IOS 12 combining text messages

Dou8le wrote:

The actual stupidity here is that Apple enabled text combining via Apple ID's to force users into registering for more accounts to benefit themselves.

How does registering for more accounts benefit Apple? Accounts are free, and Apple must give away 5 GB of iCloud storage for each account. This is one of the more bizarre conspiracy theories I have seen.

There is already a unique identifier among the phones...its called a phone number.

iCloud accounts are not limited to iPhones. What is the unique identifier for an iPad Touch? An iPad? A Mac? A Windows computer with the iCloud for Windows installed? For accessing iCloud through a web browser? All of these can generate and participate in messages. For all of these the only unique identifier is the iCloud ID.

bullying your customers into making a change is the wrong direction, and since the death of steve jobs, that has been their path...

I don't know where you were, but it was Steve Jobs who originally thought of iCloud IDs and Family Sharing.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

Dou8le wrote:

The actual stupidity here is that Apple enabled text combining via Apple ID's to force users into registering for more accounts to benefit themselves.

How does registering for more accounts benefit Apple? Accounts are free, and Apple must give away 5 GB of iCloud storage for each account. This is one of the more bizarre conspiracy theories I have seen.

But, conspiracy theories are just so much more fun than logic.

Millscdm wrote:

Thanks for the parenting advice..... not sure how it’s relevant 🏼♀

You wanted a way to control your teenagers' messaging. There is not currently a technological solution so, Philly offered, based on his experience successfully raising children, an alternate solution.

Actually, I asked for no such thing. I commented on the response that said that family share offered restrictions to point out that they only offered such restrictions if the Apple ID is held by a person under the age of 13. There are many technological methods for placing restrictions on over 13 year old children..... but family share is not one of them. FYI.... the method used in our home is “you ask before you buy”.

Millscdm wrote:

FYI.... the method used in our home is “you ask before you buy”.

We're trying our best to help you but you're not explaining your situation very well. Previously, you stated "I have 3 teens, but I cannot restrict their purchases."

YES!! In response to:

bobatrek wrote:

How does Apple suggest we limit our teens App Store downloads since they have their own ID?

When you use Family Sharing you can set each child with the option "Ask to Buy." That way you will get a message saying they want to purchase or download an app. You can then approve or decline it. Also, you can set app limits by using Screen Time. However, if you are all sharing an ID then your Screen Time statistics won't help any and any restrictions you set up for apps will combine the time from all devices using that app.

I NEVER ASKED A QUESTION.... I MADE A STATEMENT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CORRECT FALSE ADVICE!!

Millscdm wrote:

Actually, I asked for no such thing. I commented on the response that said that family share offered restrictions to point out that they only offered such restrictions if the Apple ID is held by a person under the age of 13. There are many technological methods for placing restrictions on over 13 year old children..... but family share is not one of them. FYI.... the method used in our home is “you ask before you buy”.

Sorry, it was purchases you wanted to restrict, not messages. But, it really doesn't change the meaning of my post.

Millscdm wrote:

The problem with that is that at 13 they are not considered a child by Apple.... I have 3 teens, but I cannot restrict their purchases.

wrong. You can restrict purchases of anyone on your Family share account under 18.

For the folks that said Apple wouldn’t fix this....it is included on the new software update....the info says:

Resolves an issue that caused messages to be merged into one thread when two users were signed in with the same Apple ID on multiple iPhones

I found a work around thanks to a lot of people in this thread but I’m glad to see that’s Apple thought it was a big enough issue to fix it. 😊

I am having the same issue! I do not want to set up separate apple IDs for everyone as having one has worked really well for us over the years.

Here are the steps I followed that fixed it for my friends, and according to the thread there, its worked for other people too: Re: ios 12 imessage streamlining

Credit goes to Eric Root there.

Stop sharing an ID. Each person needs their own.

Family Sharing.

And this isn't "all of a sudden". Apple has NEVER supported sharing IDs.

I’m saying all of a sudden as in yesterday it started combining the messages, so *that* is all of a sudden.

I tried turning off iMessage before I split the accounts and it did not help. Have not tried since the split though.