How to share your Apple Music or Apple One family plan?

Do you want to share Apple Music Family Subscription, or your Apple One Family or Premier bundle? It could be a great way to save money while enjoying Apple’s vast catalog of streaming music content.   

An individual Apple Music subscription would cost you around $9.99 per month. If you spend $14.99 instead, you get a family plan for yourself and up to five other users.  

When you compare this to all six people buying their own Apple Music subscription, this results in an immediate saving of $44.95. Even if you have only one other user, shifting on to a family plan will save you $5.  

What should you choose between Apple Music/Apple One?  

The Apple One bundle also does save money; however, this saving must be under the right circumstances. It’s an issue of what else you use from Apple, also which bundle version you purchase.  

For $14.95 per month, you get the Apple One Individual Plan, it does include Apple Music, however, this is only for one user/you. To reap the benefits of a family Apple Music subscription, you have to purchase the Family Plan, which costs $19.95 per month. You can also get the Premier one which costs $29.95  

In either case, you have to buy based on what you will be using, or will use. You need to know what you’ll be getting with the Family Plan:  

• Apple Music Family  
• Apple TV+  
• Apple Arcade  
• 200GB iCloud storage  

If you only care about sharing Apple Music, then the Apple One Family bundle is sadly not worth it. However, if you want to use the other services, it is more economic to buy the Apple One Family bundle.  

It’s the same as the more expensive Apple One Premier bundle. However, the Apple One Premier bundle provides more, some of them being exclusive to this tier. Altogether, the Premier bundle has:  

• Apple Music Family  
• Apple TV+  
• Apple Arcade  
• 2TB iCloud storage  
• Apple News+  
• Apple Fitness+  

Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+ that are exclusive Premier bundle elements. Those and the 2TB iCloud storage space, which can be shared, make the Premier bundle the best way to get Apple Music for everyone.  

There is still the issue, of adding a family member to your Apple Music subscription. How you do that depends on whether you’re a new user yourself. OR. It depends on if you have a personal subscription.  

How can you add family members to Apple Music?  

You have to make sure the device you’re using is charged and is connected to a stable Wi-Fi or cellular connection.  

How can you set up Family Sharing on an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch?  

• Tap on Settings.  
• Then tap on your name.  
• Tap on Set Up Family Sharing. This will walk you through the process of setting up Family Sharing.  

How can you set up Family Sharing on a Mac?  

• Click on the Apple menu  
• If using Catalina, click on System Preferences, then click on Family Sharing.  
• If you’re using macOS Mojave or earlier, click on System Preferences, then click on iCloud  
• Follow the instructions that will be displayed on your screen to set up Family Sharing.  

If you already have Family Sharing set up, and the family plan for Apple Music; you might need to invite people to join. These individuals whom you are inviting to join will have to have a valid Apple ID, they also need to know their password to accept your invitation.  

How can you invite people to join your Family Sharing group on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch?  

• Navigate to Settings.  
• Tap on your name. 
• Then tap on Family Sharing.  
• Tap on Add Family Member.  
• Type your family member’s Apple ID email.  
• Select if you would like to invite them via Messages. OR. If you would want them to enter their ID and password from your device.   
• Then you have to flow the instructions that will be displayed on the screen.  

How can you invite people to join your Family Sharing group on a Mac?  

• Click on the Apple menu, then navigate to System Preferences.  
• Click on Family Sharing  
• Click on the “+” plus sign, it can be found at the bottom of the Family list  
• Then you have to flow the instructions that will be displayed on the screen.  

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