Ready Family Sharing

You tin can outset a new family grouping and invite people to join, or yous can join someone else'due south family group.

Family Sharing makes it easy for upwardly to six family members to share music, movies, TV shows, apps, books, subscriptions including iCloud+, and more, all without sharing an Apple ID.one You tin can prepare up an Apple tree ID for kids, set up permissions remotely with Screen Time, and corroborate spending and downloads from a parent'due south device with Ask to Buy.2 You can also set up Apple Cash for a child or teen, or ready them upwards with an Apple Watch. Learn more most what you lot can do with Family Sharing.

  • Start a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Join a family group

Start a family unit group

One developed in the family — the family organizer — can gear up Family 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 accept a valid payment method on file. Check which payment methods are available in your country or region.3

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name.
    iPhone showing Family Sharing in Settings.
  3. Tap Family unit Sharing, then tap Set Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to fix up your family and invite your family members.

On your Mac

  1. Cull Apple card  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing.
    Mac showing Family Sharing in System Preferences.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that yous want to use for Family Sharing, and make certain that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

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

  1. Cull Apple carte du jour  > Organization Preferences, and so click iCloud.
  2. Ostend the Apple tree ID that you want 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 be a function of only i family at a time.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your name, then tap Family Sharing.
  3. Tap Add 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 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 bill of fare  > System Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add Family Fellow member, so follow the onscreen instructions.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

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

If you have multiple Apple tree IDs, you lot can invite each of your accounts to the group, so you can share purchases from your other Apple tree IDs with your family.

See if your family member accustomed the invitation

Afterwards you send the invitation, y'all can check its condition.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. Or if y'all're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
  2. To see the status of the invitation, select that person'due south proper noun.
  3. If you need to resend the invitation, select Resend Invitation.

Bring together a family unit group

Take or pass up an invitation to bring together a family directly from your device. You'll get an invitation by email or in a text message. Then you tin respond correct from the invitation. If you miss the electronic mail or text invitation, reply from your device Settings or Arrangement 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 bring together a family, y'all might exist asked to confirm your account information and to opt-in to any features or services your family ready.

On your Mac

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

To take an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you join a family, you might exist asked to confirm your business relationship information and to opt-in to any features or services your family set upwardly.

If you tin't accept the invitation

If you tin can't accept the invitation, encounter if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Remember, y'all tin merely bring together ane family at a fourth dimension, and you can only switch to a dissimilar family grouping once per yr.

  1. Non all content is eligible to exist shared.
  2. Age varies by country or region.
  3. Accepted forms of payment vary by country or region.

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