Sync data to iPhone with different iCloud account

zachobrady
zachobrady
Community Member
in iOS

I want to share my passwords with my wife. She has an iPhone with her own Apple ID and iCloud. All her settings and preferences are tied to those accounts so I don't want her to have to sign out of her account, sign in to my Apple ID just to sync her 1password app and then sign back into her account. Too much hassle. I have linked our iCloud accounts through family sharing; could you modify the 1Password app to use a shared iCloud account for syncing data? If not why? What's my alternative?

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  • Stephen_C
    Stephen_C
    Community Member

    @zachobrady:

    could you modify the 1Password app to use a shared iCloud account for syncing data? If not why?

    I'm afraid the answer to that question is, very simply, Apple does not allow sync between different iCloud accounts.

    What's my alternative?

    Dropbox should work perfectly for you. This knowledge base article is a good starting place because it not only compares the various sync methods but also links to the relevant instructions on how to set up each of them:

    Sync options compared: Dropbox vs. iCloud vs. Wi-Fi

    Stephen

  • Ben
    Ben

    Hopefully Stephen's answer proves helpful. :) If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Ben

  • zachobrady
    zachobrady
    Community Member

    Got it. I'll try the Dropbox option. Thanks for the reply.

  • Ben
    Ben

    You're very welcome. :) If we can be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us.

    Ben

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