Getting daughter ipad/mac, what to do about iTunes?

[lowonthe456]

As stated, I will be buying either an older iMac or iPad for my daughter for XMas. My concern is about her buying songs and apps on iTunes.

I have an iPhone 4 and a 2011 MBP (lion). I have it set so if I buy from my iphone it downloads to my Mac (and vice versa). I don't want her purchases doing this and I don't want my purchases auto downloading to her machine.

SHould I make her a separate account? Can I use the same credit card for this account?

How are people handling situations like these?

 

[Mike in Kansas]

It's time for her to have her own iTunes account. In order to activate an account, you need to link it to a credit card or iTunes gift card. If you are concerned that she may make purchases you don't want her to, open the account with an iTunes gift card with a denomination you are OK with. She can then reload the account by purchasing new gift cards.

 

[thatisme]

either set up her own account or enable restrictions in the General section of Settings, and password protect access to the App store.