allanfromlarkhall

Q: How do I share my music subscription with my family

i got a family subscription to Apple music however it is not sharing with my family

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jun 30, 2015 11:48 AM

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Q: How do I share my music subscription with my family

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  • by Teknokyle,

    Teknokyle Teknokyle Jul 1, 2015 3:22 AM in response to El_Gabo
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    Jul 1, 2015 3:22 AM in response to El_Gabo

    Here what I did:

    • I turned off/on the sharing of my purchases within the iCloud>Manage Family area (I am the organizer), and within seconds, my Apple Music for Family registered with my wife's phone (I was literally watching it when the "Join Apple Music) poofed away.  There could be a tremendous backlog of requests for it to keep up. I went up to check on my daughter's phone and it was already registered
    • My wife has a totally separate iTunes/App account tied to her iCloud ID.  In the iCloud Family settings, I was able to choose with Apple ID I want to share purchases from.  My account was in there at one point, but signed her into her own account, set up a new card and bought an app.   Her purchase showed up just fine (where to find it at the last bullet).  She is setup as an adult & Parent/Guardian.  Be careful as swapping payment accounts for a user will lock that account sharing in for 90 days - you wont be able to change back for 3 months if you use the wrong sharing acct.  That is at the iCloud Settings level in the Family Sharing - not device level.
    • My daughter's account has no card attached to it ( I set that option to "None", but I am going to enter an iTunes GC and see if she can purchase from the GC before my card gets charged (I suspect that the balance of the GC will be used first).  She is under 13 and I have "Ask to Buy" turned on.  Jupiter confirmed my thoughts
    • I found all of the apps and music in the "Purchased" menu of the iTunes App & iTunes Music store respectively.  This is where the different family members are listed and you need to sift through who purchased what and then add/download to your library/device.  For me, Songs/Albums don't automatically show up in my Music.  I believe this answers the problem as a parent "I don't want my child's song crap showing up on my phone."  Lots of parents that I work with fuss about seeing their child's songs in their library when one single iTunes acct is shared.

     

    I know there is frustration and trust me, I was fussing up a storm.  I needed to really read the prompts on each device to determine how it all works.  Ultimately, I started to understand their process.  There should defnitely be better documentation.  See if that helps.

  • by LitRed,

    LitRed LitRed Oct 16, 2015 1:01 PM in response to Teknokyle
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    Oct 16, 2015 1:01 PM in response to Teknokyle

    II'm having troubles understand exactly what you did to see if it would help me. I set up family sharing. My kids were just signed in on their devices with my Apple ID. But now I can't figure out how to get their device completely under their own ID. They are all under 13. Do you know?

  • by Teknokyle,

    Teknokyle Teknokyle Oct 16, 2015 4:04 PM in response to LitRed
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    Oct 16, 2015 4:04 PM in response to LitRed

    You need to setup new Apple ID in Settings>iCloud>Family Sharing  at the VERY bottom of the screen is a link to create a child account.

  • by summertime_now,

    summertime_now summertime_now Oct 30, 2015 9:41 PM in response to allanfromlarkhall
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    Oct 30, 2015 9:41 PM in response to allanfromlarkhall

    I don't see the "Manage Family" option in the iCloud settings. What am I missing?

     

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  • by Sheahhhh,

    Sheahhhh Sheahhhh May 8, 2016 4:17 PM in response to Escaport
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    Apple Music
    May 8, 2016 4:17 PM in response to Escaport

    yes! Add them to your family sharing and Apple Music will work! If your already paying the $9.99 monthly, it will ask you to approve the 14.99 charge! But will only charge you the $14.99 not both!

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