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Two iPhones, Two iCloud accounts, but still sharing apps

Right now, my wife and I have an iPhone 4 (hers), an iPad, and an iPod Touch.

By the end of this week I am getting an iPhone 4S.


Right now, all of the devices have been hooked up to one Apple ID (mine). So we are able to sync and share all apps, music, photos, etc, between the iOS device and iTunes, then to the other iOS decies.


Once I get my own iPhone, I'd like to keep our contacts and photos separate, but still share our music and apps. Is this possible with iCloud/iTunes now?


I did some searching and couldn't get a clear answer. It seems like I may be able to do this by creating a new Apple ID for me to use on iCloud, but still using the old Apple ID for iTunes purchases. So the setup would look like:


Wife's iPhone: iCloud and iTunes both using same (old) Apple ID

My iPhone: iCloud using new Apple ID, iTunes using old Apple ID


Would this work? I think it might.. but I'm not sure if over-the-air updates would allow for this.


Essentially we want to just share music and apps, and keep contacts and photos separate.

Anyone had to do this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Dec 12, 2011 1:30 PM

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Dec 12, 2011 2:32 PM in response to nategodd

nategodd wrote:

Does this also mean I want to disable the "Contacts" and "Photos" syncing from within iTunes, so that those only use iCloud?


That's up to you. You either sync contacts & calendars over the air with iCloud or with supported applications on your computer...do not do both at the same time...that will create a mess...one or the other. As for photos, Photo Stream is not the same as syncing photos...read here:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4486

Dec 12, 2011 3:11 PM in response to wjosten

Photo Stream seems like another beast all to itself that I'll eventually have to Tackle.


Right now I have a folder of photos on my computer, which I have set up in iTunes to sync to my devices.

As for photos taken with the devices themselves, I usually just plug in the devices and browse the contents of the device itself, and manually copy and paste the photos/videos out of it.


I may just continue to do that instead of using Photo Stream, as I wouldn't want to lose any photos if I don't happen to sync it within 30 days.

Two iPhones, Two iCloud accounts, but still sharing apps

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