My wife has an iPad. I have a MacBook Air. We both have our own individual Apple ID. Can I add my Apple ID to her iPad (to be able to charge purchases to my account)?
iPad, iOS 8.1.3
It can only have one Apple ID signed onto it at a time in the iTunes & App Stores.
Your best bet is to make the purchases via the MacBook Air, then sync the iPad via iTunes. My husband and I share an iTunes library (but both have our own Apple IDs), and we share music purchased by both of us using the sync process.
Downloading via automatic downloads or by downloading past purchases can create problems because the device becomes associated with the Apple ID that is used to do any of those actions, and it cannot be associated with a different Apple ID for 90 days. So, that can get kind of crazy:
Manage your associated devices in iTunes - Apple Support
But syncing via a shared library is just syncing, and does not create the "associated device" issue.
Cheers,
GB
Thanks Gail. That is very helpful.
You are most welcome! 🙂
Cheers,
GB
can i add a second Apple ID to my iPad (to be able to charge purchases to a different account)?
