OS X Yosemite: Manage the family you organized
After setting up a family, the family organizer can add family members, resend invitations to join the family, change the shared credit card, and remove family members. The organizer can even stop Family Sharing and close down the family group.
If you’re a family member but not the organizer, you can change your Family Sharing settings; see Share purchases with your family. If you don’t have a family group, see Set up Family Sharing.
Add family members
The family organizer can add up to five family members.
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Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
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Click Manage Family, click the Add button
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Add someone who has an account: Enter the name or email address of someone you want to join the family, click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions. The person you add must already have an Apple ID he or she uses for iCloud.
If the person you’re adding is nearby, the person can simply enter the Apple ID and password he or she uses for iCloud. Otherwise, you can email the person an invitation to join.
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Create a child account: Select “Create an Apple ID for a child who doesn’t have an account,” click Continue, then follow the onscreen instructions.
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Purchases made by new family members are available to the family after the new members confirm the Apple IDs they use to share iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store purchases. Each person can do this in iCloud preferences on his or her Mac or in Settings > iCloud on his or her iOS device.
Resend an invitation to join
As the family organizer, you can resend an email invitation to someone who hasn’t accepted the invitation yet.
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Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
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Click Manage Family, select the family member on the left, then click Resend Invitation on the right.
Change the shared credit card
As the family organizer, you can change the credit card shared by all family members.
If you have more than one iTunes Store account, you can also change the one you use to share your purchases with the family. For instructions, see Share purchases with your family.
Remove family members
As the family organizer, you can remove people from the family group. After you remove someone from the family, that person may be able to join or set up another family. However, each person may only join two families per year. (Rejoining a family or creating a new one counts against this limit.)
Children under 13 can’t be removed from a family (age varies by country or region). However, you can transfer a child to a different family group.
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Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
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Click Manage Family, select the family member on the left, then click the Remove button
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The person you remove from the family keeps purchases paid for using the shared credit card, but immediately loses access to other things the family shares.
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Other family members’ items no longer appear in the Purchased section of the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store.
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DRM-protected music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps the family member previously downloaded are no longer usable if someone else originally purchased them. Other family members can no longer use DRM-protected content downloaded from the former member’s collection.
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In-app purchases become unavailable if the family member bought them using an app someone else originally purchased. The family member can regain access to the in-app purchases by purchasing the app.
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The family members’ photos album, calendar, and reminder list are removed from the family member’s devices.
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Family members’ device locations don’t appear when the family member uses Find My iPhone on iCloud.com or on his or her iOS devices.
Stop Family Sharing
As the family organizer, you can stop Family Sharing, thus bringing the family group to an end, by removing yourself from it. Afterward, each person who was in your family may be able to join or set up another family. However, each person may only join two families per year. (Rejoining a family or creating a new one counts against this limit.)
If your family includes children under 13 (age varies by country or region), you must transfer them to a different family group before you can stop Family Sharing.
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Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click iCloud.
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Click Manage Family, select your name on the left, then click the Remove button
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If you stop Family Sharing, members keep purchases paid for using the shared credit card, but immediately lose access to other things the family shares.
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Other family members’ items no longer appear in the Purchased section of the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store.
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DRM-protected music, movies, TV shows, books, and apps originally purchased by one family member and downloaded by others can be used only by the original purchaser.
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In-app purchases become unavailable if they were made using an app originally purchased by someone else. Former family members can regain access to their in-app purchases by purchasing the app.
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The family members’ photos album, calendar, and reminder list are removed from all family devices.
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Family members’ device locations don’t appear in Find My iPhone on iCloud.com or on iOS devices.