Are there drawbacks to using a shared Apple ID as the Organizer account for Apple Family Share?
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I am setting up Apple Family Share for the first time. Currently my wife and I have separate iPhones with separate Apple IDs (separate purchases and everything else), and we have two iPads for our kids under a third shared Apple ID that shares everything (purchases, iMessage, everything).
Now I’m setting up an Apple Watch SE 2 (cellular), and I’m facing a decision: (1) I become the family organizer or (2) I make the shared account the family Organizer. In both cases I plan to switch the iPads to separate new Apple IDs.
So in the end, there will be five Apple IDs under the family: me, my wife, two kids, and the shared account with purchases I don’t want to lose.
The question is, considering you cannot change family groups often, would it make more sense to make the shared account the “master” Organizer account, my wife and I “parent/guardian” accounts, and the kids with child accounts? Or will I be hassled to sign into the master account to make changes, other than adding new family members, and it would be best for me to be the organizer?
It seems like it would be best to have an account rarely used as the organizer that delegates parent roles, so if I ever needed to drop out (for work reasons maybe?) then I wouldn’t have to dissolve the Family Group. But I have not found this advice anywhere yet. Am I missing something?
Asked by jimp
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May 19, 2023, 01:12 AM
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