After you share your icloud storage with your family the icloud storage map shows how much.
How do i share icloud storage with family members.
This is a big deal thanks to the new supersize icloud plans which make it a lot cheaper to buy a single 2tb plan and share it.
Family sharing lets you and up to five other family members share access to amazing apple services like apple music apple tv apple news and apple arcade.
Follow the steps to share your existing plan or if necessary upgrade to a 200gb or 2tb plan.
For expressly sharing files with your friends or family member try to add people to files from the files app.
Tap the icloud invitation in the message that was sent.
Your group can also share itunes apple books and app store purchases an icloud storage plan and a family photo album.
You can even help locate each other s missing devices.
Apple s official definition of family sharing reads thus family sharing makes it easy for up to six family members to share itunes ibooks and app store purchases an apple music family membership and an icloud storage plan.
Apple sells up to 2tb of icloud storage which you can share with family members or friends as part of apple s family sharing feature.
Family sharing makes it easy for up to six family members to share app store music movie tv and book purchases subscriptions to apple services like apple music apple tv apple news and apple arcade and an icloud storage plan all without sharing each other s apple accounts.
The term icloud storage family sharing was derived from family sharing with apple.
If you don t have any family members added to icloud yet we ll first need to do that.
Pro tip if an adult family member needs more storage space or wants to use their own icloud storage they can choose to have a separate storage plan and still be part of the family group.
How to accept an invitation to join a family sharing icloud storage plan.
Just the data pool.
Open messages on the family member s iphone or ipad.
Each family member will receive an imessage with a link to accept the invitation to join the shared storage plan.
In ios 11 you can share your icloud storage with family members.
What is icloud storage family sharing.
Add family members to icloud.
When you ve been invited to share an icloud storage plan with a family member you ll be able to accept or decline the invitation.