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He's talking about the lock screen but I still haven't heard the one I've been asking for for years: Multiple users Sometimes I want to let my kid use my phon

He's talking about the lock screen but I still haven't heard the one I've been asking for for years: Multiple users Sometimes I want to let my kid use my phone. I'd like them to have their own login so they aren't messing with my stuff but have their own apps and their own saved data. Let each app be in control of what app is shared across logins vs separated.

scottiebarnes 3y ago
Apple wants you to buy an ipad for each kid.
codetrotter 3y ago
> Multiple users That would be amazing indeed. Not even just because of kids. Imagine for example having a separate user for different things. Like for example having a dedicated user that only has the default apps and Google Maps and WhatsApp. You can use this user outside and if anyone ever stole your phone while it’s unlocked they don’t have access to most of your sensitive data (email, signed in web sessions, various files and documents, etc). But multiple users would probably mean families would buy fewer devices. In which case Apple might not want to add such a useful feature.
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- parenthesis 3y ago
  Just make it easy to move the kids' accounts to their own iPhones/iPads for when you finally give in and give them their own.
MadsRC 3y ago
This feature exists. It’s just that you have to be an educational institution to use it :(
- jedberg 3y ago
  Yes! I didn't even mention this. It already exists!
cassianoleal 3y ago
And please let me use multiple Apple accounts on the same phone! Every time I need to download something from a different App Store, it screws up everything I have downloaded in Music and other stuff. It also signs me off iMessage and what not, and it sometimes takes me months until I realise it.
cassianoleal 3y ago
Actual multiple users on Apple TV would be great as well. Right now it just signs on to different iCloud accounts so it only makes a difference for Apple apps. It would be great if apps and their profiles were different per user. i.e. I might want to be signed on to my own Jellyfin/Plex accounts, whilst someone else in the house want to be on theirs. Same for everything else, Netflix (automatic profile selection would be good), etc...

scottiebarnes 3y ago

Apple wants you to buy an ipad for each kid.

codetrotter 3y ago

> Multiple users That would be amazing indeed. Not even just because of kids. Imagine for example having a separate user for different things. Like for example having a dedicated user that only has the default apps and Google Maps and WhatsApp. You can use this user outside and if anyone ever stole your phone while it’s unlocked they don’t have access to most of your sensitive data (email, signed in web sessions, various files and documents, etc). But multiple users would probably mean families would buy fewer devices. In which case Apple might not want to add such a useful feature.

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parenthesis 3y ago
Just make it easy to move the kids' accounts to their own iPhones/iPads for when you finally give in and give them their own.

MadsRC 3y ago

This feature exists. It’s just that you have to be an educational institution to use it :(

jedberg 3y ago
Yes! I didn't even mention this. It already exists!

cassianoleal 3y ago

And please let me use multiple Apple accounts on the same phone! Every time I need to download something from a different App Store, it screws up everything I have downloaded in Music and other stuff. It also signs me off iMessage and what not, and it sometimes takes me months until I realise it.

cassianoleal 3y ago

Actual multiple users on Apple TV would be great as well. Right now it just signs on to different iCloud accounts so it only makes a difference for Apple apps. It would be great if apps and their profiles were different per user. i.e. I might want to be signed on to my own Jellyfin/Plex accounts, whilst someone else in the house want to be on theirs. Same for everything else, Netflix (automatic profile selection would be good), etc...