Sync with multiple iCloud accounts one on iMac
We have one iMac in the house, and have recently gotten 2 iPad's.
We want to be able to sync documents from the iPads to the iMac to work on, but want to have separate iPad accounts. Do we have to setup different user logons on the iMac, or can the iMac sync with two separate iClouds at once?
We do want to completely share music, is it possible to keep just one music account? And ideally we only want to pay for apps once, so would both like to be able to download whatever apps we wanted.
If i setup multiple accounts on the iMac, is it possible to share files between accounts without having to logout?
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Sync AddressBook with multiple iCloud account
Myself and my wife have separate Apple and thus iClound IDs, which we use the buy apps separately for our own iDevices.
However we would like to share the contacts created using Address Book on our iMac on all our devices.
So seamlessly enable this, I was wondering if there is a way to sync the mac Address Book with 2 iCloud account.
I have added 2 iCloud account, but address book seems to be syncing with only 1 iCloud account
Any help/suggestions ?You can only sync with the iCloud account which was entered first into your preferences. You won't be able to do what you want with iCloud. If you're not in the habit of frequently changing contacts one of you could expord your contacts as a vCard and the other could import that into their Address Book.
In Address Book on your Mac, click one contact in the 'All' list then hit command-a to select all. From the File menu choose Export>vCard. Copy it to the other Mac.
On the other Mac choose Import from the File menu and select the vCard.
You might be able to sync your contacts with Google (free account) instead of iCloud: I don't know how reliable this is. -
The calender on my iPhone 4 with iOS 6 no longer syncs with iCal 4.0.4 on my mac OS 10.6.8. However it is syncing with my iCloud account. Can someone help me with this?
FYI: It seems it was a network problem with my WinXP PC. After complete deletion and new installation of XP and iTunes my iPhone will be recognized correctly, Wifi synchronization works (mostly) fine.
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TS4036 how can i sync with my icloud account to iPhone?
how can I sync with my icloud account to my Iphone not from my itunes account?
Download iCloud for Windows and follow the instructions.
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how can i sign in with my icloud account without entering the password of the other account?
Sorry kokorokok,
You are going to need the iCloud ID and password of the previous sign on in order to delete the account:
Removing Previous Owner from Device
All the steps in the link above must be followed in order for you to get your iCloud ID signed onto your device.
Sorry,
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How to Configure iCloud with multiple iCloud accounts and one apple id
I need some help from the icloud experts. I almost have my arms around this, but not completely.
What I want to end up with is the following:
One account that both my wife and I use for shared contacts, calendars, photostream and find my device.
Separate account for my email among several devices.
Separate account for my wife for her email among several devices.
Now what I curently have is an apple id (*.mac.com), which is the main account used for purchases, etc. It has my mail, backups, and 25GB of space as a result from MobileMe.
I created a separate icloud account for my wife, using her Apple ID, so that her mail stayed separate from mine. However, now we have separate photo streams, contacts, etc, which is getting confusing and cumbersome.
I would like to keep my apple id as the main account since it already has the 25GB of space. So tell me if the following make sense.
I setup the master account using my apple id (the one with 25GB of space) for both of us, and enable the contacts and calendar syncing for all of our devices.
I turn the mail and Safari bookmarks syncing on for my devices; but turn it off for my wife's devices.
Then I use my wife's account on her devices to sync her mail, bookmarks, etc.
Would this work or is there another combination to use? Ideally a family oriented apple id would be good for the master account, but it wouldn't have the 25GB of space unless I purchased it. I'm trying to get around that if possible. I have tried to find something like this on the discussion boards but haven't had luck yet.
Thanks in advance for any help.Set up your mac.com account again on devices. Turn off Mail and other data syncing with this account on your wife's devices for data that you want to keep separate. Then set up a second ("secondary") iCloud account on your wife's devices to sync Mail.
If you already set up a separate iCloud account on your wife's devices, on her devices go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, then sign back in your your mac.com ID. Turn on the data you want to share with this account across all devices; don't turn Mail on. Then go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>Add Account>iCloud and enter her separate iCloud credentials and turn Mail to On.
The only downside to this approach is that her email will be fetch, not push email. Push email is only supported in the main ("primary") account, not a secondary account.
The limitations to be aware of with secondary accounts are that only the primary account can be used for Photo Stream, Bookmarks, Documents, iCloud Backup and Find My Device. Also, push mail only works for the primary account; secondary account mail is fetch. -
WiFi sync with multiple user accounts
My wife and I have separate logins on our iMac, separate iTunes accounts, etc.. Using iTunes 10.5, it seems like only one of us can have our iPhone set to wirelessly sync with iTunes at a time -- if I enable hers on her account, mine goes away on my account, and vice-versa. Anyone else seeing this and have any advice on how to fix or work around this?
Having similar issues, we have 3 accounts on our iMac and having issues syncing our devices (ipad and iphone each).
The iMac is actally locking up and performance is poor, whole system is slowing right down. -
My iPad hasn't sync with my iCloud account.
Ever since downloading IOS 5 to my iPad and setting up my iCloud account I haven't been able to backup. My iPhone backups fine.. What can I do?
Hello Modean,
It sounds like you have deleted and re added the iCloud account to your iPad but none of the iCloud content will sync to this one device. I have a few things to recommend for you. First, delete the iCloud account again from Settings > iCloud. Then close all the apps on the iPad:
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
Double-click the Home button.
Swipe left or right until you have located the app you wish to close.
Swipe the app up to close it.
When you have done that, reset the network settings on your iPad then retest the issue:
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. Note: This will reset all network settings including:
previously connected Wi-Fi networks and passwords
recently used Bluetooth accessories
VPN and APN settings
From: iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1398
If the issue persists, I would next backup your device to iTunes, and restore it:
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling -
Photostream with multiple iCloud accounts
Can I set it up so that photostreams from my phone and my wife's phone will both download to my PC? If I set up both of our accounts, will I have to log out and log in to each one to get the downloads?
Is there a way yet for the photos she takes to show up in the photostream on my phone? It would be nice if there were a simple way to automatically share media between devices that belong to different users within the same family.I have successfully got this to work using my wife's iphone, my iphone, and our associated macs and ipads. Basically, you setup the other icloud account on your mobile devices, then deactivate everything accept photostream. Turn off contacts, mail, etc. on those accounts. It actually works, though you would think there would be an easier way to do this.
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My computer is no longer syncing with my icloud account, why?
I am not sure where to check or change setting for my iCloud account on my computer. Anyone have some insight for me?
Mac OS X (10.6.8)
iCloud is not compatible with Snow Leopard. So my question to you, is how did you get it to work on 10.6.8? -
I cannot get any of my information from my Iphone or Ipad to sync with my Icloud account. Any suggestions?
Well, what exactly have you done so far?
Is iCloud activated?
What data is marked to be synced?
What happens on icloud.com?
Have you installed the iCloud utility on your computer? -
New iCloud/itunes account syncing with multiple devices
I recently purchased an iPad with the intention of making a new iCloud account and syncing it with my iPhone and MacBook. Previously, my iPhone and MacBook were synced without iCloud because my whole family used the same iTunes account. I have added the same credit card to my new apple and iCloud accounts, and would like to apply these to my phone and laptop now, but I'm afraid I will lose all the music i downloaded on the other account. Will this happen/what can I do for a smooth transition?
iTunes and iCloud are different accounts but they may use the same ID or different IDs. So you could use the same ID for iTunes on all devices in a family and use multiple IDs for iCloud accounts, one per user so that a user's devices all stay synced without mixing in the other family users' data.
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My old laptop crashed, and took my iTunes account with it. I got a new laptop, and want to sync my iTouch to iTunes. It gives me an error message stating that I can't sync to multiple iTunes accounts, but I can't access my old one!
How can I get my new iTunes account to allow me to Sync my iTouch? The only option it gives me is to "transfer purchases" from my iTouch to iTunes, but that is only about 25% of my iTunes library-most of it is CDs I have uploaded. How can I Sync without losing all my music from my iTouch???
Also, I have lectures and photos, etc. on my iTouch that I don't want to lose.
I've tried a few of the iPod copy programs-the free ones and the ones you have to pay for, but I can't find one that will work for ALL my content on an iTouch.
Right now, I can't get anything from my iTouch to iTunes, and I can't update my iTouch with my new iTunes purchases, so I'm stuck! Help!Also-I tried to use my backup hard drive, but I wasn't able to drag/transfer/send/move any of my muic files onto my iTouch when the iTouch was connected to my computer. I can't figure out why it won't let me do that.
The only thing I can see when I open my iTouch on my computer is my file with photos. I can't see videos, music, or anything else. What's going on? -
How to backup multiple iphones with different iCloud accounts but same apple id?
I would like to back up 3 idevices each with different icloud accounts to itunes. But they use the same apple id so that itune purchases can be installed on each device (2 iphones and 1 ipad).
All I want to do is create a backup in case the phones need to be restored. I also want to back up before downloading iOS 8.
The Macbook Pro that I will back up to has one user and one itunes library.
Is this possible without mixing up address books and contacts etc? Appreciate if some one could direct me to detail step-by-step instructions if they exist or please tell me how I can do this.
Thanks.With Family Sharing they don't need to have the same Apple ID anymore.
But backups to iTunes are kept separate among multiple devices; Apple ID and iCloud isn't involved at all. Just make sure the devices do not have the same name. -
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I would like to back up 3 idevices each with different icloud accounts to itunes. But they use the same apple id so that itune purchases can be installed on each device (2 iphones and 1 ipad).
All I want to do is create a backup in case the phones need to be restored. I also want to back up before downloading iOS 8.
The Macbook Pro that I will back up to has one user and one itunes library.
Is this possible without mixing up address books and contacts etc? Appreciate if some one could direct me to detail step-by-step instructions if they exist or please tell me how I can do this.
Thanks.With Family Sharing they don't need to have the same Apple ID anymore.
But backups to iTunes are kept separate among multiple devices; Apple ID and iCloud isn't involved at all. Just make sure the devices do not have the same name.
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