goldenchild-1

joined 2 years ago
 

My wife and I have shared the same Apple ID since we first got iPhones probably 10 years ago. We’ve never really had issues with new phones and updates with iOS until now. We both got the new iPhone 15’s, and so we went through the normal process of loading everything onto the new phones from our iCloud backup. In the past when we’ve done this, sometimes I need to go into the iMessage settings and make sure that we can only send and receive texts/calls from our own numbers…which was the case again this time and it usually is fine after that. However, there seems to be something new with iOS that’s causing a lot of confusion for us. It’s the Apple ID and the way it’s identifying us to others. At first, I updated my phone’s Apple ID with a new picture to display and my display name when I call and text people. Because we share an Apple ID, her phone defaulted to showing me whenever she’d call and text people which was very frustrating for her. My wife updated her picture and how her name is presented after me, and so now whenever I call or text people, it’s displaying as her now. I want to be able to keep the same Apple ID because this has worked for us really well so far… but I need to be able to separate ourselves with the way that we’re displayed and identified when we reach out to others. It’s messing with everyone that we communicate with.