Can I Link Ipone and Ipod Touch Itunes?..HELP!

bam218

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Ok ... so DH recently bought an Iphone. We bought both our daughters an Ipod touch for Christmas my question is I currently do not have an Iphone ( hopefully Santa surprises me) but I do have an Itunes account. I am wondering how if at all possible can I share my music with DH and our daughters through my Itunes account? I wouldn't necessary want to share all the music I have but there is quite a bit they would want. Also, I have music through Amazon can it all be linked together?

Sorry I am so not computer smart. ANY advice, ideas, tips or suggestions you can give me would be great!!

Thank You!
Barbara Mom to Sierra and Kayla

******21 more days till we leave for DISNEY***********
 
yes, you can. You need to look up HOME SHARE on the Apple board and it explains how to do it.

I would try but you'd really be confused!

I hope Santa is good to you this year!
 
OP, I'm assuming that you mean you want to be able to load the same music on all your different devices. That really depends on how/where you bought it.
Anything you buy on iTunes is associated with that iTunes account. Apple does let you load them on multiple devices, however the assumption is that you own each device you are loading it on. For music, it's not a big deal as you would only need to load it once, but for apps, its a much bigger issue as you would need the credentials each time an update is issued.
Anything you buy from Amazon is tagged to your Amazon account, but as they sell normal MP3s, there really is nothing preventing you from loading them onto multiple iPods, or any other devices that play MP3s.
If you get tracks from any other music store that are in the MP3 format, they will be handled just like the Amazon tracks. You can load them onto whatever you have. The same applies for music you rip from CDs you own.

However, the big catch is that all the devices share the same computer. Apple only lets you associate your device and iTunes account with a set number of computers. So if you log in on your computer, then your kids computer, then your DH computer, you will eventually run out of computers and then they won't let you load content onto them any more. If you try to associate a device with too many computers, it will either wipe the device, or not let you sync the data. So any iTunes content would really need to be stored on a single computer.
Any normal MP3s can be copied between computers and loaded into mulitple iTunes installs without any issues.

So short answer, yes they can share content. iTunes purchased content has restrictions and really needs to be kept on one computer. MP3s from Amazon, ripped from CDs etc can be passed around like candy and loaded onto as many computers as you own.

Legal Note: Depending on your take on the law, there are limits on how many copies of a song you can make, even if you own the CD. So copying content you bought for your use to other devices may technically be illegal under some current laws depending on your jurisdiction. I am not a lawyer, and most people pay as much attention to this as they do to Jaywalking laws, but keep it in mind.
 
You can sync multiple devices with your iTunes account. Just pick and choose the songs and apps for each device. The great thing is even if you all share the same iTunes account you can each make up your own iCloud account for backups, iMessage, etc. you don't need to enter a password anymore to update apps on devices.

Download your amazon songs into iTunes.
 

You can sync multiple devices with your iTunes account. Just pick and choose the songs and apps for each device. The great thing is even if you all share the same iTunes account you can each make up your own iCloud account for backups, iMessage, etc. you don't need to enter a password anymore to update apps on devices.

Download your amazon songs into iTunes.

How do you do this? I didn't know that was an option.
 
you can also create separate play lists for each device/person. Then have that person's iPhone/Touch/Ipod synced only to that playlist. We have 5 devices and only use 1 account. I have ours set up with homesharing and DD uses it while in college 3 hours away without a problem.
 














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