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Q: One iCloud with multiple family members

I just got a new iphone 6s for me and my oldest daughter.  I have 3 people in my family who have iphones and all of those people also have ipads.  We have one Apple ID and one iCloud, as we don't want to pay for 1 app 3 (or more) times.  This hasn't been a big issue until the new iphone 6s.  Neither I nor my daughter can get our personal contacts or photos onto our phones using Restore.  It will take EVERYTHING from the cloud and put it on each of our phones - which would be too much data for one phone.  How do I fix this?  I don't want separate Apple IDs and iClouds for everyone.  Why can't iCloud keep everything separated by the phone it came from??  Then you can Restore the data from the phone that you want.  But again, since this isn't possible now, how do I fix this?  We each now have EVERYONE'S contacts on our phones.  And when we try to delete a contact off our own phone, it deletes the contact off EVERY phone.  HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.1

Posted on Dec 5, 2015 6:00 PM

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  • by ChrisJ4203,

    ChrisJ4203 ChrisJ4203 Dec 5, 2015 6:08 PM in response to lis132609
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    Dec 5, 2015 6:08 PM in response to lis132609

    To prevent that, you need to be using separate iCloud IDs. You can still use the same Apple ID for purchases, the iTunes and App Stores, but your iCloud ID being the same is what is causing this issue. You might also want to look into Family Sharing, since you have a large amount of devices. Set up Family Sharing - Apple Support is one of the support documents to help you with his information. It also contains links for other information about Family Sharing.