Matt Bowerman

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Q: Family sharing between two existing Apple ID accounts?

Greetings,

My wife and I have two long standing Apple ID accounts and were exciting at the prospect of Family Sharing in iOS8. What we would like to do is to be able to see and share the purchases we have made over the years instead of having to log into each other's accounts. It appears that we can't create a family group with both ID's however. Does anyone have any suggestions conceding the best way to accomplish what we are trying to do?

Posted on Sep 21, 2014 5:05 AM

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by pedro d,

pedro d Sep 23, 2014 8:44 AM in response to Matt Bowerman
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Sep 23, 2014 8:44 AM in response to Matt Bowerman

Hello there, Matt.

Family Sharing is one of the exciting service that rolled out with iOS 8. The following Knowledge Base article offers up some great information in regards to how sharing works:

Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT201085

One additional point is addressed, in this article:

Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing
https://www.apple.com/icloud/family-sharing

Get organized.
To get started, one adult in your household — the organizer — invites up to five additional family members and agrees to pay for any iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases they initiate while part of the family group. Once family members join, the features of Family Sharing are set up on everyone’s devices automatically.

Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.

Cheers,
Pedro.
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