Family sharing

I have family sharing, I just bought my 9 year old a macbook air and all my computer information downloaded onto hers. Anything she deletes on her computer, deletes on mine as well. What do I do to keep them seperate? Her computer memory is already full with all my information, but if I delete the information on her computer it will delete eveything on mine. HELP!

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Apr 10, 2021 12:30 PM

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Axel Foley

Level 10

150,966 points

Apr 10, 2021 12:53 PM in response to EAAP

It appears that you may have setup your child's MacBook Air with the same Apple ID as yours. If you have done this and do not wish to share your data with your child's MacBook Air then create a separate Apple iD for him/her. You can then add his/her MacBook Air to the ➔ Family Sharing.

Axel F.

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