Questions about family sharing Apple plus Subscription

I want to share my apple+ subscription with my sister who lives in a different state, and she already has apple music, so everything I find online or how to share that subscription it shows that I am allowing her my apple music as well. Can I just allow her to share my apple+ subscription without apple music? And will this invite allow her to watch it on a smart tv?


Couldn't I just give her my username/password?


Thank you

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Sep 4, 2021 3:12 PM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2021 6:27 PM

To share a shareable subscription, you should set up Family Sharing. Then one of you would be the ‘organizer’ that invites the other(s).


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Couldn't I just give her my username/password?

That would be a bad idea. Apple ID accounts are much more than methods to pay for services. It also holds your personal email, photos, purchases, tv watch history, music library, and lots of other individual preferences.

That is why Family Sharing was created how that is now. Best of both worlds: sharing and individual access through your own account.

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Sep 4, 2021 6:27 PM in response to queequeeg

To share a shareable subscription, you should set up Family Sharing. Then one of you would be the ‘organizer’ that invites the other(s).


Family Sharing - Apple

What is Family Sharing? - Apple Support

Set up Family Sharing - Apple Support


Couldn't I just give her my username/password?

That would be a bad idea. Apple ID accounts are much more than methods to pay for services. It also holds your personal email, photos, purchases, tv watch history, music library, and lots of other individual preferences.

That is why Family Sharing was created how that is now. Best of both worlds: sharing and individual access through your own account.

Sep 5, 2021 5:17 PM in response to queequeeg

Can I give an invite to my apple tv but not my apple music? Or is it a package deal?

There are no settings to select which shareable subscriptions to share.


She already has Apple music family. Sorry for the confusion.

You both already have Apple Music Family? Apple Music Family only makes sense with Family Sharing, and you can be in just one family sharing group at a time. That in turn confuses me.

Sep 5, 2021 10:10 AM in response to Urquhart1244

Thank you for your reply. I do have Apple music family. And under the family sharing settings it has Apple music AND Apple TV under "Shared with your family". So i read your reply and again I guess I am still a little confused...Can I give an invite to my apple tv but not my apple music? Or is it a package deal? She already has Apple music family. Sorry for the confusion.

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