Question about this. It says on Apple's website you can share content without sharing an Apple ID and password. Does this mean my Fiancee can now use her own Apple ID and we can both share each others purchases?
It's on apple.comDoes it extend to music / tvshows / movies that were purchased from the app store e.t.c. ?
Does it extend to music / tvshows / movies that were purchased from the app store e.t.c. ?
Yes, BUT they did claim that it only works for purchases or accounts that are using the same credit card information.
That is no problem, we can update both accounts to use the same credit card since we share bank account. Thanks!!
I'm wondering if this will include past purchases made as well, BEFORE you were using the same card...
Question about this. It says on Apple's website you can share content without sharing an Apple ID and password. Does this mean my Fiancee can now use her own Apple ID and we can both share each others purchases?
Thanks for the clarification. My kids have long had an account that they've shared, but there's always the problem with sharing items among different parties; possible by sharing usernames/passwords, but clunky. This seems like a great solution for families for things like, for example, sharing movies.I believe it will. The way I understand it is that you link your accounts into a "family account". Once the link is there it should have your entire purchase history. Apple hasn't historically been very good at segmenting this type of information out.
Well I'm not sure if this works for me and the wife for calendars. Currently we share our personal calendars with edit permission and in-app notifications. !
I'm hoping this lets me see my partner's calendar but not have it popping up reminders when he's due to go into a meeting. I want to see his calendar to see whether he is having a busy day, but I don't want Notification Centre to count his appointments as mine.
To me it looks like everything you take will go into a shared stream. It appears as though the "camera roll" is gone, and we will now just be seeing a shared stream.I'm not sure I like the photo sharing implementation vs. how my wife and I use it now. Looks like you will just choose what to post to a shared photostream. I would rather have the option to automatically post everything into a shared stream. This is how we use it now by adding my iCloud account to her devices.
To me it looks like everything you take will go into a shared stream. It appears as though the "camera roll" is gone, and we will now just be seeing a shared stream.
I'm not sure I like the photo sharing implementation vs. how my wife and I use it now. Looks like you will just choose what to post to a shared photostream. I would rather have the option to automatically post everything into a shared stream. This is how we use it now by adding my iCloud account to her devices.
True. I will have to play with it / see what others say. I was more alluding to the fact that they seem to have harmonized the different places for photos. (IE why duplicate my camera roll in my photo stream. Now you're eating twice my storage).I'm not sure this will fly. So I get a 32GB iPhone and with all the apps, iOS, and music I still have 20GB left. If I choose to keep 10GB of photos in my camera roll but Apple only allows 5GB free, there's no way you can be forced to purchase additional iCloud space.
If I decide to test iOS 8 (always a gamble since I don't have a separate development device, though I am a legitimate iOS developer), I'll be sure to test these things and provide strong feedback to Apple.