Stupid question re iTunes match and family sharing
So, here is my dilemma...we have a large family and a ton of os devices--iphones, iPads, apple tv's, iMacs, MacBooks, etc. Up until now, we have set everyone up on the same apple id, which has been crazy--my and my wife's phone ringing with the kids' FaceTime calls, me not being able to sign into iTunes match because there were too many devices associated with our account, and so on. Now, wit the upgrade to iOS 8, my wife's phone is ringing when I receive calls and vice versa. So, I was looking into the family sharing, but am not sure how that affects iTunes match. I want to keep my iTunes match, because I have a huge music library and enjoy being able to listen to my music anywhere. I guess my questions is, what is the best way to set up my accounts now? Keep my apple id for my iOS devices, and set everyone else up as a "family member" under sharing with them having their own apple id's? If so, what does that do to my iTunes match library? can I keep iTunes match and still have family sharing on? I don't care if I can share my music library with everyone in my family, but what I do care about is that I don't want to lose my access to iTunes match and my entire library, some of which consists of songs downloaded 7 years ago. I know it's a stupid question, but as much as I've read and searched, I still haven't found the answer to my question. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sounds very bad... you can try this, create a account for each member of the family, delete all products (leave all your devices as new) and put the accounts in the devices again, for example, this iPad is from the kid, put the Apple ID of the kid in her iPad, after, this iPhone is from your wife, put the Apple ID from your wife in her iPhone. But remember, the purchases save in the Apple IDs when the family use before, for change the purchases contact with Apple.
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HT204074 Itunes Match and Home Sharing
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Jkopp wrote:
Is there any way to set this up so she can access the iTunes Match but also keep her apps and such her own.
No.
Jkopp wrote:
The only solution I see is that she will have to log in as me when she wants to listen to music and then log out and back in as her for everything else she wants to do. Is this correct?
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No.
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I have a general question about the iTunes Match service, which is available since yesterday in my country (Italy). Currently my library situation is the following:
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Computer B (MacBook Air 2011): "small" iTunes library (about 5 GB), associated with my Apple ID
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mhollenbeck wrote:
I am interested in signing up for iTunes match, but only if I can share the music media with my wife. I understand that if she signs in with my apple account she would have access to all the content, but I don't want to do that.
If I start using the family share option, will my content from iTunes match also be available to her or just the purchases made through apple?
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iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - Apple Support -
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Thank you for your helpLove_infinitam wrote:
1) does the File size or lenghth matter.
I don't think so. However, if you haven't enabled in your View Options, Icloud status, you might want to do it. If there are additional files that were uploaded, you can do a sort and see them all.
2) I am wondering if i change something on a file (whether matched or uploaded) it also changes on the cloud (e.g. Tags).
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if i turn off itunes match and back on it starts the complete process (identifying files etc.) over again?
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Hi mdr1976,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
You can use iTunes Match to access your entire iTunes library on your computer and iOS devices.
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Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4352
Regards,
Jeremy
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