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Q: We activated family sharing. Is iCloud storage also shared in the family? What about iTunes match - is this storage also shared?

We activated family sharing. Is iCloud storage also shared in the family? What about iTunes match - is this storage also shared?

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Posted on Sep 19, 2014 11:44 AM

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Q: We activated family sharing. Is iCloud storage also shared in the family? What about iTunes match - is this storage also shared?

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  • by evansc22,

    evansc22 evansc22 Sep 21, 2014 10:51 AM in response to eldonp
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    Sep 21, 2014 10:51 AM in response to eldonp

    Doesn't look like you're getting much feedback here.

     

    In the interest of not creating yet another thread for the same topic, I will provide detail on what I'm looking to do. Hopefully you don't mind @eldonp

     

    My wife and I want to do Family Sharing with my 13 year old. I would like to approve all app purchases for the 13 year old, while allowing my wife to make purchasing without requiring approval. This works fine with multiple Apple ID's. Each device belonging to each person logs into iCloud and iTunes and App Store with their respective Apple ID's. The Organizer (me) can do anything he likes. Where the system falls short is others in the "Family" can't access iTunes Match music belonging to the Organizer.

     

    Others on the plan CAN access purchased music in the above configuration but this doesn't do me any good, as a LARGE percentage of my library is RIPPED from CD's years ago. So, I'm logging each person into the iCloud account for that person, and logging them into the iTunes and App Store as the Organizer (me). This removes the ability of requiring approval for purchases. So, when the 13 year old wants to buy something, he has to come to me and have me log into my Apple account.

     

    So, family sharing, in my case, ONLY gives me the ability to assign iCloud storage to each person in the family but that's it. I'm not even really sure if it's worth it.

  • by eldonp,

    eldonp eldonp Sep 21, 2014 11:59 AM in response to evansc22
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    Sep 21, 2014 11:59 AM in response to evansc22

    Hi evansc22

     

    Hmmm. Ok, some modifications could be made to make family sharing really awesome. Can think of some myself, so hope #Apple is listening. For one thing, I would like to migrate my child's Apple ID to the new child account (had to lie about her age to create an Apple ID)

     

    So yeah, each person should be able to share every Apple resource from their own Apple ID. This includes upgraded iCloud storage, as well as iTunes Match as you suggested. We live in hope and expectation...

  • by madzzzzzzzz,Solvedanswer

    madzzzzzzzz madzzzzzzzz Sep 24, 2014 10:40 AM in response to eldonp
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    Sep 24, 2014 10:40 AM in response to eldonp

    Hi everyone, please see the details below:

     

     

    a. Purchases that can be Shared

     

    - Music

    - TV Shows

    - Movies

    - Books

    - iOS Apps

    - Mac Apps

     

    b. Purchases that cannot be Shared

     

    - Ringtones

    - Audiobooks

    - In-App Purchases

    - Subscriptions

    - iCloud Storage

    - iTunes Match

     

     

    Hope this helps.

  • by Cethresher,

    Cethresher Cethresher Oct 2, 2014 8:23 PM in response to eldonp
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    Oct 2, 2014 8:23 PM in response to eldonp

    This Apple page says that iTunes Match and iCloud are shared:

    Family purchases and payments

     

    Any yet it doesn't say how.

  • by evansc22,

    evansc22 evansc22 Oct 3, 2014 5:33 AM in response to Cethresher
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    Oct 3, 2014 5:33 AM in response to Cethresher

    Good point.

     

    I also read in there that OSX Yosemite is required. I wonder if things will change once that releases.

  • by Driver28,

    Driver28 Driver28 Oct 10, 2014 1:08 AM in response to Cethresher
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    Oct 10, 2014 1:08 AM in response to Cethresher

    What the page actually states is that the organizer agrees to pay any other family members ongoing subscriptions. Not that the subscriptions in itself is shared. So if another member enables iTunes Match, the organizer get the bill for that too...

    Sad but true. If they were serious about sharing, iTunes match should be included.

     

    /Hasse

  • by jacool,Helpful

    jacool jacool Oct 11, 2014 4:54 AM in response to eldonp
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    Oct 11, 2014 4:54 AM in response to eldonp

    iCloud Storage should be part of family sharing. What's the purpose of "Family Sharing" if you are LIMITED agin to what you can only share to your family!!! They should have used the title "Family LIMITED Sharing" !!!

  • by dave124,Helpful

    dave124 dave124 Oct 18, 2014 8:20 AM in response to jacool
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    Oct 18, 2014 8:20 AM in response to jacool

    agreed! this is really a bummer that you can't share iCloud storage space. Apple needs to either allow this or come up with something between 20GB and 200GB of space. i do apprecaite the drop in price. my wife and i both need more than 20GB each, but we don't both need 200GB. so i am looking at other options (google drive, etc) since there is no 50 or 100GB options for individuals or if they would just allow both of us to share 200GB that would work.

  • by ncpanamanian,

    ncpanamanian ncpanamanian Dec 1, 2014 7:51 AM in response to eldonp
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    Dec 1, 2014 7:51 AM in response to eldonp

    This one reason people ar getting tired of Apple's control. Sad, is a good product but we as high$$ paying customers should have more flexibility on this.  iCloud storage should be part of the Family Share.  Apple, listen to what your customers ask......

  • by MD Hornback,Helpful

    MD Hornback MD Hornback Dec 26, 2014 3:43 PM in response to dave124
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    Dec 26, 2014 3:43 PM in response to dave124

    This is EXACTLY how I feel!  I am so frustrated about this storage thing.  Both my wife and I have to separately pay for 200GB of storage when we could easily be happy with 30-50 GB each.  Why in the world isn't there a storage level between 20 and 200? Whose idea was this?  If we would be able to share our storage, that would be the second best option. I just don't understand why Apple would be like this to its own customers.  Please, Apple, fix this!  Be more customer friendly!

  • by Mom Kro,

    Mom Kro Mom Kro Dec 28, 2014 4:35 PM in response to evansc22
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    Dec 28, 2014 4:35 PM in response to evansc22

    IIf you ripped your music from CDs you should have no trouble importing them into your child's iTunes account as well. You just need to do that outside of family sharing. And it's totally worth it for calendar sharing alone. I've had a separate iCloud account for the family cendar for years that everyone has on their phones and I'm thrilled they are finally making that easier!!

     

    PLus, when your kid is a little older and you want his music without paying again, you'll be glad you set it up!!

  • by Dominique_v,

    Dominique_v Dominique_v Dec 30, 2014 12:57 AM in response to eldonp
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    Dec 30, 2014 12:57 AM in response to eldonp

    I've just purchased iCloud Storage and it's showing up on my iDevices as well as on my wife's iPhone. Family Sharing was already configured, so any purchases made after that should be shared with your family members according to Apple's explanation of Family Sharing functionality.

     

    Just confirming that it works so other people can benefit from it. There isn't much information available online that confirms if iCloud Storage sharing works.

  • by cmjhawk86,

    cmjhawk86 cmjhawk86 Jan 5, 2015 8:40 AM in response to MD Hornback
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    Jan 5, 2015 8:40 AM in response to MD Hornback

    This is exactly my issue as well. I upgraded from the standard 5GB to 20GB when I was about to hit the 5GB limit. My wife has already hit the 5GB limit on her iPhone, and can't back anything up to iCloud anymore. We're not huge data hogs, and at this point could easily share the 20GB between us. But it seems she will have to purchase her own upgrade. It's not a huge cost at $.99/month, but it is annoying and just plain dumb.

  • by Navin Jain2,

    Navin Jain2 Navin Jain2 Jan 5, 2015 6:04 PM in response to Mom Kro
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    Jan 5, 2015 6:04 PM in response to Mom Kro

    Mom Kro,

     

    You brought up a great idea to simply re-import the ripped songs into the child's iTunes account, however it will still require a separate purchase of iTunes Match for the child. Family Sharing doesn't share the iTunes Match that evansc22 has under his iTunes account.

     

    Like others have said, it would be great if Family Sharing optionally allowed for sharing of iTunes Match and iCloud Storage that has been purchased by the master account holder.

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