How do we share/add music from our Music library on our Mac to family member (kids) Apple Watches?

How do I share music in my Music library with my kids' Apple Watches that are setup using Family Setup? Only one of their watches ended up with a couple of songs I had purchased specifically for them for a school project. I have a large library I had ripped years ago from CDs we own and would be great for them to also have access to these.

Posted on Dec 26, 2020 5:33 PM

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Dec 28, 2020 3:38 PM in response to Dookie2x

Most of the music in our iTunes/Music app on our Mac mini is purchased iTunes music which automatically is available for family sharing. It should be available to upload to the kids' new Apple Watches via Family Setup. I've tried log into the Music app on the Mac as them to see if I could add songs to their "account" that perhaps it would automatically detect other eligible songs to upload to their watches but only the one that I had bought using one of the kid's accounts is on one of the watches. Any one have success? I don't feel compelled to sign up for an Apple Music subscription. I might go for Music Match again if it would make our library available on all of our devices even ones for which my iCloud/AppleID is not the primary like their watches.

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