Join a Family Sharing group in Family Sharing on Mac
You can join a Family Sharing group when the family organizer adds you, or when you accept an invitation.
After joining a Family Sharing group, you can do any of the following:
Change your Family Sharing settings
Change the Apple Account you use to share your purchases with your group, or stop sharing your purchases
Choose whether each family member can see the location of your devices
Note: The organizer, a parent, or a guardian can turn on location sharing for a child under 13 at any time. For family members age 13 to 17, they can turn on Location Sharing only when the family member is first invited to join. The organizer, parent, or guardian can also restrict the ability change location sharing settings for family members under 18. (Age varies by country or region.)
Note: To learn how to add family members if you’re the family organizer, see Add family members to a Family Sharing group. For information about the settings you can change as the family organizer, see Manage a Family Sharing group.
Join on the family organizer’s device
If you’re nearby when the family organizer adds you to the Family Sharing group, you can join the group immediately by entering your Apple Account information on the family organizer’s device.
After the family organizer chooses Invite in Person on their Mac, iPhone, or iPad, enter your Apple Account email address or phone number and your password.
On a device that’s signed in to your Apple Account, click Allow to see a code.
On the organizer’s device, enter the code.
Accept or decline an invitation from AirDrop, Mail, or Messages
Click the invitation you received from the family organizer using AirDrop, Mail, or Messages.
Do one of the following:
Join the family: Click Join Family.
Don’t join the family: Click Decline.
If you don’t have an Apple Account, you must create one before you can accept an invitation to a Family Sharing group.
Accept or decline an invitation in System Settings
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
If you don’t see the invitation, make sure you’re signed in to the Apple Account that the organizer sent the invitation to.
Click View, then do one of the following:
Join the family: Click Join Family.
Don’t join the family: Click Decline.
After you join, family members receive an email informing them that they are now sharing with you.