Oh for the iPad's perils!  And those of face book-- multiplying on computers 
globally! I hope nobody asks me to be his/her friend on twitter, too. It all 
seems so innocent at first and then it turns out so sneaky. 

Marta 





On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:46 AM, John Robinson wrote:

> Bill, I had the same question when I purchased my wife her iPad.  The folks 
> at Apple said to have her own account I would have to set up a Family plan 
> under MobileMe, which at this point I did not do so everything that is on 
> mine is on hers.  I also know what you are saying about "sharing" info.   I 
> was emailing a classmate of some 49 years ago about a couple others that were 
> on FaceBook and so out of line.  I wrote a disparaging remark about one of 
> them and by the time I got home my wife was lowering the boom on me for 
> stooping to such lows as she had been on her iPad and since the emails are 
> synced she saw what I was saying....UGH your sins will find you out!!
> 
> I don't know the answer to the question about apps, I didn't ask them so I 
> wonder how that works, i'll be anxious to see if any on the list can help 
> with that one.  If there isn't any answer you could call Apple and I'll ask 
> the next time I am in the store.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Apr 14, 2011, at 9:31 AM, derbywiz wrote:
> 
>> Group-
>> Before iPad 2 came out, I had the earlier version and my wife & I shared it. 
>> As these things happen, she recently bought me the new iPad, and she now has 
>> the 'old' one.
>> When I set up the new one, I had the option of setting up as new, or sync to 
>> backup of other one.  I choose the backup option. Now both iPads are in 
>> synch and mirror each other with apps, etc.
>> However, as we now use our own device for our own purposes, we are finding 
>> we want them set up differently, with different apps, and folders, etc.
>> Question: can I now re-set one of them as 'new', and will I have to 
>> repurchase the apps we both want? Or is it as simple as during sync with 
>> iTunes, check & uncheck which apps that iPad is using?  I'm thinking the 
>> device looks for the Apple iTunes account, which all of my settings and 
>> purchases are under mine, not hers.
>> Anybody in the same boat?
>> Bill Micou
>> 
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