How my can music be shared with my family?

Family sharing is for sharing purchased content and/or some subscriptions with other members of a family group when each has their own Apple ID. Home sharing is for sharing media to the devices signed into the same Apple ID on local network. You can sync to and manage multiple devices all using the same Apple ID on a single computer. I used to manage devices for myself and three children this way, all purchases going through my account, but eventually they grow up and need their own IDs. With cloud services on devices each person should have their own account. There is a family plan for Apple Music which may or may not appeal. I don't really have any thoughts on photos other than you can take a similar approach to syncing content from a shared family library you build up on one computer.

tt2

Hey Dave112,

Thanks for posting your question in Apple Support Communities.

No, there is no way to share a single music library with your family members. Each library is unique to the user's Apple ID and cannot be shared. If you would like to suggest this as a feature, you can leave feedback with Apple by following this link: Product Feedback.

You mention being subscribed to iTunes Match. With an Apple Music family subscription, each member can stream millions of songs from the Apple Music catalog and you could share playlist with them and more. Take a look at this article for more info:

Get an Apple Music family subscription

Best Wishes.

Managing content from more than one Apple ID on a single computer is tricky, but in general iOS devices can be used independently. Using Family Sharing and the Family Apple Music plan is clearly the way that Apple have mapped out for families to share content with each other.

tt2

Not that I know of.

tt2