How To Set Up The Family Sharing Feature On Your Apple Devices
The Family Sharing feature on Apple devices allows family members to instantly gain access to movies, music, books, TV shows and apps, among others. Family members can conveniently download content straight to their own devices anytime and anywhere. Here are the steps on how to set up Family Sharing on your apple products.
Apple.com says that if you own an iPad, iPhone or iPod touch running on iOS 8, you can avail of the Family Sharing feature. Start by going to “Settings.” Choose “iCloud” then “Family,” then tap your name. Below “Family Purchases” check your account information. You might need to confirm the Apple ID that you wish to share and acquire content from. Enter your password. If you wish to share your purchased apps and content from another account, enter the respective Apple ID and password. The “Share my purchases” should be kept on.
Family members who are using Mac with OS X Yosemite can start by choosing “Apple menu,” the “System Preferences,” then “iCloud.” Next, click on “Manage Family,” then click your name and check your account information next to “Family Purchases.” Check that you have selected “Share my purchases.”
9to5Mac.com notes that to acquire content, join a family then see and download items from the purchase history of each family member. You can acquire and use these on your own Apple device. To begin downloading content from family members, open the store app where you intend to download content from. Go to the purchased page. On “App Store,” tap updates then purchased. On the “iTunes Store,” tap more then select purchased. On “iBooks,” tap purchased.
Tap on the name of family members to view their content. If you wish to download a particular item, tap the cloud icon beside it. The steps mentioned can be availed of by iPhone, iPad and iTouch users. If you are using Mac with OS X Yosemite. Select iTunes, iBooks or App Store then go to the Purchased page. Choose the name of each family member to see their content. Play or download the items you wish.
The Family Sharing feature encourages content sharing among family members and provide a very convenient way to acquire new apps and other interesting information.