they are purchased under.

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HT202157 switching between itunes accounts

i just upgraded my itunes account tonight. i have a question: is the switching between itunes accounts legal? How do they know you are not getting a friends account info and watching their movies? Does anyone know the answer to how this works and if it is legal?
Thanks,
Dena

The potential to associate a computer to an account for 90 days has been possible for a number of years like it has been on iOS devices, and can happen if you use iTunes Match, automatic downloads or redownload past purchases (though, based on some posts I've seen, it doesn't always seem to happen) - I believe it's an attempt to try and stop people logging into their account on other people's computers or devices and redownloading/sharing their content, not to stop people having multiple accounts.
It shouldn't stop you buying new content on the account, just doing any of the above three things. If you want to do one of them on your other account then you can try contacting iTunes Support and see if they will remove the current association, but if you then do one of them on the other account then you are likely to start a 90 association to that account instead : Manage your associated devices in iTunes - Apple Support.

Can you share music between iTunes accounts on the same computer

Can you share music between iTunes accounts on the same computer? My kids iPods are under my account now with all of our shared music but they want their own iTunes accounts. I would like to transfer the music and apps that they purchased under my account to their new accounts... Is this posible?

Anton M wrote:
This really isnt good. there isnt even a .tmp file on my pc.
Did you enable the display of system files and hidden files and folders?
by the way, how can i stop this from happening another time.
Make a backup!
i had music there for over 6 years.
Well you must have updated iTunes once or twice in that time. Do you have some sort of "tidying" app that is supposed to clean "unnecessary" files. If so perhaps it is too aggressive.
tt2

HT1539 Transferring digital copies between iTunes accounts

Hi
I have recently set up my own iTunes account, but digital copies of films I have got in the past are on my old account & the redeeming codes won't let me download them again. Does anyone know if its possible to transfer digital copies between iTunes accounts?
If not, is there any way I can get these films on my iPad that's linked to my new account?
Any advice anyone can give me will be helpful. Cheers.

It's not possible to transfer 'normal' iTunes purchases between accounts, and I assume that the same thing applies to digital copies. You should be able to copy them onto the computer that you sync the iPad from, authorise that account on it (via the Store > Authorise This Computer menu option in iTunes), add them to its iTunes (File > Add To Library), and then sync them to your iPad

Can you share music between itunes accounts

I just currently purchased an Ipad for my daughter to use at school. I need to set her up for her own account, but in doing so she will lose all of her music when she syncs her ipod up to that account as well. Is there a way for me to have her Ipod sync or download the music from the cloud and then have both her ipod and ipad on her own itunes account?

An iTunes library can hold media from multiple accounts. iPods and iPod devices are limited to protected content from up to five different accounts. Apps and movies are generally protected, most music won't be unless it was purchased quite some time ago. Ideally I'd suggest you make a clone of your library for your daughter to take with her, then see can keep what she wants, discard what she doesn't and start using her own account here on out.
In the event that she is using the device independenly of an iTunes library see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

How to swap between iTunes accounts

I have 2 iTunes accounts on the one computer. How do I easily swap between the accounts? The only way I have been able to do it is by deauthorising the computer for one of the accounts? Suggestions

Both accounts can be authorised on the same iTunes at the same time. You can swap between them if you want to make purchases with the other account by logging out of the current account (Store > Sign Out) and then logging in with the second account (Store > Sign In) - only one account can be signed in at a time.

Create a shared playlist between iTunes accounts?

Can you create a shared playlist between 2 iTunes accounts? It would be easier if I could copy songs from one account to the other. However, when I am on the MBP and open the shared account on the iMac, I can see and play the iMac music from the MBP, but I can't seem to be able to transfer songs.

try the suggestions in this support article.
JGG

Easy switch between iTunes accounts

I have two itunes accounts (one US and one norwegian). I frequently switch between the two when I check for updated apps and such. Now I would like to do this using only a keyboard shortcut or such to save time.
Does anyone know if or how this is possible?

bwhyte11 wrote:
Hello
Did you ever find a solution to this by any chance? I know so many people in this situation with both a UK and US account - makes it so difficult to download apps from the App Store!
You are only allowed to use the App store of the country you are actually located in.
When Apple discovers someone doing so (and they will when they post it on Apple's website), Apple can (and have with others) locked the accounts so you no longer have access to anything purchased with those accounts.

3 iphones one ipad how do we change between itunes accounts

We have 3 iphones and one ipad. driving me crazy how do I switch between 3 itunes accounts?
Also have to back up to Windows 8 (hate it) don't know how I'm working on that today

One of them can keep the current account. Since the iCloud email account must stay with the current account, whoever uses it for email might be the best one to keep it. You can then migrate the other phones to separate accounts, along with a copy of the data. To do this, start by saving any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll. If you are syncing notes with iCloud that you want to keep, you'll need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself so you can later copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account. Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud), choose Keep on My iDevice and provide the password to turn off Find My iPhone. Then sign back in with a different Apple ID to create the new account and choose Merge to upload the data.
Once all the phones are on separate accounts, you can each go to icloud.com and delete each other's data from your accounts.

Lock custom content to itunes account?

How can I make content I create only playable with a computer authorized with my iTunes account?
Is it possible?

No. The iTunes DRM that you have heard of was only available thru the iTunes Store. If you don't want others playing the content, why not just keep the copies to yourself?

Can you transfer between itunes accounts using home sharing

I am wanting buy an Ipad 2 as a present and pre load some apps for them on it. Ill have to sync it to my itunes account to do this. so how do i go about ensuring what i have downlaoded doesnt get lose when they then use their itunes account? Would having to 2 accounts on one computer help?

Apps are locked to the iTunes Store account under which they were purchased and cannot be transferred to another account. Unless the recipient of this gift will be living with you or is someone who you would trust with your iTunes Store account ID and password, preloading the iPad won't be practical since, without your iTunes Store account information, anything you load on the iPad will be erased when the recipient syncs it to their computer. You can gift the apps, if you wish, which would allow the recipient to download the apps through his or her own iTunes Store account. Or you can give an iTunes card along with the iPad and let the person choose their own apps.
Regards.
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Transfer Purchases between iTunes accounts

On my iPhone, I have several a mixture of applications bought from 2 different iTunes accounts (2 separate email addresses)
Is there any way I can transfer all the applications that were purchased using email account 1 to email account 2?
I no longer use the first iTunes account created and would like to bring all my applications and songs into the one iTunes account?
Cheers
Duncs

I had this same issue.
Simple answer: I couldn't transfer the apps downloaded from the original account. They are associated and linked with that account.
The only thing I could do was to re-download everything with the new, current account. Even paid applications.
If you have a lot of paid applications (or music) associated with the original account, you might be able to get someone from Apple to help you. I didn't own that much that I paid for, so it wasn't a big deal for me.
sorry and good luck.
Jon

Sharing apps between itunes accounts

My husband & I have 2 separate itunes accounts. We got our son an ipod & we each want to 'give' him some of our apps and songs, etc.
How can we both do this in sharing? Sharing sounds like it is one 'HOME' account.

Apps cannot be shared using different AppleID. Use your Apple ID to sync.

Sharing between itunes accounts and computer/iphone

My husband and I each have our own itunes accounts. I want to put some of his music (from his itunes library on the computer) into my iphone music library. We can't figure it out. Homesharing doesn't appear to be working and drag/drop doesn't work either.
We both have the latest version of the software installed on our respective devices (iphone 4s has 5.1 and computer has 10.6.1.7)

Many thanks.
We will need to get his music into your iTunes in order to sync it to the phone. Your jump drive technique is a good way of doing it, but home sharing is also an option (assuming both computers are on the same wireless network).
If some of the music you want to shift from him was bought from the iTunes Store, I'd set up the Home Share using the Apple ID that the music was bought with.
See the following document for instructions on how to turn on Home Sharing on both computers:
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer
Have iTunes open on both computers. On your computer, select his library in the iTunes source pane as per the following screenshot:
You can pick and choose which items you want to copy across. (Select the items and then click Import down in the bottom right hand corner.) If you import a lot, the transfer is going to take a while.
If you do things in several batches over an extended period of time, it might be easiest for you to have "Items not in my library" displaying in the Show menu rather than "All items". (That will cut down on the possibility of accidentally importing duplicates.)
Once you've got the items in your library, you'll be able to sync them to your phone.

Transfer between iTunes accounts?

I would like to transfer purchases from my Australian iTunes account to my English iTunes account. Does anyone know if I can do this? Thanks

You cannot do this.
Just keep everything stored on your computer and backed up. You will be abel to use your apps and music, you simply will not be able to update or redownload.

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