Ah, so you can't log in separately to Apple Music? That kinds of sucks. Was thinking of moving from Spotify but this is an issue for me.
You can. And there’s a website too, that will soon be installable as a PWA.
How do you manage your Apple accounts at work and at home?
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#22My work Mac provided by my company disables iCloud, which is fine by me, as I never wanted or intended to do things like check text messages or listen to music on my work laptop anyway. I do sometimes listen to music while working, but usually I stream that from my television, as the home theater sound system is far better than what I'd get from a laptop. Heck, I don't even check Hacker News or sign into the browser…
Same. Completely blocked at work and probably should be to prevent data exfiltration, so I'm fine with it. We have a separate network for personal devices anyway if you want to listen to Spotify or YouTube music all day. Only complaint and it's minor is I can't treat my personal ipad pro as a second monitor because that requires being logged into the same account on both devices. But again that would be a vector for data exfiltration so that's cool.
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#23You should never sign into personal accounts on a work device. Use your phone for this
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#24Ah, so you can't log in separately to Apple Music? That kinds of sucks. Was thinking of moving from Spotify but this is an issue for me.
It has been a bit but I believe you can log in to Music and Messages with a separate appleid. I believe you have to login to the app store though with the ID assigned to the machine. I am not 100% sure that is still the case though.
So, I think you can have the Mac and app store on a work id and then Messages and Music on your personal ID.
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#25I keep it all separate. Use my personal phone if I want to access my own stuff. Works hardware belongs to them and I use it for work only.
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#26Not a solution but FWIW, in my time working at Apple, they encouraged you to log in to work devices with your personal ID (with the expectation you don't allow files to sync). There were some people who kept them apart, but the overwhelming majority just used their personal with no issues. Personally I made a new one, but at the time it was my first Apple device so wasn't really a decision.
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#27I use my work Mac for work and my personal Mac for personal use. I use my personal phone to listen to music and for messaging. It works well.
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#28Data storage and services are different accounts. The iCloud account stores your documents and files while the itunes account contains your subscriptions like apple music, app purchases, playlists, etc. I usually have a separate iCloud for work devices while having a common iTunes account between work and personal devices.
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#29Wouldn’t using your own personal phone make much more sense? I personally keep my work and personal devices extremely separate. I even have a second phone as my own “work phone” because I don’t want work related slack or 2FA on my personal phone.
Re: How do you manage your Apple accounts at work and at home?
#30Create a work appleID and use it on your work laptop. Don't allow any personal data on your work laptop (don't visit HN from it) and don't allow anything work related to contaminate your personal devices. Legally you don't want them to mix.
This makes it easier to keep track of which IDs you are using, etc; makes it harder for you to goof off while working; and reduces the opportunities for work to intrude on your personal time.