Manage Family Sharing without iPhone or iPad or Mac

I am a non-iPhone user so however, my son and wife are iPhone users. How do I manage Family sharing w/o iPhone or iPad or Mac?

Posted on Feb 23, 2021 8:00 AM

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Posted on Feb 23, 2021 8:13 AM

Hello patelhiranya,


It appears you cannot:


Set up Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201088

  • "To use Family Sharing, you need an Apple ID signed in to iCloud on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8 or later, or Mac with OS X Yosemite or later."


You can get shared material with a PC with iCloud for Windows but apparently you need to have an Apple device to set it up.




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Feb 23, 2021 8:13 AM in response to patelhiranya

Hello patelhiranya,


It appears you cannot:


Set up Family Sharing - https://support.apple.com/HT201088

  • "To use Family Sharing, you need an Apple ID signed in to iCloud on an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iOS 8 or later, or Mac with OS X Yosemite or later."


You can get shared material with a PC with iCloud for Windows but apparently you need to have an Apple device to set it up.




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Feb 23, 2021 8:25 AM in response to patelhiranya

It can be done using one device, but it is a bit more difficult using only one device. On the device, sign into iCloud with your Apple ID and set up Family Sharing. If necessary, create the child's ID. Sign out of your ID and sign in with the child's ID. Swap iCloud sign in as required.

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