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Can I Have Multiple iPhones on my Apple ID account?
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You can add more than one device under Apple ID, however if the purpose is just for sharing your purchases you might be better suited to just setup family sharing between your Apple ID and one for your SO - https://www.apple.com/uk/ios/whats-new/family-sharing/
That looks like it will work better. I'm guessing it won't count as a device on my account either.
Use a separate account. if you share computers
log onto you computer using a guest account. It's less messy that way. I think Apple allows up to 10 devices.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
I have my parents iPhones synced to my Mac but I set up different iCloud user accounts. Most of the apps they use are free. Also, I gave them a gift card so that they wouldn't have to use their cc.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
I have my parents iPhones synced to my Mac but I set up different iCloud user accounts. Most of the apps they use are free. Also, I gave them a gift card so that they wouldn't have to use their cc.
I bought two iPhone 5s, one for my wife and another for me, and put them both under the same Apple ID. This resulted in a lot of trouble as follows: when I signed-in at iCloud, and then used FaceBook, and Messages, my Apple ID was showing on both iPhones. If my wife would turn her iPhone off, or didn't have cell service at some remote location and I would text her a message, this message would come back to my iPhone, my laptop, iPad, and my hotmail address. Not only that, but all of my contacts would show on her iPhone along her contacts, and so the contacts on my iPhone. Any changes she would make to her contacts would affect my contacts, and vice versa
Talking about a big mess!Anyway, I had a chat with an Apple technician and was advised to logoff iCloud on both phones, to remove the checkmark on both my phone number and email address in her FaceTime settings, and also to change the settings on iMessage. The next step was to create an Apple ID for her. Now we just share apps and the rest under the "Family Sharing" option.
Anyway, I decided to stay off iCloud all together, and back-up the iPhones manually, mine on my laptop, and hers on her desktop. I back them, and if I need to sync contacts and the rest, I do that manually.
Sounds like it's gotten messy since the last time I had 2 iPhones in the house.
Used to be that the phones were independent of each other, just able to share the iTunes music and Apps, and able to choose what I wanted synced with each phone (addresses, calendar, apps, music, etc.) independently.
Something has gotten things messy I guess. Sounds like probably something that came into play around the iMessage erra.
Used to be that the phones were independent of each other, just able to share the iTunes music and Apps, and able to choose what I wanted synced with each phone (addresses, calendar, apps, music, etc.) independently.
Something has gotten things messy I guess. Sounds like probably something that came into play around the iMessage erra.
I have separate accounts for my wife and I but used my credit card on both. Because of the legality of credit cards and billing names and addresses, Apple has both accounts under my name. It's not a big deal, and hasn't caused any real issues, just something to be aware of. The account on her phone has my name on it, as does iCloud, and all correspondence from Apple regarding her account is addressed to me.
