iCloud family sharing - storage plan confusion - Software - MPU Talk
If someone switches to their family's shared iCloud storage, can they choose to switch back to an individual plan without leaving the Family? - Ask Different
paying for icloud - how does "family plan / sharing" work?
Family sharing / iCloud+
Can my family share an iCloud+ plan?
What is iCloud+?
Is there a free version of iCloud?
Videos
Family of 5: 4 iPads, 4 iPhones, 1 MacBook Pro.
I want to move away from the subscription. It costs over $50 a month where I live and it’s just become too expensive. I can do without all the features, except cloud storage. For example my wife uses around 560 gb primarily photos, which we don’t want to lose. Anybody know of any solutions where I can navigate away from iCloud? Im willing to pay just not the current price.
Edit: sorry guys, yes the subscription is Apple one. In Canada costs ~$51-52 tax in.
our family needs more icloud data, primarily for photos. we don't each need 2TBs, so we're going to get one 2TB plan for the whole family.
the issue is that we don't want to share all of our photos and vids, obviously.
so when i sign up for the 2TB plan and share it with my family, how easy or hard is it for us to make sure that personal data stays personal?
UPDATE we figured it out. Thank you all!
I have enabled family sharing with my husband. I have also subscribed to an iCloud+ plan providing for extra storage.
My husband’s phone, however, has stopped backing up because his free storage is full, and he’s being told to subscribe to +.
Why isn’t our storage accessible to both of us?
@RDG : That link does not explain how to merge an already existing plan into a family plan that the user has been added to. It merely states that you can:
If a family member is already paying for their own iCloud storage plan, they can choose to switch to your plan or keep their own and still remain part of the family. When they switch to the shared family plan, they get a refund for the remainder of their personal plan. They can't keep their current plan and use the shared family plan at the same time.
@Dave Sag: I had the same problem with my family—my son already had a 50G storage plan and after I got a 200G family storage plan and added all my family members to it, for some reason it still showed him as "not using", and nowhere in the iCloud preferences on him MacBook would it allow him to switch to the family plan and get rid of his individual plan.
After a lot of digging I found one article that mentioned that in order to use the family shared iCloud storage you have to be running Mac OS High Sierra (10.13) or higher. Turned out, he was still on Sierra (10.12). After upgrading his MacBook to High Sierra the iCloud preferences now showed a button to "Use Family Storage". Clicking that instantly moved all his iCloud data from his individual storage plan to the family shared storage.
After doing that, it no longer even shows his 50G plan in the iCloud preferences. I'm assuming that it has cancelled that plan. If I find out that it did not automatically cancel that plan and that I have to go cancel it myself, I'll follow up on here to let you know.
Cheers —Dan
I have the same question and the answer is down in this doc:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208147