Hi,
My girlfriend and I are moving in together, we both have iPhones and will be getting a shared ipad, Mac mini and Apple TV.
Obviously we should keep our own ID's for messages etc but I wouldn't want to use either of our IDs for the shared Mac and iPad as I wouldn't want messages emails notes etc being confused on the shared devices.
I was thinking of setting up a shared ID for the iPad and Mac mini, and then linking all three through family sharing.
With this method I should have good control over what albums are viewable in the Apple TV, I.e we can both add the home ID to shared photo streams to allow these events to be viewed in the tv, whilst keeping both our personal photos separate.
On the iPad we wouldn't use iMessage and would only have the shared home ID's emails in, then if we wish to view our own we can log in to a different account or something.
With the Mac mini I would be using it as a Plex server as well as for other media serving and use as a home computer for desktop design applications. I would like emails set up here so maybe I could set up three accounts: one for each and the server account. But would the server programs still work when another account is in use? Maybe I should just use one account to simplify things, but how could we separate our email accounts properly?
How do other people do this?
My girlfriend and I are moving in together, we both have iPhones and will be getting a shared ipad, Mac mini and Apple TV.
Obviously we should keep our own ID's for messages etc but I wouldn't want to use either of our IDs for the shared Mac and iPad as I wouldn't want messages emails notes etc being confused on the shared devices.
I was thinking of setting up a shared ID for the iPad and Mac mini, and then linking all three through family sharing.
With this method I should have good control over what albums are viewable in the Apple TV, I.e we can both add the home ID to shared photo streams to allow these events to be viewed in the tv, whilst keeping both our personal photos separate.
On the iPad we wouldn't use iMessage and would only have the shared home ID's emails in, then if we wish to view our own we can log in to a different account or something.
With the Mac mini I would be using it as a Plex server as well as for other media serving and use as a home computer for desktop design applications. I would like emails set up here so maybe I could set up three accounts: one for each and the server account. But would the server programs still work when another account is in use? Maybe I should just use one account to simplify things, but how could we separate our email accounts properly?
How do other people do this?
