Thank you Peter, I am hoping to change this when Mavericks comes along soon. But if I can't then it's not that important. I must have used mine on hers some time ago because she has no credit card.
Thank you for everyone's input ! On 20/10/2013, at 6:38 PM, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Ronda, > I am pretty sure that when my Apple ID popped up for the upgrade, my Login > was there but greyed out. > That's why I couldn't change it. > I could be stuck with it now I guess ! > > On 20/10/2013, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Comments in situ below >> >>> On 20 Oct 2013, at 2:09 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> In the last 24 hours I have brought my daughter's iMac from Snow Leopard to >>> Mountain Lion. >>> I was concerned about how to do this on her iMac at first because she has >>> never had an Apple ID. >>> So first I set up an Apple ID for her. >>> However when I started the update her iMac threw up my Apple ID so I >>> continued using that (just to make things easier). >> >> Not a good idea! >> >>> Obviously I have used mine on her iMac in the past. >>> It is now all done. >>> >>> But when I then updated a few more things for her my Apple ID popped up >>> again each time. >> >> Could you update them using your daughter's Apple ID? >> >> If not your Apple ID was probably used originally for these 'things', so >> they are tied to your Apple ID and can only be updated using your Apple ID. >> Your daughter would have to use your Apple ID for things purchased by your >> Apple ID, and use her Apple ID for things purchased by her Apple ID. >>> >>> So my question is:- >>> Now that I have set up her own Apple ID, how do I get her's to pop up when >>> updates, etc are required. >>> I have used her's to set up iCloud so that should be OK. >>> But is there some way of adjusting things so her's is automatically >>> requested (rather than mine) ? >> Depending on your reply to the comments above, I can't give you an answer. >> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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