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share across devices

  1. MikeMcCollister

    Screen Time and Share Across Devices Not Working in iOS/iPadOS 17.1

    I have been using Screen Time App Limits for a few months ago starting with iOS/iPadOS 16.x. It worked most of the time synching between both devices. It got a little worse with iOS/iPadOS 17.0 but now with iOS/iPadOS 17.1 it no longer shares between devices. To try to kick this back into...
  2. P

    Podcasts played/unplayed not syncing across all devices

    I listen to my podcasts on my phone more often than not using my headphones. But, when I want to play the next daily podcast, say on my Mac, it shows all episodes unplayed. I have to go back to my phone to remember which is the next unplayed episode. It's weird, because all my devices have...
  3. M

    Doc to swap Mac mini and MacBook Pro (1 monitor)

    Hi all, I want to be able to easily swap out my personal Mac mini from my work MacBook. These two computers will share a monitor, meeting webcam, mouse, and keyboard. Both the mouse and keyboard automatically connect to the last computer used, so I was going to just plug them into the dock so...
  4. J

    Apple Music Apple Music on two devices?

    Is there no way to sign into the same Apple Music account on two devices that have separate Apple IDs? My family has been on Amazon Music, and we're converting to Apple Music. We already pay for the family plan, so the number of devices isn't an issue. However, on Amazon Music, we literally...
  5. A

    Apple says my iPhone CANNOT do this, and I don't want it to do it, but it does it anyway.

    Under Focus, I have 'Share Across Devices' turned OFF on all of my Apple devices (Macs, iPhones and iPads). Nevertheless, when I turn on or off 'Do Not Disturb' on one iPhone 12 my other iPhone 12 copies (syncs) that setting. I have a message on the iPhone that states, "Focus Syncing REQUIRES...