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my text messages are coming through on my computer. But so are other members of my family. we all use the same Apple ID account. is there any way to only receive and send message from my phone number? Help please.
MacBook
When you share an AppleID, you share one single account for each Apple service. There is zero privacy or separation of data when sharing accounts for Apple services. Everybody logs in the same as everybody else, and everybody sees everything everybody else does. Everybody also has the same user privileges to add, delete or alter anything in those Apple services accounts.
The system only knows the AppleID logging in. It has no way of knowing which person is using that AppleID.
When you share an AppleID, you share one single account for each Apple service. There is zero privacy or separation of data when sharing accounts for Apple services. Everybody logs in the same as everybody else, and everybody sees everything everybody else does. Everybody also has the same user privileges to add, delete or alter anything in those Apple services accounts.
The system only knows the AppleID logging in. It has no way of knowing which person is using that AppleID.
you each need to use your own Apple ID's. They are not meant to be shared as a family.
you CAN change what devices texts are forwarded to..
Having associated the same person with multiple computers and devices, this is the expected outcome.
Notifications go... everywhere, or to the most recently-active user and then to everywhere.
Use unique Apple IDs for each person, as mentioned above.
The way to get what you probably wanted to happen here—sharing music, purchases—is with Family Sharing.
Each person needs their own Apple ID, as pointed out above.
The system is working as intended.
my text messages are coming through on my computer. But so are other members of my family. we all use the same Apple ID account. is there any way to only receive and send message from my phone number? Help please.
