Two iPhones, Apps On One Mac: Syncing Question...

[Mojo1]

My wife will soon have her first iPhone.

All the apps that I have purchased are on my iMac. I want to be able to put some of my apps on her iPhone while also syncing her iPhone with her MBP so her calendar and contacts are synced.

Can this be done and, if so, how do I go about it?

 

[grapes911]

Authorize her computer with your account. Then download the apps on her machine and sync.

 

[Mojo1]

Seems simple enough; thanks for the info!

 

[Raima]

Authorize her computer with your account. Then download the apps on her machine and sync.

I'm not sure if that works.

I just let my gf sync on my imac, I then add the apps to her iphone. When she updates my apps, she needs to enter in my account details and upon first update, it verifies credit card details for security.

Once it's all done, we both share each others apps.

What you can do then is to have your wife sync her iphone with her mbp. Once this is done, it will be hard to keep both iMac and mbp in sync to share new apps downloaded without having to do the above again.

 

[grapes911]

I'm not sure if that works.

I just let my gf sync on my imac, I then add the apps to her iphone. When she updates my apps, she needs to enter in my account details and upon first update, it verifies credit card details for security.

Once it's all done, we both share each others apps.

What you can do then is to have your wife sync her iphone with her mbp. Once this is done, it will be hard to keep both iMac and mbp in sync to share new apps downloaded without having to do the above again.

My wife and I do it without any problems. Apple let's you authorize up to six computers. My computer is authorized with my account and her's. Her computer is authorized with her account and mine. We download each others apps all the time. We do need to enter each others password to verify downloads though. It's a small inconvenience to not have to pay for apps twice.