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Title: When sharing an Apple ID creates iMessage and text message confusion Post by: HCK on July 01, 2016, 04:05:14 pm When sharing an Apple ID creates iMessage and text message confusion
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Danielle Gibbons notes that her family has a single Apple ID/iCloud account, “and we keep getting each other’s text messages. How do we stop that from happening?”</p><p> Unfortunately, an Apple ID and the associated iCloud account are a single entity—there’s no way to split out multiple, different text messaging or iMessage delivery addresses.</p><p> However, it is possible to use third-party messaging apps, like WhatsApp (https://www.whatsapp.com) (free, iTunes Store link (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/whatsapp-messenger/id310633997?mt=8)), and third-party apps that handle sending and receiving text messages, like Text Free (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-free-free-texting-+-calling/id399355755?mt=8), because you can set up a unique account with those services.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3083907/data-center-cloud/when-sharing-an-apple-id-creates-imessage-and-text-message-confusion.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: When sharing an Apple ID creates iMessage and text message confusion (http://www.macworld.com/article/3083907/data-center-cloud/when-sharing-an-apple-id-creates-imessage-and-text-message-confusion.html#tk.rss_all) |