DawnM Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I just connected an older iPhone to our iTunes account for my teen. How do I get him on his own iMessage account or does he need to have his own iTunes account to do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Listening. Wondering that myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'm going to go with "yes." iTunes and Apple in general are not fans of sharing accounts. There are thousands of posts on the Internet about people who started off sharing iTunes accounts and have problems with it later. He will also need to register his iphone with his iTunes account. (And you should unregister it from yours) Because they now have "family sharing" for apps and music, you can set it up so he can still use the stuff you have already bought on your account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 No, he does not need his own itunes account. Three of us share one itunes account here, and we don't have any problems. He will need his own user name for icloud/me.com/whatever they're calling it these days. Once he has that, log into his phone under itunes & app store with the main itunes account. Then under Settings-->Messages-->Send & Receive, make sure you have his personal icloud email added there and ticked as the one to use. Untick the main itunes account email and any others that are ticked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Sun is correct. He needs a separate Apple ID, but can use your iTunes account. You just need to put in your iTunes account for iTunes, etc and his Apple ID for messaging, emails, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Yep, just make him his own Apple ID, like Sun said. My kids are using one of my old iPhones like an iPod touch. It's so handy to be able to text them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 26, 2014 Author Share Posted November 26, 2014 How many Apple IDs can you have attached to an iTunes account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 How many Apple IDs can you have attached to an iTunes account? I don't see it listing a maximum? We have five? http://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I don't think there's a max number of IDs, but I believe you can have a max of five devices on one iTunes acct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Creating an Apple ID creates an iTunes account, even if you never use it. https://appleid.apple.com/account 6 Apple IDs can be attached to an iTunes account for family sharing. http://www.apple.com/ios/whats-new/family-sharing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I don't think there's a max number of IDs, but I believe you can have a max of five devices on one iTunes acct. I think this has changed. Looking back at the apple site, it looks like there is a max of 10 devices (including computers) and a max of 5 computers. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4627 But, I am not sure which devices count. I'm pretty sure we have more than 10 devices associated with ours. Hmm... eta: Maybe using different apple IDs with phones is helping with that? I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forget-Me-Not Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I think this has changed. Looking back at the apple site, it looks like there is a max of 10 devices (including computers) and a max of 5 computers. http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4627 But, I am not sure which devices count. I'm pretty sure we have more than 10 devices associated with ours. Hmm... eta: Maybe using different apple IDs with phones is helping with that? I don't know. Oh good to know. I thought we were almost at our limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 27, 2014 Author Share Posted November 27, 2014 Oh dear. We have: 3 iphones 3 ipads 2 computers We are still good. I think this has changed. Looking back at the apple site, it looks like there is a max of 10 devices (including computers) and a max of 5 computers.http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4627But, I am not sure which devices count. I'm pretty sure we have more than 10 devices associated with ours. Hmm...eta: Maybe using different apple IDs with phones is helping with that? I don't know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 From what I've found, you can have 6 accounts attached to family sharing x 5 devices per account = 30 total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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