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Q: Recently bought a new iphone for my wife and all of her text messages show up on my phone.

I recently bought a new iphone 6 for my wife.  This is her first smart phone.  All of her text messages are showing up on my iphone 6.  How do I rectify this?  We share the same apple id.  Does she need to create her own apple id to fix this?  If so, will this make syncing songs impossible now that we have two separate accounts?

 

Thank you for any help you can provide.

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 8:51 AM

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Q: Recently bought a new iphone for my wife and all of her text messages show up on my phone.

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Feb 15, 2016 8:56 AM in response to pkroper22
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    Feb 15, 2016 8:56 AM in response to pkroper22

    She needs her own Apple ID. She can use her Apple ID for iCloud, Messages, FaceTime, Mail, and you can both use the current Apple ID for iTunes, or you can look into Family Sharing:

     

    Sign in with your Apple ID on a new device - Apple Support

     

    Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by Kappy,

    Kappy Kappy Feb 15, 2016 9:02 AM in response to pkroper22
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    Feb 15, 2016 9:02 AM in response to pkroper22

    Using More than One iDevice on the Same Computer

     

    This applies mainly to couples who are adding another device and do not want their email, messages, etc. being duplicated on both devices. To begin read: How to use multiple iPhone, iPad, or iPod devices with one computer. You need to establish a separate Apple ID and password for whomever will use the new iDevice. See Apple - My Apple ID and Frequently asked questions about Apple ID. The easiest way is to do this on the computer using iTunes: iTunes- How to set up an Apple ID within iTunes.

     

    On the computer create a new user account for the person with the new iDevice. This will be the user account that person will always use. He/She will no longer use the other user account. This way that person will have a separate iTunes Library. Note that once done you cannot "share" apps under a single Apple ID. Each of you must purchase your own apps under your own Apple ID. When you decide to split up like this one of you will need to re-purchase the apps that they want to use.

     

    Start by transferring the new device(s) to a new account along with all your data.  Save any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless they are already in the camera roll) by opening your Photos app, tap on Albums icon at the bottom. Now, tap on My Photo Stream album; tap Select; tap on the photos you want to select;, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow) in the lower left corner; then tap Save to Camera Roll.

     

    If you are syncing notes with iCloud that you want to keep then you need to open each of your notes and email them to yourself. Later you can copy and paste the text into new notes created in your new account.

     

    Tap on Settings > iCloud > Delete Account (only deletes it from this device, not from iCloud; the person keeping the current account will not be affected,) provide the password to turn off Find My Phone and choose Keep on My iDevice when prompted.  Sign in with a different Apple ID to create your new account. Choose Merge to upload your data.

     

    Once you are on separate accounts, you can each go to icloud.com and delete the other person's data from your account.

     

    Note: The essence of the above was created by user, randers4. I

    have made substantial changes to improve readability and syntax.