Set up Family unit Sharing

You tin starting time a new family group and invite people to join, or you can join someone else's family unit grouping.

Family Sharing makes it like shooting fish in a barrel for up 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 set upwardly an Apple ID for kids, set permissions remotely with Screen Time, and approve spending and downloads from a parent's device with Ask to Buy.ii You can too set up Apple Greenbacks for a child or teen, or set them upwards with an Apple tree Scout. Learn more about what y'all can practise with Family Sharing.

  • Offset a family group

  • Invite family members

  • Bring together a family unit group

Start a family grouping

One adult in the family — the family organizer — tin gear up Family Sharing for the group from their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac. If buy sharing is turned on, the family unit organizer pays for family members' purchases and must have a valid payment method on file. Check which payment methods are available in your country or region.iii

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 Up Your Family.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to set up your family and invite your family members.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple menu  > System 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 you're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple carte  > Organization Preferences, then click iCloud.
  2. Confirm the Apple ID that y'all want to apply for Family Sharing, and make certain that Share My Purchases is selected.
  3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Invite people to bring together your family

You can exist a part of simply one family at a time.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap your proper name, and 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. But if your child already has an Apple tree ID, tap Invite People. They can enter their Apple ID password on your device to have the invitation.
  5. Follow the onscreen instructions.

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple carte du jour  > Organisation Preferences.
  2. Click Family Sharing.
  3. Click Add Family Member, then follow the onscreen instructions.

If you lot're using macOS Mojave or earlier:

  1. Choose Apple tree card  > Organisation Preferences, and then click iCloud.
  2. Click Manage Family.
  3. Click the add family member push button (+), so follow the onscreen instructions.

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

See if your family member accustomed the invitation

After you send the invitation, y'all tin can bank check its status.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod bear on

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

On your Mac

  1. Choose Apple card  > System Preferences, so click Family Sharing. Or if you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, cull Apple bill of fare  > Arrangement Preferences > iCloud, then click Manage Family.
  2. To see 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

Accept or refuse an invitation to join 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 email or text invitation, respond from your device Settings or System Preferences.

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

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

To take an invitation, follow the onscreen instructions. When you bring together a family, you lot might be asked to confirm your business relationship information and to opt-in to whatever features or services your family set up.

On your Mac

Cull Apple carte  > System Preferences, then click Family Sharing. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, choose Apple card  > System Preferences > iCloud, and then click Manage Family.

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

If you tin can't have the invitation

If yous can't have the invitation, see if someone else joined a family with your Apple ID. Recall, you can only join i family at a fourth dimension, and you can just switch to a unlike family grouping once per year.

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

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