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Apple Family Sharing states up to 5 members, Apple Music Family Subscription states up to 6 members, how?

Hey all it’s Zachy, you may know me around in the Apple Support Community. I had a question abut the Apple Family Sharing and the Apple Music Family Subscription. The Apple Family Sharing states you can have up to 5 members, and the Apple Music Family Subscription states you can have up to 6 members to share with your family. I want to purchase an Apple Music Family subscription to share with my family, but how can I share with 6 members if the Family Sharing can only hold 5?

Posted on Dec 8, 2024 10:04 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2024 10:21 AM

The wording seems to be confusing in the current version this document for example: Manage Family Sharing settings - Apple Support. At the top it reads:


Family sharing can be used by up to five family members to share subscriptions, purchases, photos, photo albums, a calendar and more...


However if you look further down it states:


In your household, one adult (the family organiser) chooses the features the family shares and invites up to five additional members to join. 


Which gives the familiar maximum of six members to a family sharing group which has, as far as I am aware, always been the case.


tt2

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Dec 8, 2024 10:21 AM in response to Zachyy

The wording seems to be confusing in the current version this document for example: Manage Family Sharing settings - Apple Support. At the top it reads:


Family sharing can be used by up to five family members to share subscriptions, purchases, photos, photo albums, a calendar and more...


However if you look further down it states:


In your household, one adult (the family organiser) chooses the features the family shares and invites up to five additional members to join. 


Which gives the familiar maximum of six members to a family sharing group which has, as far as I am aware, always been the case.


tt2

Dec 9, 2024 2:38 PM in response to Limnos

Limnos wrote:

You may wish to comment about that on the support article pages. If you say "no" to the "was this helpful" question at the bottom of the articles you can make a comment. I usually try to be constructive and make a suggestion I feel is clearer.

I will definitely leave feedback, in hopes of them changing it. Thanks for your reply Limnos.

Apple Family Sharing states up to 5 members, Apple Music Family Subscription states up to 6 members, how?

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