**Intelligent Photo Sharing**

One of the most exciting features of Family Sharing is intelligent photo sharing. This feature allows you to automatically sync all your photos to a shared Library, which can be accessed by everyone in your family. However, if you don't want to share certain photos with others, you always have manual control over it. Whenever you're using the camera app and are at home or out and about, any photos you take will be synced to the shared Library overnight. You can change this setting directly from the camera app in the Photos app by hitting the yellow Family Sharing icon.

If you don't want to use Family Sharing for your photos, you can always move pictures to the shared library after the fact or pull them back into your personal library. And, if you save images from the web or take screenshots, those will not be automatically added to the shared Library. You can read all about how to set this up by clicking here or using the link in the description.

**Location Sharing**

Another superpower of Family Sharing is location sharing. When everyone's out and about, getting back together can feel like a puzzle. But, with Family Sharing, you can see where everybody is, which can be a huge bit of Peace of Mind. You can open the Find My app to see where everybody is. You can also see it directly from an iMessage conversation. And, you can even add a widget to your home screen.

But, that's not all. Family Sharing also enables another superpower: you can forcibly ring the speakers of someone else's iPhone or Apple watch if you're trying to find a lost device or just need to get their attention. From the Find My app, hit the Devices tab, tap on a specific device, and you can just hit play sound. It is much louder than the sound that plays when you try to Ping your phone from your watch.

**Parental Controls**

Family Sharing also comes with powerful parental controls. How much you choose to do is highly personal, but there are tools at your disposal. If you're all in on the Apple ecosystem, for example, you can set up a child with just an Apple Watch. You'll be able to see their location with it strapped to their wrist. You'll also be able to text them call them without giving them the full power of a smartphone.

Setting up an iPhone or iPad on their behalf is still incredibly easy. And, you have the power to limit their screen time, contacts, and internet access. I also recommend setting up Ask to Buy, which lets them request purchases on the App Store for apps or in-app purchases that you can approve or deny without giving them the full frightening power of an unmitigated credit card on their Apple ID.

**Backing Up to iCloud**

Another feature that will help you rest easy at night is backing up to iCloud. Having a full nightly backup means that a replacement device can be set up exactly as the old one was the night before, and not everybody needs to buy their own storage in Settings > Family > Subscriptions > iCloud Plus. You can buy one plan that's shared amongst everyone to save money.

**Sharing Services**

Finally, if some people in your family want to buy a new game or subscribe to a new service, you might not need to buy it separately for everyone in your family. Just go to Settings > Family > Purchase Sharing and some apps and games and subscription services will be shared amongst everybody in the group. Wherever developers have enabled it, just look for the Supports Family Sharing label in the App Store.

**Conclusion**

Setting up Family Sharing is free and really easy. If you learned something from this video, remember to like and subscribe. I'm Deerin Jones with Cult of Mac

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also recommend you set up ask to buy this lets them request purchases on the App Store for apps or Ana purchases that you can approve or deny without giving them the full frightening power of an unmitigated credit card on their Apple ID number four backing up to iCloud will help you rest easy at night if some people in your family take a clumsy and Cavalier approach to personal care of their trusted devices having a full nightly backup means that a replacement device can be set up exactly as the old one was the night before and not everybody needs to buy their own storage in settings family subscriptions iCloud plus you can buy one plan that's shared amongst everybody to save money number five it's actually not just iCloud but other services like apple arcade news plus Fitness TV plus will all automatically be shared with your family if you're one of the dozens of people who subscribe to Apple news plus you don't need to password share to get those coveted Apple news crosswords now 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services in there too if you learned something from this video remember to like And subscribe I'm deerin Jones with Cult of Macif you have a family odds are high that you probably share a house a car or two some furniture but you might not give as much attention to what you share in your digital lives even though things like your photo library might be just as important to you today I'm going to show you the six best features you get when you set up iCloud Family Sharing Family Sharing is really easy to set up from settings you tap on your name at the top hit Family Sharing and from here you can add up to five Apple IDs to the group you can hit create an account for a child for a child who doesn't have an Apple ID yet let's start with benefit number one setting up a shared photo library now everybody in your family probably has a different subset of photos that they've taken or sent to received of all of your different family events or trips and you might have one person in your family who takes it upon themsel to share all of their pictures with everybody else but they probably don't have a complete set themselves well shared photo libraries will make sure everybody has every picture in its full original high quality and the best part is that this photo sharing happens intelligently and automatically so you never have to think about it but you always have manual control to keep your photos private when you want that so whenever you're using the camera app and you're at home or you're out and about but you're all together any photos you take will be synced to the shared Library overnight and you can always change this by hitting the yellow Family Sharing icon Direct from the camera in the photos app you can move pictures to the shared library after the fact or pull them back into your personal library and you'll get recommendations on what to add inside the For You tab and don't worry images you save from the web memes screenshots those will not be automatically added to the shared Library you can read all about how to set this up by clicking here or using the link in the description number two location sharing when everybody's out and about getting everybody back in one place can feel like hurting cats you can text you can call but they might not respond or pick up everybody seeing where everybody else is is a huge bit of Peace of Mind turn this on in settings family location sharing adults have to opt in children can have it forced upon them from any time you can open the find my app to see where everybody is you can also see it directly from an iMessage conversation and you can even add a widget to your home screen another superpower this enables is that you can forcibly ring the speakers of someone else's iPhone or Apple watch if you're trying to find a lost device or if you just need to get their attention from the find my app hit the devices tab tap on a specific device and you can just hit play sound it is much louder than the sound that plays when you're trying to Ping your phone from your watch or the other way around I recommend you use this power lightly but it is a tool at your disposal and you can also see the charge level of their devices if for for example they're leaving the house with their phone at only 12% number three you have all sorts of powerful parental controls at your disposal now how much you choose to do is a highly personal question that at least someone will judge you for no matter what you do I had pretty free reign as a child but none of those tools really existed for Windows 2000 nor did I carry my Pentium 2 computer in my pocket but you have a lot of tools at your disposal if you're all in on the Apple ecosystem for example you can set up a child with just an Apple Watch you'll be able to see their location with it strapped to their wrist you'll be able to text them call them without giving them the full power of a smartphone setting up an iPhone or iPad on their behalf is still incredibly easy and you have the power to limit their screen time contacts and internet access I also recommend you set up ask to buy this lets them request purchases on the App Store for apps or Ana purchases that you can approve or deny without giving them the full frightening power of an unmitigated credit card on their Apple ID number four backing up to iCloud will help you rest easy at night if some people in your family take a clumsy and Cavalier approach to personal care of their trusted devices having a full nightly backup means that a replacement device can be set up exactly as the old one was the night before and not everybody needs to buy their own storage in settings family subscriptions iCloud plus you can buy one plan that's shared amongst everybody to save money number five it's actually not just iCloud but other services like apple arcade news plus Fitness TV plus will all automatically be shared with your family if you're one of the dozens of people who subscribe to Apple news plus you don't need to password share to get those coveted Apple news crosswords now Apple music specifically does not automatically get shared with the rest of your family probably something to do with the record companies it's always the record companies on the other hand though upgrading to a family plan is only an extra $6 a month which is less than the cost of two individual subscriptions and finally if some people in your family want to buy a new game or subscribe to a new service you might not need to buy it separately for everyone in your family just go to settings family purchase sharing and some apps and games and subscription services will be shared amongst everybody in the group wherever developers have enabled it just look for the supports Family Sharing label in the App Store so your digital life doesn't have to be complicated and messy setting up Family Sharing is free and really easy I have articles that go into more depth on how to set up some of these features Linked In the video description along with links if you want to subscribe to some new Apple services in there too if you learned something from this video remember to like And subscribe I'm deerin Jones with Cult of Mac\n"