I've been trying to set up Family Sharing. I am the Family Organizer; I'm trying to set up sharing between my husband and my son. I can set up Purchase Sharing and Location Sharing, but when I try to turn on Apple Music, I get sent to iTunes where it tells me I have to purchase a $14.99/month plan. Why do I have to pay a monthly fee, to share music I've already paid for once?
It works the same way as it does for Apps. Exactly the same.
Not sure what tech support you are talking to. But Apple Music is absolutely not required.
Once Family sharing is set up, you can:
On your iPhone or iPod touch
next to it.The music will not appear directly in the Music App, or the Tv app, but will be shareable,and can be accessed as explained above.
There is again no requirement to pay for an Apple Music Plan whatsoever.
It works the same way as it does for Apps. Exactly the same.
Not sure what tech support you are talking to. But Apple Music is absolutely not required.
Once Family sharing is set up, you can:
On your iPhone or iPod touch
next to it.The music will not appear directly in the Music App, or the Tv app, but will be shareable,and can be accessed as explained above.
There is again no requirement to pay for an Apple Music Plan whatsoever.
Apple Music is a separate and unique paid service from sharing your iTunes purchased music.
If you wish to simply share your purchased iTunes music, you do not need Apple Music.
See >>> Share iTunes, iBooks, and App Store purchases with Family Sharing - Apple Support
Apple Music is a subscription service. It has nothing to do with sharing your purchases however.
You can share your music, as explained in the support document you came from.
No need to turn on Apple Music.
iTunes would NOT allow me to share my purchased music until I purchased a Family plan. Even with tech support on the line. Family members could see my apps but not my music or movies; not until I paid for a plan. If there’s some otheir way of doing it for free please tell me, because tech support did not know of one.
I have no idea what glitch there was before; my family could see purchased APPS, but not purchased MEDIA. I had to completely delete Family Sharing and start over again from the very beginning. For now, it looks like it works. The Apple Music subscription runs out on April 16th; if my husband & son can no longer see music I purchased then, we'll know there's still a problem.
Note, that Family Sharing will only share music you bought from iTunes.
If you had music that was ripped from CDs or added from a different source to iTunes Family, Sharing will not share that, and you would need either Apple Music to upload or match them, and then share them.
But that is entirely outside of the Family Sharing music feature.
Apparently you DO need Apple Music; iTunes would NOT allow me to share my purchased music until I purchased a Family plan. Even with tech support on the line.
Why do I have to PAY to share my music via family sharing???
