Dario5555

Q: Two accounts on MacBook

Hi,

 

I'm buying MacBook to my daughter (I will not use that Mac at all) . I already has iMac with lot of purchased apps with my Apple ID. My plan is to open two accounts on MacBook, both with administrator rights.

 

My plan is to install all apps which my daughter needs through my account with my Apple ID.

 

So, I have two questions:

 

1. how to set my account so she can only have access to purchased apps, and not my iCloud data? (not to sign in to my iCloud account?)

 

2. when she is on her account and AppStore app says "you have an update of some app", does she needs to fill my Apple ID and password every time (and call me every time to update for her), or it can be managed some way that I don't need to do every time.

 

My basic intention is to automate update process somehow without giving her my Apple ID password.

 

Thanks

Posted on May 19, 2013 2:32 PM

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  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed May 19, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Dario5555
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    May 19, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Dario5555

    First off, you may only legally share your purchased iTunes/Mac App Store content with your daughter if she is a minor child or college age young adult living with you or away attending college. An adult daughter living in her own home cannot legally use your purchased apps.

     

    If you install the apps in the Applications folder on the new iMac, any user account on that same Mac should be able to use the apps without having to have access to your Apple ID.

     

    Because the apps are your apps, registered to your Apple ID, only your ID and password can update these apps.

  • by Dario5555,

    Dario5555 Dario5555 May 19, 2013 3:44 PM in response to Dah•veed
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    May 19, 2013 3:44 PM in response to Dah•veed

    Yes You are right, she is 16-years old, and this is for school.

     

    As I understand you, she can't update installed (with my Apple ID and pass) apps from her account. I always have to be "around" to update some apps which are already installed through her's account, or to log in on my account?

     

    I'm asking because on my iMac when I like to reinstall or update some previously purchased app, I's not neccessery to use my Apple ID and password everytime. Only in time of purchase. And I don't like idea to give her my Apple ID and password. But if I have to, OK.

     

    In our case it isn't metter of trust, it's just metter of my privacy (iCloud mail and other private things cooonected to Apple ID).

     

    Do you have some ideas or other solutions for updating apps in this situation?

     

    And, thank you a lot for your fast answer!

  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed May 19, 2013 4:06 PM in response to Dario5555
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    May 19, 2013 4:06 PM in response to Dario5555

    The apps will always require your ID and password to update.

     

    The better approach for a 16 year old would be to gift the apps to her through an iTunes Gift Card that she can redeem on her Apple ID, or setting up a monthly allowance on her Apple ID, so that she can take the content with her when she leaves home one day.

  • by Dario5555,

    Dario5555 Dario5555 May 19, 2013 4:11 PM in response to Dah•veed
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    May 19, 2013 4:11 PM in response to Dah•veed

    Setting up a monthly allowance on her Apple ID!!!

     

    This is great idea, but I don't know how to do that. Could you give me a hint?

     

    Thank You!!!!

  • by Dah•veed,Solvedanswer

    Dah•veed Dah•veed May 19, 2013 4:15 PM in response to Dario5555
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    May 19, 2013 4:15 PM in response to Dario5555

    About iTunes Store Allowance

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2105

     

    It's called iTunes Store allowance, but the funds can also be used in the Mac App Store, since they should be the same Apple ID for the user.

  • by Dario5555,

    Dario5555 Dario5555 May 19, 2013 4:30 PM in response to Dario5555
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    May 19, 2013 4:30 PM in response to Dario5555

    Yes I just google little bit, and I found how to manage this. Thank You.

     

    Unfortunately, because I'm not living in US (I'm on the Croatian store), we don't have option "Buy iTunes Gifts" in this store. So this option don't work in our case.

     

    Nevertheless, thank you a lot for your time and help!


  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed May 19, 2013 5:05 PM in response to Dario5555
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    May 19, 2013 5:05 PM in response to Dario5555

    I do see a Redeem link in both the iTunes and the Mac App Store for Croatia, do you have iTunes Gift Cards there? If so, you could give her one on occasion (monthly) and she could redeem it for credit on her account to make her own purchases.

  • by Dario5555,

    Dario5555 Dario5555 May 19, 2013 9:52 PM in response to Dah•veed
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    May 19, 2013 9:52 PM in response to Dah•veed

    Unfortunately no, there is no iTunes Gift Cards for Croatian store.