hi, thanks for your response.
gail from maine wrote:
OK, so just to clarify - the Apple/iCloud account that was set up for her by an adult is still a full-fledged Apple account (sans the credit card, of course). This Apple ID and all purchases made under it will be a part of this Apple ID's account.
>>>Her @icloud.com email and account was set up by me with the correct age and she is using it already for imessage and email on her ipad. Although she uses my wife's @icloud.com ID to make purchases, she just asks us and we enter the password whilst she looks away ;-) If you have set up Family Sharing, then she should signed into the iTunes & App Store with her own Apple/iCloud ID, not your wife's. That is the whole point of Family Sharing. She initiates purchases on her iPad, Mac, or iPhone, and, because she is under 13, it generates an "Ask to Buy" request to the Organizer or Guardian, who then approves or declines the purchase. The request is sent to the iOS device or Mac of the Organizer or Guardian.
As far as backing up her iPad and iPhone, she has a couple of options, with some caveats.
She can back up her iPad and iPhone to her new Mac - and should do that. No sync is required in order to make an iTunes backup, and it would be good to have a current one on her new Mac. She can also continue to do backups of her iPad and iPhone on the other Mac, if you wish. Backups are independent of the Mac. They are just backups of the device in case you need to recover it.
>>>So at the moment, she backup and syncs music to her ipad via my wife's macbook itunes though. As indicated before, she should start backing up her devices to her own Mac, unless you feel there is a reason she should not.
As for "syncing" music, once Family Sharing is turned on, all purchased Music, Videos, Books, etc. that are owned by any other member of the family is available for any other family member to download to their device and use. The download is done over Wifi by going to the iTunes Store icon on her iOS device, then click on the three dots on the bottom right-hand side of the screen (...) with the word "More" under them. Then click on Purchased>click on a name under the "Family Purchases" section>click on a media type (say Music)>click on Not on this iPhone/iPad>select the songs she wants to download to her device.
She should also set up automatic iCloud Backups. These happen any time the device is connected to power, on the Lock Screen, and has Wifi. Typically at night while the device is charging. That means that you always have a current backup of the device. So if it were lost, stolen, or wiped for some reason, she would be able to get all of her data back from resoring to her iCloud Backup.
>>>We don't want to use iCloud Backups due to the cost at the moment so only backup to a physical macbook. Whether its just best to back up to her own macbook or continue with my wife's? I think the former now right? Seems like it would be easier for her to get into the habit of backing up to her own Mac, but that's your call.
The Apps on her device will remain on her device. A sign-in to iTunes or iCloud does not change the layout of the device. The iCloud Sign in will sync any iCloud Data that she might have to the device like Contacts, Calendars, Notes, Reminders, etc. (although at this point these won't have any data).
Does she use iTunes to sync music, books, or anything? Because with new devices and Macs, you may have to do some finagling to get things organized. Once it's all in place, things should actually work much better for all of you.
>>>Yes, so when she backs up to my wife's macbook she also syncs music from my wife's itunes library at the moment. Of course this can change to her own macbook from now on I guess? The music in your Wife's iTunes Library won't be in your daughter's iTunes Library, unless she signs into iTunes on her Mac (Account>Sign In), then Authorizes the Mac to her ID (Account>Authorizations>Authorize this Computer).
Once she has signed in and Authorized the Mac to her Apple/iCloud ID, she can then go to Account>Family Purchases>Select the Family Member she wants the purchases on her Mac from>click "Not In My Library" to show any that are not in her Mac Library right now>Select Songs or Albums>individually select any that she wants in her Mac Library by clicking on the cloud next to them.
