Family sharing has many advantages in its use, especially when it comes to managing family devices.
Bringing together several iCloud accounts under a single “family” has many advantages. Besides being able to share subscriptions, whether Apple or not, Family Sharing also allows a whole bunch of parental control features.
Among these, there is obviously the possibility of sharing between each member of the family cocoon the subscriptions to which we have subscribed. Thus, if one of the members subscribes to the Apple Music or Apple TV + Family plan on a monthly basis, all iCloud accounts under the same banner can benefit from it at no additional cost.
Plus, adding your kids to Family Sharing makes it easier to control how they use their iOS or iPadOS device. Indeed, it is possible to locate any member of his family at any time, but also to control their screen time or the purchases they make on the App Store. In addition, the iCloud storage space you are subscribed to is also common to the whole family. We explain in this article how to set up iCloud Family Sharing and what are the best ways to enjoy it.
Set up family sharing
In order to create family sharing, the most interesting would be to start from the account of one of the parents. This will make it possible to manage the children’s accounts as explained above and that one of the parents is thus the “organizer” of the family. In addition, to configure sharing, it is necessary to be on an Apple-stamped device, whether it is an iPhone, an iPad or a Mac.
On iPhone and iPad, head into your device’s settings. Then tap your name at the top of the window, then Family Sharing. On MacOS, go to System Preferences, then tap Family Sharing at the top right of the window.
– Photo credit: Apple. – You will then access the screen showing you Family Sharing. You can click on Learn more to discover all the features offered by the system. We will obviously detail them in this article. Then tap Set up your family. The next screen will ask you to invite accounts to “join” your family. There can only be a maximum of six accounts in a family, including children and organizer. Thus, it is necessary that iCloud accounts are already created beforehand to invite them within your family. If you want to invite an existing account, your device will create a link to send to that person to join your family. However, from your device, you can already create a child account and add any restrictions you want to impose on it. Tap on Create a child account. Apple asks if you are the parent or legal guardian of the child. Strangely, you will be asked to validate your means of payment using the cryptogram of your card to mark your parental consent. Do so, then accept any user agreements that come your way. The next screen will ask you to enter your child’s contact details, namely their name, first name and date of birth. Then you will need to enter your son’s email address. If he doesn’t have one, don’t panic. Apple offers to provide it with an iCloud email address directly. Then choose a password for your child and enter it twice. Finally, you are offered to activate the purchase authorization in order to accept or not all the purchase requests submitted by your child on the App Store, iTunes or other. Complete the creation by accepting terms and conditions. Once the first members of your family have been added, you can add more at any time, via the family sharing menu. You can also see the current members there and manage shared subscriptions, activated and deactivated locations as well as see the Screen times of your children. You can also, within this menu, remove family members from Family Sharing, see the subscriptions and functions to which they are entitled and assign them a new role. Additionally, some apps with in-app purchases may include Family Sharing in their operation. This is for example the case with YouTube Premium, Shazam or even Netflix. To delete an account, leave family sharing or simply dissolve the family, the process could not be simpler and is also done in the family sharing menu. If you are the family manager, you can remove a member at any time by tapping on their name and clicking Remove “name” from family. You can also remove yourself from the family, by clicking on your name. Finally, if you are the manager, it is quite possible to dissolve the family, always by clicking on your name. –
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