iCloud is putting my mom's contacts on my phone since we have the same apple id. Should I make a new apple id just for Icloud?

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iCloud is putting my mom's contacts on my phone since we have the same apple id. Should I make a new apple id just for Icloud?

I want to be able to update all my stuff to icloud, but I don't want my mom's stuff constantly syncing with my phone too. If i make a new account, will that change what account i use in itunes and the apple store?? would I be able to have two accounts? or can you have two different users per icloud?

because what are they supposed to do if a family shares an apple id?

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 17, 2011 12:08 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 17, 2011 12:40 PM in response to heywhatsupppsilly

I'm having the same exact problem. My husband and I share an account now I have all of his contacts in my phone list and my phone now says his name in iTunes! So irritating! I'm thinking we may have to set up our own accounts.

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Answer 2

Nov 23, 2011 6:31 PM in response to heywhatsupppsilly

We upgraded my Mom's iPhone 3Gs (New Bootroom) to iOS 5 and connected My dad's Apple iD to my Mom's iPhone. My Mom and Dad's contact lists merged. Then today, when my mom was at work. She started deleting my Dad's business contacts from her phone, thinking that it would just be deleted off her phone. But, they were deleted off of my Mom's iPhone 3gs. My dad's iPad 2, iPhone 4, Intel iMac and his Windows Work computer. My dad is very frustrated. I am wondering if there is any way to do the stuff below, Please help we lost 100 contacts that are very important business contacts.

I am wanting to get the missing contacts back and then seperate the contacts list and then creating my mom another Apple id and add her contacts to her new apple ID and then have so my Dad's Apple iD has his iPad 2, iPhone 4, iMac and his Windows Work Computer and my mom's Apple iD have her iPhone 3Gs (New Bootroom) with both contacts lists seperated.

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