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Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines

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In message <fmoore-FD5C96.17135806082012@news.eternal-september.org> 
  Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
> In article <slrnk1ufhn.ek0.g.kreme@mbp55.local>,
>  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

>> In message <jy-05B348.08385405082012@news.eternal-september.org> 
>>   John Young <jy@scallawags.net> wrote:
>> > In article <1kocsbg.1k91t6t1pkoxxxN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
>> >  dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
>> >> There is no such thing as a limit of five Macs for App Store purchases.
>> 
>> > I guess thats for content not apps...
>> 
>> That is only true for DRMed content (old music purchases, movies, and TV 
>> shows) and for iTunes Match.
>> 
>> >> There are technical reasons why it may be useful for two people in a
>> >> family to each have their own Apple ID, e.g. iCloud sync if they don't
>> >> want everything on their devices to be identical.
>> 
>> > Yes iCloud use is the best reason for my wife and myself to have 
>> > separate Apple IDs. We both use iCloud so one ID would not work.
>> 
>> Works perfectly well.
>> 
>> My wife and I have THREE icloud accounts.
>> 
>> 1) mine. All purchases are made on this account (because I am the one who 
>> first started buying apps content). All my contacts notes, calendar events, 
>> etc.
>> 
>> 2) hers. all her contacts, etc.
>> 
>> 3) ours. Shared contacts, shared calendars, shared notes, etc.
>> 
>> On her iOS devices she uses my AppleID for the App Store.

> Lewis, in order to make this work, do you need 3 accounts if you have 
> one computer?

My account ont the computer has my Apple ID and then the additional
shared apple id. Her account has her apple id and the shared apple id.

> I'd think everything would get completely confused using 
> one account on one computer and multiple iCloud account/iDevices.

Why would anyone ever use one account for multiple people? That way
madness lies.

*NEVER* do this. Everyone has their own accounts on the computers. Even
houseguests we expect to see more than once get their own accounts.

-- 
Power corrupts.  Absolute power is kind of neat.

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Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-04 12:33 -0400
  Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2012-08-04 11:30 -0600
    Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-04 14:14 -0400
      Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John Young <jy@scallawags.net> - 2012-08-04 16:15 -0400
        Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-05 13:00 +1200
          Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John Young <jy@scallawags.net> - 2012-08-05 08:38 -0400
            Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-06 09:11 +1200
              Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-08-06 12:42 +0200
            Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-06 03:47 +0000
              Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John Young <jy@scallawags.net> - 2012-08-06 07:15 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-06 14:41 +0000
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John Young <jy@scallawags.net> - 2012-08-06 11:08 -0400
              Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-06 17:13 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-06 21:49 +0000
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-06 19:15 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-07 04:32 +0000
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-07 22:41 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2012-08-08 00:09 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-08 04:34 +0000
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-08-08 22:12 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-07 10:16 -0400
                Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-08-07 10:37 -0700
      Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2012-08-04 19:20 -0700
      Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2012-08-05 03:42 +0000
  Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2012-08-05 13:00 +1200
    Re: Changing AppleID on Transferred Machines Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2012-08-06 17:14 -0400

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