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For safety reasons on a Family Plan, I need to sync imessage and iphone just between my own Iphone 14 Pro and MacBook Air M2 without connecting to icloud so that my messages/texts cannot be read by anyone but me, especially not the plan owner on the iCloud plan.
How do I do this? It was working before, as I turned off iCloud awhile ago, and suddenly stopped working. Please provide step-by-step instructions, clear and simple. Thank you.
To be clear … “Family Sharing” means that each individual member has his/her own unique AppleID.
(NOT everyone sharing the same AppleID)
If this is indeed how you are setup, Idris’ reply says it all.
Make sure that each family member has a unique Apple ID - Apple Support
That’s a fair question.
Unless you are <13, the Family Organizer has no “special privileges” or access into your account.
Any sharing of info in YOUR account remains entirely under YOUR control.
The Family Organizer does NOT have access as is often the case in the classic “System Administrator” construct.
You might find the following Apple User Guide helpful (especially the checklists near the end).
Personal Safety User Guide – Apple Support (AU)
Those don’t give the Organizer access to your data.
However, if you don’t feel secure w/ Apple’s safeguards … and that IS your prerogative … simply leave family sharing.
Leave Family Sharing - Apple Support
Thank you — we do have our own AppleIDs and I changed my password, but only one person controls/set up the account, so it's certain as the "owner" they have no way to access texts/messages? I read mixed things Googling the subject.
Thank you — we do have our own AppleIDs and I changed my password, but only one person controls/set up the account, so it's certain as the "owner" they have no way to access texts/messages? I read mixed things Googling the subject.
Also, when I go under Settings on my iPhone, it shows Organizer's name and photo under "Family Sharing."
Need to sync between iPhone and iMessage on my MacBook but fearing at the Organizer they will be able to see or find texts if they search iCloud as it shows we are sharing data usage.
It does show under "See what Family members can access and share..." that Organizer has "Subscription access" to iCloud+.
ginmiller wrote:
I don't know what <13 is or how I find out if that's how the Family Organizer set it up?
That means are you under the age of 13? If you were, your account would have certain restrictions and the Family Organizer would have more access. Though they still wouldnt' be able to see the content of your messages.
ginmiller wrote:
Also, when I go under Settings on my iPhone, it shows Organizer's name and photo under "Family Sharing."
Yes, because they are the organizer.
Need to sync between iPhone and iMessage on my MacBook but fearing at the Organizer they will be able to see or find texts if they search iCloud as it shows we are sharing data usage.
No, they cannot see the content of your messages even if you sync them through iCloud.
It does show under "See what Family members can access and share..." that Organizer has "Subscription access" to iCloud+.
That means they pay for the subscription.
The only way the organizer could have access to your messages would be if they have your Apple ID and passcode. Do they?
Syncing messages through iCloud does not give anyone else in your family plan access to the messages.
THANKS, Chattanoogan! I don't know what <13 is or how I find out if that's how the Family Organizer set it up?
You've been so helpful. THANK YOU! They do not as I have changed password a couple times for my own AppleID and they do not have current password (only ID). Thx.
Then you're fine.
Sync imessage and iphone WITHOUT icloud
