03-18-2016 05:32 AM
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  1. Quis89's Avatar
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    I'm thinking of tying my wife's iPhone to my iCloud account. So that we won't need to pay for two sets of iCloud storage. I've got 200 gb and I only use around 15 gb of it on iPhone storage space. So I'd like to share some of that with my wife. Anyone had complications with this? Any potential problems to be aware of?
    03-10-2016 10:02 PM
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    Originally Posted by Quis89
    I'm thinking of tying my wife's iPhone to my iCloud account. So that we won't need to pay for two sets of iCloud storage. I've got 200 gb and I only use around 15 gb of it on iPhone storage space. So I'd like to share some of that with my wife. Anyone had complications with this? Any potential problems to be aware of?
    You would then have to share the same gb of storage. In other words, If I shared my iCloud with my wife, we would share 5 gb of storage space, rather than us each having 5 gb of our own for 10 gb total. Sharing an iCloud account is not a good idea. You run into all sorts of problems. Keep your separate accounts. You need separate iCloud, iMessage and Facetime ID's. You can share the iTunes ID so you can share the iTunes purchases. But only the iTunes ID.
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    03-11-2016 12:14 AM
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    Problems? Definitely

    You'll get duplicate info on the phones, i.e. contacts, iMessages, notes, calendar, etc. as you'll both be logged in to the same account.

    Use different iCloud, but feel free to share an iTunes account.
    03-11-2016 08:12 AM
  4. PeterDamiaan's Avatar
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    99 cents per month for 50gb is a lot in comparison with dropbox, but i find it easy to swallow every month.
    Finder integration on mac is awesome
    03-14-2016 10:16 AM
  5. napaceni's Avatar
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    I wouldn't recommend that either. You'll get duplicates of everything on both phones.
    03-14-2016 10:33 AM
  7. tsparks1's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by napaceni
    I wouldn't recommend that either. You'll get duplicates of everything on both phones.
    Agreed. Not a good idea at all. 99 cents is well worth it considering the headaches that would arise from sharing.
    03-14-2016 11:53 AM
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    Not a good idea, and iCloud storage is too cheap to deal with the headaches that sharing would cause. It would be like sharing a phone pretty much.
    03-14-2016 11:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by PeterDamiaan
    99 cents per month for 50gb is a lot in comparison with dropbox, but i find it easy to swallow every month.
    Finder integration on mac is awesome
    Less than a $1? How can that be hard to swallow? I don't even notice the .99 going out each month except for the e-mail they send!
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    03-15-2016 07:50 AM
  10. Rob Phillips's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by PeterDamiaan
    99 cents per month for 50gb is a lot in comparison with dropbox, but i find it easy to swallow every month.
    Finder integration on mac is awesome
    I refinanced my mortgage and took cash out in order to afford my iCloud plan but I pay $2.99 a month.
    Kidding, obviously. $0.99 a month isn't even noticeable. Heck, I don't notice my $9.99 Apple Music subscription coming out.
    03-15-2016 08:04 AM
  11. ghostface147's Avatar
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    Nope. I don't share. It's a complaint about me in general.
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    03-15-2016 11:07 AM
  12. Rob Phillips's Avatar
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    Originally Posted by ghostface147
    Nope. I don't share. It's a complaint about me in general.
    Same here, especially when it comes to my Apple devices.
    03-15-2016 09:44 PM
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    Originally Posted by DevilishBanker
    Same here, especially when it comes to my Apple devices.
    Anyone Share Their ICloud Space-image1458094478.147624.jpg
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    03-15-2016 10:14 PM
  14. Sherry_B's Avatar
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    No, I don't share iCloud. We each have Dropbox accounts.
    03-18-2016 05:32 AM
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