A family member and I both have iPads, with separate Apple IDs. I have synced various apps from my computer to her iPad. The problem I have found is that whenever she tries to update an app, it asks for my Apple ID. Is there any way I can prevent this?
iPad 2, iOS 4.3.2
Have her download the apps under her Apple ID.
Would that mean they would have to be paid for again?
Yes it would. Your other option would be to leave their iPad signed into your account.
Your other option would be to leave their iPad signed into your account.
Would you do that for me? With about US$5000 of available credit on the bank card?
I wouldn't for anyone else except you and Sirfaba.
🙂
What happens if you want to use the same account? For example, I have one iPad and I want to buy another one and load/install the same apps (including paid ones) on that account. Is this do-able? If not, then how do you transfer the apps from the "old" device to the new device without losing the apps?
Yes, this is doable.
Lol...don't keep us in suspense, deggie. how is it do-able? 😕
What happens if you want to use the same account? For example, I have one iPad and I want to buy another one and load/install the same apps (including paid ones) on that account. Is this do-able? If not, then how do you transfer the apps from the "old" device to the new device without losing the apps?
There is no device limit for the number of iPods, iPhones, and iPads that can be synced with the same iTunes library and iTunes account on the same computer. Each device can have its own sync preferences with iTunes on the same computer along with iTunes maintaining a separate backup for each device.
All iTunes content on your iPad should be in your iTunes library on your computer - all music, movies, tv shows, iBooks, and 3rd party apps. Connect the 2nd iPad to iTunes and you can transfer the exact same apps that are on the 1st iPad, or you can have different apps installed on each.
Hmm. If memory serves me correctly...when I had an iPhone before giving it a relative, once I connected my new iPad to my iTunes I was ok with my apps (being able to transfer them from my account to my iPad) but when I connected my iPhone that I gave to my relative to my account on iTunes at a later date, all the apps including music were wiped out from her iPhone.
Because your relative had synced the iPhone to her iTunes account - so when you came back and connected it to your computer, it reverted to your iTunes account and wiped hers out.
If that is the case, why did she not lose all my apps et al when she connected the iPhone to her computer using her profile/itunes account?
Could she have had the same apps connected to her account? Apps are tied to accounts, and should disappear when a new user syncs to a device.
Not if the user has iTunes configured not to sync automatically on attachment and transfers purchases before they allow the device to sync.
Sharing Apps Between iPads
