iTunes is on my PC and accessible thru my apple ID. My partner has a new iPad and it is registered under her apple ID. I have signed up to iTunes Match in the hope that we can access the iTunes library on my PC on her iPad thru iCloud. Is this possible?
No. iTunes Match is not "shareable" in that way. The service is associated with one Apple ID and the regional store that ID is registered with. The service is designed as a single-user service that is never logged out. But, more than one person can use the service by signing into the iTunes Store with your Apple ID.
So is the solution to re register the new iPad under my apple id? If so is this even possible? Thanks Michael .
Yes, you can switch it to your AppleID, unless it has been used to *re-download* previously purchased content (including with Match) with another AppleID, in which case you will have to wait 90 days from the first time it was used with that AppleID.
Is this easy to do? Any top tips would be gratefully received. I'm guessing it must be in settings. Thanks for your response.
On the iPad go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores and sign in with your iTunes Store Apple ID. However, and you need to pay attention to this... your partner will now be locked out of her iTunes Store account for 90 days. If she signs out of your account and in with hers all the iTunes Match content will disappear.
Any purchases she makes will be on your account on your credit card and will then belong to you. They will not be her purchases.
Brilliant thanks so much. We can now access our music on our new iPad.
One last question, we have just also invested a new laptop, unfortunately couldn't quite stretch to an iMac. Can you advise how we transfer our iTunes library onto our new laptop from the old PC. I thought we could do it by saving it to our portable hard drive and then install on to new laptop. It doesn't seem to want to work. I really will think you are a genius if you can solve this one too!
Thanks again
This KB article should give you some hints: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
iTunes Match with 2 different apple IDs and crossing 2 devices!
