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Q: My wife's iPad uses her email address but comes up with my name

My wife's iPad uses her email address for everything like updates &  connecting

but comes up with my name

iPad 2, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on May 27, 2013 9:55 AM

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  • by pvonk,Helpful

    pvonk pvonk May 27, 2013 10:00 AM in response to Tigbox
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    May 27, 2013 10:00 AM in response to Tigbox

    "but comes up with my name" - what do you mean by this?  Comes up where?

     

    iTunes accounts (where you buy music, apps, etc.) are not the same as an icloud account.  If your wife uses her email address (this is the Apple ID) to get updates, then that implies her itunes account is the one using her ID.

     

    I suspect that your name coming up (again, I'm not sure where this happens) may be that she is using your ID to log into icloud.  Otherwise please describe your issue in more detail.

  • by Demo,Solvedanswer

    Demo Demo May 27, 2013 10:02 AM in response to Tigbox
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    May 27, 2013 10:02 AM in response to Tigbox

    That doesn't make sense to me. If she is using her Apple ID which should be her email address, where is your name coming up? Where is she seeing this?

     

    If you mean that the iPad has your name on it, you can change that in Settings>General>About>Name.