Take Control of Your Apple Account

Share with Your Family

Family Sharing is Apple’s sometimes awkward attempt to let multiple people in a family group share digital items and subscriptions the way one would in a household. Apple Accounts—specifically, those used with iCloud—are the binding force in a family group.

Family Sharing includes a large grab bag of things:

• App purchases (see sidebar below)

• In-app purchases and in-app subscriptions (see sidebar below)

• Media purchases, including music, movies, and TV shows

• Pooled storage in iCloud+ (semi-optional; explained in detail later)

• Location of all your devices that have Find My enabled

• Your location, defined by the iPhone or Apple Watch acting as a proxy for where you are

• Add-on subscriptions, such as Apple Music and Apple One, ...