Hi, If you are the only person using the two devices, then there is no advantage at all to using two different Apple ID's. In fact, it could be considered a huge disadvantage. When using one Apple ID, many services are shared across devices using the same Apple ID, like Contacts, Find My Mac credentials, Safari history and more depending on what you enable in iCloud services. Mail accounts can also be synced across devices using the same Apple ID, but you are able to disable specific accounts on each device so that you only can send/receive eMail from the accounts you enable on that device.
Later.... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 3, 2016, at 08:38, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: When I set up my Mac mini, I used the same Apple Id that I use on my phone. My general question: Being that I am the only one who will be using these devices, is there any advantage to having two separate id's? My mail question: ICloud installed the information for my gmail account, which I use on my phone, onto my Mac. I would like to add this Mindspring account to my Mac. If I do, I imagine it will appear on my phone, also. I have no problem with both accounts being on both devices, but will I be able to tell my phone to fetch mail only from gmail, and my Mac, only from Mindspring? I hope so, but I want to know before I wish I had known.I get too much mail from Mindspring to want to mess with it on my phone on a regular basis. Thanks in advance for any information. Arnold Schmidt -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
