Itunes Acct for 2 persons

BASRPH · Nov 8, 2012, 10:01 AM

My wife and I have 1 IMac, 1 IPhone, and 2 IPads. We presently have one ITunes acct. She is wanting to get and IPhone in a few months and was wondering if it is necessary for each of us to have our own ITunes acct? What would be the limitations for sharing and acct.?

Mal · Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 AM

I would keep one iTunes account to share, so you don't have to buy apps/music twice, but maybe consider separate iCloud accounts if she wants her own mail, contacts, backups, etc.

jW

BASRPH · Nov 8, 2012, 11:33 AM

In order to do messaging from one Apple product to another, like IPad to Ipad, do we need 2 ICloud or 2 ITune accts? An ITune acct is free but there is a cost for ICloud, is that correct?

Mackilroy · Nov 8, 2012, 01:21 PM

You can get iCloud for free, you just have to pay for more storage past 5 GB.

As far as using iMessage goes, you just need an Apple ID or a phone number. If you already have two Apple IDs you're good to go. Said ID can be an iCloud email address, or GMail or Hotmail or whatever you happen to have.

You can read more about iMessage here, and more about iCloud here.

Nov 8, 2012, 10:01 AM	#1
BASRPH macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Central Illinois	Itunes Acct for 2 persons My wife and I have 1 IMac, 1 IPhone, and 2 IPads. We presently have one ITunes acct. She is wanting to get and IPhone in a few months and was wondering if it is necessary for each of us to have our own ITunes acct? What would be the limitations for sharing and acct.?
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Nov 8, 2012, 10:51 AM	#2
Mal macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Orlando	I would keep one iTunes account to share, so you don't have to buy apps/music twice, but maybe consider separate iCloud accounts if she wants her own mail, contacts, backups, etc. jW __________________ The Bearded Nerd 13" MacBook Pro; 64GB iPod touch "It's a real burn, being right so often." NoiseTrade.com/Walker
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Nov 8, 2012, 01:21 PM	#4
Mackilroy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jun 2006	You can get iCloud for free, you just have to pay for more storage past 5 GB. As far as using iMessage goes, you just need an Apple ID or a phone number. If you already have two Apple IDs you're good to go. Said ID can be an iCloud email address, or GMail or Hotmail or whatever you happen to have. You can read more about iMessage here, and more about iCloud here. __________________ Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
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Nov 8, 2012, 11:33 AM	#3
BASRPH Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Central Illinois	In order to do messaging from one Apple product to another, like IPad to Ipad, do we need 2 ICloud or 2 ITune accts? An ITune acct is free but there is a cost for ICloud, is that correct?
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