Two iphones, one macbook, do i have to download updates twice?

two iphones, one macbook, do i have to download updates twice?

If the iPhones are identical models, the iOS update will only be downloaded once.

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Two iPhones, one MacBook - sync/backup question

Hi all, I've read through many posts, tech articles etc and still have this question...
My wife and I both got 3G(S)s about eight months ago. She backed up/synced her phone to her PC only once since then. We would like to be able to back up her phone to my MacBook now instead of her dying PC, and also load my HUGE legit iTunes library from our CD collection onto her phone. Also, she is not interested in having my contacts, bookmarks and whatnot synced to her phone.
My question is, will it be possible to use one computer/iTunes to share the same iTunes music library, while saving her contacts, calendars etc separately? Stated otherwise, will iTunes back up two separate iPhones and allow the syncing of a common music library?
Thanks and have a great day! MMM

In regards to iTunes content, an iPhone can be synced with an iTunes library on a single computer only and photos can be transferred from a single computer only. When transferring iTunes content and photos from another computer, all iTunes content and photos transferred from a different computer will be erased from the iPhone first.
There is no device limit for the number of iPods, iPads, and iPhones that can be synced with the same iTunes library and iTunes account on the same computer. Each device can have its own sync preferences with iTunes and iTunes creates and maintains a backup for each device.
When syncing two iPhones with the Address Book and iCal under the same computer login account, the contacts and calendar events will be the same in the Address Book and iCal and on both devices. There is an option to sync select Address Book Groups and select calendars only with each iPhone, but the contacts and calendar events with both devices will be available in the Address Book and iCal.
If you want to keep contacts and calendar events completely separate, you need to create a computer login account for your wife. You can enable Fast User Switching to make the process of switching between multiple computer login accounts a fast and easy process. An iTunes library can be shared between multiple computer login accounts. Your iPhone's backup will be updated and stored under your computer login account, and your wife's iPhone backup will be update and stored under her computer login account.

Two iphones, one macbook

Both my fiance and myself own an iphone. We would like to be able to sync both iphones on one computer (my Macbook) using our separate itunes accounts. His itunes account is authorized on my computer and I have a folder with all of his contacts in my address book. I do not have his photos on my computer, though. Can this be done? If so, how?

yes, you can sync 2 separate iphones to the same computer. The computer keeps track of the settings for each iphone. Address Book can be separated into groups and each iphone can sync a different group. iCal can be done the same way with separated calendars. iPhone the same way with separate albums. Music and videos you can break into playlists and sync separate playlists. The only problem is with authorizing the computer.
The computer can only be authorized for one account at a time.
Hope this helps a bit.

Do i have to download Update twice?

i have ipad 2 and the original ipad as well. both using the same account on itunes and updating via the same pc.
Is there anyway i can just download the latest updates once instead of having to re-download a 600 meg file once for each ipad when they connect?

was reading on either redmond pie or gizmodo that they are speculating iOS 5 might have OTT updates because Apple have been talks with a US carrier.
might be interesting to keep abreast of that situation...could mean much smaller updates! an OTT carrier wont want people dl'ing 600 meg files on their 3g! LOL

We have two iPhones, one iMac, and one iTunes account. Can someone tell me an yeast way to manage each iPhone separately- that is -- when we connect each iPhone how do we keep our contacts separated? this is a real problem. Thanks

We have two iphones , one imac , and one itunes account. Hope someone can tell me an easy way to synch each iphone so that our contacts stay separate. I would like to share itunes music etc but not synch the same contacts to each phone...major problem... Thanks!

You have a few options which are detailed here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495

I have two iphone one is iphone 5 and othere is iphone 4 . can i use same id for both ? And do i have to purchase the application again for iphone 4 which i have buyed for iphone 5.??

i have two iphone one is iphone 5 and othere is iphone 4 . can i use same id for both ? And do i have to purchase the application again for iphone 4 which i have buyed for iphone 5.??

You can use the same Apple ID for both phones, you would then be able to use the purchased Apps/Content on both phones without having to pay again.

I have two iPhones, one is a 4s and the other is a 3g. I have not used my 3g in some time now. I recently restored it but I cannot use it without a sim card, it says i have to "activate it."

I have two iPhones, one is a 4s and the other is a 3g. I have not used my 3g in some time now. I recently restored it but I cannot use it without a sim card, it says i have to "activate it." I cannot place my iPhone 4s sim card in it (too small), and i do not want to get a new contract or sim card for an iPhone that i do not ues very much.

Thanks for your help, but i cannot borrow a noral sim card now, my family has all up graded to iPhone 4s's, i have done this before, but one of my family had the same type of iphone so i could use theirs. Now i am the only one who still holds on to their old phone... I am not sure about buying an adapter...

I have two iphones one older iphone4 and one newer iphone5. I want to set the iphone4 as an Airplay receiver and the other iphone 5 as the sender. do you know if this is possible?

I have two iphones one older iphone4 and one newer iphone5. I want to set the iphone4 as an Airplay receiver and the other iphone 5 as the sender. do you know if this is possible?

Sorry. Apple's policy states that accounts cannot be merged > Frequently asked questions about Apple ID
Contact Apple for assistance > Contacting Apple for support and service

I have two Iphone, one has itunes account can I have another e-mai in the same Itunes account

I have two Iphones one is 4 s and the other is Iphone 5 can I use another e-mail account in the same Itunes account that I have?

If you're asking whether you can connect one device to two itunes store accounts, the answer is no.

How do i sync one itunes account with two iphones, one ipod touch, and a nano?

I need help in how to sync the one itunes account we use as a family with the two iphones my wife and i have and an ipod touch that my son has and a nano that my daughter has. Please help.

That article applies, as far as I can tell, to all things called iPod X where X can be nano, touch, classic etc.
We don't have two iPhones in the family as yet but as I understand it each device can have separate settings for syncing calendars and contacts. For example my iPhone syncs these over the air with the Exchange server at work so if/when my wife gets an iPhone it would be easy to have hers sync to our computer
To make sure your apps don't inadvertently merge turn off Automatically sync new apps from the apps tab when you connect your device.
The Apple support document How to use multiple iPods with one computer suggests a number of ways for managing the media content. I use method two (Sync with selected playlists) with a slight twist. Rather than regular playlists I set the grouping field to indicate which users should receive which tracks and create smart playlists based on the content of this field.
e.g.
"Alice's Tracks" is "Grouping contains Alice" + "Kind contains audio"
"Bob's Videos" is "Grouping contains Bob" + "Kind does not contain audio"
Tracks that both Alice & Bob want on their iPods have the grouping set to "Alice/Bob"
etc.
I currently manage our family's five iDevices using this system, each getting a different selection to suit their tastes and the capacity of their device. An advantage of using the grouping field is that it is stored in file tags (for non-wav audio files anyway) so that it is relatively easy to recreate the playlists should the iTunes library get trashed and need rebuilding. Also useful if you move files about manually as playlist membership is preserved when you delete & re-import the tracks.
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Two iphones, one iTunes account, two icloud accounts

Hi,
I have two iPhones, one privat, one from my company.
I would like ...
... to have all music, apps, books bought via iTunes to be on both iPhones - use same Apple ID for iTunes account?
... seperate calender, contacts, todos - use different Apple IDs for iCloud?
Is there still a way to have all pictures taken in one common photo stream?

I have the same question. My daughter and I share an apple account which is fine, but now I am getting some of her texts and each time I send her one I get a duplicate? I thought I messed this up when we tried to Facetime each other and I have deleted all those options. How do I fix it so I have my own texts and she has her own texts, I don't get duplicate texts but she can still access our I tunes account? Please help

Two iPhones + One Mac = One Shared Photo Stream (Impossible?)

Please can someone give me a straight forward answer to this question? I have read through the other similar forum questions and I still don't feel that I have found a definitive answer / solution.
Is it possible to do the following please:
Two iPhones + One Mac = One Shared Photo Stream (i.e. three devices that all have access to and update the Photo Stream as photographs are taken)
If so, how?
If not, am I really the only person that wants to do this?
Thanks (in anticipation).

Create a free email account at gmail, yahoo, outlook.com, or one of the other email services and use that to create the second Apple ID.
Also, create separate user accounts on your computer for each of you to avoid unintentionally mixing up your data.

Two iPhones - one syncs reminders, the other doesn't

I have two iPhones - one is a work-issued phone (an iPhone 5), and the other (a 5S) is my personal phone. I've also got an iPad Air. All of them have the most current iOS (8.1.3). For some reason, the Reminders app on my 5S won't sync with the other devices.
If I create a reminder on my 5, or on my iPad, or on iCloud, it will instantly update on all of those devices. But not on the 5S. If I create a reminder on my 5S, it seems to upload to the others (and, actually, I did it just now and all of a sudden it synced everything else from the other devices).
Any ideas why my 5S won't pull down updates on Reminders?

Hi David,
Thanks for the reply. I tried what you suggested (I think I've tried that in the past, to varying degrees of success) and once I turned sync back on, it did download the current list of reminders. However, when I created one on the 5, it still hasn't shown up on the 5S, some 15 minutes later (although it immediately showed up on the iPad). I'm puzzled as to why that one phone just won't seem to sync like the others do...

Two Iphones one Apple ID problem

I have two iphones one on the same Apple ID one that I just restored and updated with itunes. But now when I hook up my other phone to sync it to get some ring tones it keeps taking me to set up device as new or from back up how to get past this screen. My backups from the device I synced is backed up on my computer but my other Iphone is backed up to the cloud. Please help me

If I setit up as new it will wipe it clean if I am correct so Imnot sure what to do.

Two iPhone one is 4s and iPhone4 my contects mix and separate 4s and iphone how

two iphone
one is 4s
second iphone 4
i want to my iphone 4s and 4 contects is mixed
because
4s seprate contects
and iphone 4 seprate
how to do

First, post in the proper section.
Then please try to clarify your question, I do not understand.
But please, this is iMac section, you must post in iPhone section.

Two iphones, one macbook, do i have to download updates twice?

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