Gear up Family Sharing

You lot can start a new family grouping and invite people to bring together, or y'all can bring together someone else's family group.

Family unit Sharing makes it easy for upwardly to six family unit members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple ID.i You lot can set upward an Apple tree ID for kids, set permissions remotely with Screen Fourth dimension, and approve spending and downloads from a parent'southward device with Enquire to Purchase.two You tin can also set up Apple Cash for a child or teen, or ready them up with an Apple Picket. Acquire more about what you tin can do with Family Sharing.

  • Starting time a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Bring together a family grouping

Beginning a family group

Ane adult in the family — the family organizer — can gear up upward Family unit Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If purchase sharing is turned on, the family organizer pays for family members' purchases and must take a valid payment method on file. Check which payment methods are bachelor in your country or region.3

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper name.
    iPhone showing Family Sharing in Settings.
  3. Tap Family Sharing, and so tap Fix Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your family and invite your family members.

On your Mac

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

If you lot're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Cull Apple bill of fare  > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that you want to use for Family unit Sharing, and make sure that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to join your family

You lot can exist a part of only ane family unit at a time.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Get to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper noun, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap Add together Fellow member.
  4. If your child doesn't have an Apple ID, tap Create an Account for a Child. Just if your child already has an Apple tree ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple ID countersign on your device to accept the invitation.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple card  > System Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add Family Member, then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple bill of fare  > Organization Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family.
  3. Click the add family fellow member button (+), then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you accept multiple Apple IDs, yous tin can invite each of your accounts to the grouping, and so yous can share purchases from your other Apple IDs with your family.

Run across if your family unit member accepted the invitation

After you transport the invitation, you can check its status.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear upon

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

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple tree card  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. Or if you lot're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple tree menu  > Arrangement Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
  2. To meet the status of the invitation, select that person's name.
  3. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

Join a family group

Take or turn down an invitation to join a family direct from your device. Yous'll get an invitation by email or in a text message. Then y'all can respond right from the invitation. If you miss the electronic mail or text invitation, answer from your device Settings or System Preferences.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When yous join a family, you might be asked to ostend your business relationship data and to opt-in to any features or services your family fix.

On your Mac

Choose Apple tree card  > Organization Preferences, and so click Family Sharing. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple bill of fare  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family unit.

To accept an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When yous join a family unit, you might be asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to whatsoever features or services your family ready.

If you tin can't take the invitation

If y'all can't have the invitation, encounter if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, you can simply bring together one family at a time, and you tin only switch to a unlike family group one time per year.

  1. Not all content is eligible to exist shared.
  2. Historic period varies by state or region.
  3. Accepted forms of payment vary by country or region.

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