Transfer iPad to a family member and keeping installed apps
Hi,
I want to transfer one of my iPads to one of my children, so change on the iPad my iCloud account to the one of my child, a minor.
- My child is part of my "iCloud Family" and has received access to the apps I acquired.
- My child has been using that iPad for almost two years and the majority of the apps have been installed for him (hence the reason I want to transfer it).
- So, as the child is part of the family, I just want to switch the iCloud account on the iPad within having to do a full reset of the iPad, as that would mean reinstalling manually over 100 apps.
- Although switching iCloud accounts is perfectly possible, it seems that there is one major obstacle. While the child still has access to all of the installed apps using his own iCloud account, he cannot longer update them. In order to update those apps, my iCloud password has to be entered (only the password, not my username).
Is this a bug or normal intended behaviour imposed by Apple? As such, I'm forced to do a reset of my device, so that apps can still be updated. Not very user friendly I have to admit. Any way to avoid this?
Thanks for your insights.
iPad mini, iOS 12