How to share your Apple Music or Apple One family plan

Sharing your Apple Music Family subscription (or Apple One Family or Premier bundle) with others in your household is a great way to save money while enjoying Apple's vast catalog of streaming music content. Here's how to get it done.

An individual Apple Music subscription costs $9.99 per month. For $14.99, though, you can get a family plan for yourself and up to five other people.

That’s an immediate savings of $44.95 compared to all six people buying their own Apple Music subscriptions. Even if you only have one person in your household, you can save $5 by moving to a Family plan.

Choose Between Apple Music and Apple One

Just like Apple Music family plans can save you money, Apple One bundles can too - under the right circumstances. This is an issue with other products you use from Apple and which version of the bundle you purchase.

For $14.95 per month, you can get the Apple One Personal plan, which does include Apple Music—but only for you. To get the benefits of a family Apple Music subscription, you have to purchase the Family plan for $19.95 per month, or the Premium plan for $29.95.

In either case, you need to make your purchase based on the product you actually use or will actually use. So, with the Family plan, you need to know you're getting:

1. Apple Music Family
2. Apple TV
3. Apple Arcade
4. 200GB iCloud storage Space

If all you care about is sharing Apple Music with your family, the Apple One Family bundle isn't worth it. However, if you use or need additional services, it's more economical to purchase them through this Apple One Family bundle.

This is exactly the same as the more expensive Apple One Premier bundle in terms of how you need to decide what to use, what to plan to use, and whether to share any of it.

However, the Apple One Premier bundle offers much more, some of which are exclusive to this tier. All in all, the Premier bundle features:

• Apple Music Family
• Apple TV
• Apple Arcade
• 2TB iCloud Storage
• Apple News
• Apple Fitness

This is exclusive to the Premier bundle for Apple News and Apple Fitness. These and 2TB of iCloud storage (which can be shared among your family) make the Premier bundle the best way to get Apple Music for everyone in your family.

If a bundle is right for you, see how to sign up for Apple One.

So, there are still issues with adding family members to your Apple Music subscription. How you do this depends on whether you are a new user or a personal subscriber.

Add Family Members to Apple Music

There are a few things you need to do before adding family members to your Apple Music subscription. For example, make sure the device you're using is charged and has a stable Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

Also, if you have a valid payment method on hand, and you need at least 20 minutes to set it up.

First, we’ll walk you through how to subscribe to the Apple Music Family Plan. If you’ve never subscribed before – congratulations, you’ll get your first three months free!

How to subscribe to the Apple Music Family Plan for the first time

1. If you have a Mac, iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch, open Apple Music.
2. Click the "Listen Now" or "Recommended for You" tab.
3. Click or clickFamilyTrial Offer.
4. Tap or click Start Trial.
5. Sign in with your Apple ID
6. Confirm your billing information
7. Add a valid payment method if you don’t have one already
8. Tap or clickJoin.

Of course, if you already subscribe to Apple Music as an individual, you won’t be able to use the free family plan trial. Instead, you need to switch from an individual plan to a family plan, which can be done by following the steps below. You can switch to a Family Plan from iOS/iPadOS devices as well as Mac.

How to switch to an Apple Music Family Plan on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Tap your name, then tap Subscribe.
3. Tap Apple Music Membership.
4. ClickFamily (1 month).

How to Switch to an Apple Music Family Plan on Mac

Change an Apple Music Subscription Plan on macOS

1. Open the App Store.
2. Click on your name in the lower left corner
3. Click on the upper right corner View information
4. Scroll to Subscription and click Manage.
5. ClickApple Music Subscribe.
6. ClickFamily (1 month)

Now that you have solved all your problems with an active Apple Music family subscription, you can set up Family Sharing by "Share it with family members. Family Sharing will allow you to add family members to your Apple Music family plan. You can perform this process on a Mac or any device running iOS or iPadOS.

Each family group can only be moderated by one adult, which should be the same person whose Apple ID has a valid family plan subscription to Apple Music. The person should follow the steps below to ensure proper setup.

Set up Family Sharing on iPhone

How to set up Family Sharing on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Click Settings, then click your name .
2. Click Set up Home Sharing and it will guide you through the process of setting up Home Sharing.

How to Set Up Family Sharing on Mac

1. ClickApple Menu
2. If using Catalina, click System Preferences and click Home Sharing.
3. If using macOS Mojave or earlier, click System Preferences, then click iCloud
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to set up your home shared.

If you have Family Sharing set up and you have a family plan with Apple Music, you may need to invite others to join your family. These people need to have a valid Apple ID and know their password to accept the invitation.

How to invite people to your Home Sharing group on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

1. Go to Settings.
2. Click your name, then click Family Sharing.
3. Click Add family members.
4. Enter your family member’s Apple ID email.
5. Select whether you want to invite them via message or if you want them to enter their ID and password on your device
6. Follow the on-screen instructions

How to Invite Others to Your Family Sharing Group on Mac

1. Click the Apple Menu and go to System Preferences.
2. ClickFamily Sharing
3. Click the plus sign at the bottom of the family list
4. Follow the on-screen instructions

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