Q: I recently discovered I had two iTunes accounts.
I recently discovered I had two iTunes accounts. One is my Apple ID and password, the other I have had for many years, contains all my purchases, billing and account information and settings for Genius etc. My question is this, with the new iOS 7 and introduction of Mavericks with it's iCloud Keychain and multi device integration my Apple ID is becoming more and more a part of everthing I do. Security updates now require your Apple ID to turn off Find my Phone and I even had to log in on my iPhone after the recent iOS 7.0.3 update, again with my Apple ID. Currently I log into iTunes and the App store with my old @gmail.com address but this is not my Apple ID. It is now the only exception and occasionally causes confusion when for example the App Store on my iPhone asks me to enter my Apple ID, it is really asking me for my iTunes ID and password. This as you can imagine can cause all sorts of Authorisation issues especially if I download an app to the wrong account.
How can I solve this? Could I change my current account to the same user name and password as my Apple ID and delete the other Apple ID account?
Can I merge the two accounts?
How can I simplyfy my iLife?
Help!
MacBook, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5), iPhone iOS 7.0.3
Posted on Oct 27, 2013 10:41 PM
You actually my want to continue to use your @me account for iCloud and other services but keep your @gmail account for purchases.
See Using your Apple ID for Apple services
specifically the section "Using one Apple ID for iCloud and a different Apple ID for Store Purchases".
Some families do that to share the same purchases (between husband and wife for example) using a "Store" Apple ID but have separate "iCloud" Apple IDs for everything else (so they can keep there emails, FaceTime, etc separate).
Hope that helps.
Posted on Oct 30, 2013 9:01 AM