Ideally going to the Family environment for Mum is the best way to keep separate Messages and FaceTime traffic. This is the preferred config by Apple for your scenario. You can go back to a single Apple ID if you don’t like ‘Family' after setting it up - it’s not complicated to set up. But to do this all family members need their own dedicated Apple ID. Also not a big deal. I remember when my family of 5 was functioning quite adequately with one Apple ID (before Family setup existed), it was possible to set Messages to not have overlap of one family member to another where not preferred.
Just go to Settings.]>Messages>Send and Receive and intuitively select the phone number/email address preferred for the device you’re holding. Do this across all devices (iOS and OSX) to keep out of each others way. Repeat this in FaceTime as well. Having done the iMAP migration across all devices, you might as well do the Family set up as well. Pete. > On 31 May 2017, at 5:22 pm, Severin Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few days ago I reported some Mail issues which are now cleared up. There > were several issues but the root of it all was having a mix of PoP and iMap > accounts. Now they are all iMap and with a bit of push and shove all is now > well. > Many thanks for inputs received! > My next issue, not seriously important is whether it is better for us to both > have the same or different Apple ID. Currently they are the same. Sharing > of iTunes content is not an issue nor is payment for items. Mixing of some > messages is annoying and easy access to photos taken is essential. I > suspect the ideal is for separate Apple IDs and then operate as a family. > Advice and experience welcomed ! > Severin Crisp > ____________________________________________________ > > Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys > 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia > ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) > mail to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > ____________________________________________________ > > > > > -- 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> Peter Crisp [email protected]
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