Ready upwardly Family unit Sharing

You can kickoff a new family group and invite people to bring together, or you can join someone else's family grouping.

Family Sharing makes it piece of cake for up to six family members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple tree ID.one You can fix an Apple tree ID for kids, set permissions remotely with Screen Fourth dimension, and approve spending and downloads from a parent's device with Enquire to Buy.2 You can also set up upwards Apple tree Cash for a child or teen, or prepare them up with an Apple Watch. Learn more than about what you can do with Family Sharing.

  • Outset a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Bring together a family unit group

Start a family grouping

Ane developed in the family — the family unit organizer — tin set up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod affect, or Mac. If purchase sharing is turned on, the family organizer pays for family members' purchases and must have a valid payment method on file. Cheque which payment methods are available in your country or region.3

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

  1. Become to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
    iPhone showing Family Sharing in Settings.
  3. Tap Family Sharing, and so tap Prepare Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to prepare your family and invite your family unit members.

On your Mac

  1. Cull Apple tree carte du jour  > Organization Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
    Mac showing Family Sharing in System Preferences.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you want to utilize for Family Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

If y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you lot desire to use for Family Sharing, and make certain that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to join your family

You tin can be a part of only one family at a fourth dimension.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family unit Sharing.
  3. Tap Add Member.
  4. If your kid doesn't accept an Apple ID, tap Create an Account for a Kid. But if your child already has an Apple ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple tree ID password on your device to accept the invitation.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple carte du jour  > Organization Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add together Family Fellow member, so follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple tree menu  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family unit.
  3. Click the add family unit fellow member push (+), and then follow the onscreen instructions.

If y'all have multiple Apple IDs, you tin can invite each of your accounts to the group, and then you tin share purchases from your other Apple IDs with your family unit.

Meet if your family member accepted the invitation

After you transport the invitation, y'all tin check its status.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper name.
  3. Tap Family Sharing.
  4. To encounter the status of the invitation, select that person's name.
  5. If you demand to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple carte  > System Preferences, and then click Family Sharing. Or if you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple tree menu  > Organisation Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family unit.
  2. To run across the status of the invitation, select that person'south name.
  3. If you lot need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

Join a family group

Take or reject an invitation to join a family straight from your device. Y'all'll get an invitation by email or in a text message. And then you tin answer right from the invitation. If you miss the electronic mail or text invitation, respond from your device Settings or Organization Preferences.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Get to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
  3. Tap Invitations.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, yous might be asked to confirm your account data and to opt-in to any features or services your family set up.

On your Mac

Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family unit.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you lot join a family, y'all might be asked to ostend your account information and to opt-in to whatever features or services your family set up.

If you can't accept the invitation

If you can't take the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, you can merely join i family at a fourth dimension, and you can but switch to a different family group one time per yr.

  1. Not all content is eligible to be shared.
  2. Age varies by land or region.
  3. Accepted forms of payment vary by country or region.

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