Family sharing
All of our devices are under one Apple ID. Can I set up family sharing without assigning everyone a new Apple ID?
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All of our devices are under one Apple ID. Can I set up family sharing without assigning everyone a new Apple ID?
You can create a new Apple ID for any in your group that wants/needs one.
Here is some thing you can do. See How to create a new Apple ID https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204316. See the data implications below.
Some of these things will apply even though not changing an Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID or password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204071
Keep in mind that some things available under a first Apple ID will not be available under a new Apple ID. For example, you won’t be able to transfer anything purchased from the App and iTunes Stores to the new ID. And, there are other issues to be addressed.
And see what Eric Root says on this matter here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251343949 and
what Winston Churchill says about it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7452747
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You also can set up family sharing among the IDs to share purchases made with them. See:
Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060
Set up Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088
You can create a new Apple ID for any in your group that wants/needs one.
Here is some thing you can do. See How to create a new Apple ID https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204316. See the data implications below.
Some of these things will apply even though not changing an Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID or password https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204071
Keep in mind that some things available under a first Apple ID will not be available under a new Apple ID. For example, you won’t be able to transfer anything purchased from the App and iTunes Stores to the new ID. And, there are other issues to be addressed.
And see what Eric Root says on this matter here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251343949 and
what Winston Churchill says about it here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7452747
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You also can set up family sharing among the IDs to share purchases made with them. See:
Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201060
Set up Family Sharing https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201088
When we set it up that way, our children were younger. Now they are 18, 17 and 14. My husband and I use the cloud to save our pictures, but then we have each other’s pictures on our phones. My daughter needs to store photos on the cloud, but we don’t want all her photos on our phones. We also have issues with FaceTime calls going to to wring phones sometimes since we are all on the same Apple ID.
If you are all using the same Apple ID, there isn't a reason to set up Family Sharing. Since you are all using the same ID, you are already sharing everything that Family Sharing shares.
Family sharing