ITunes family subscription. Apple Family Sharing: How to Set Up, How to Use, Features

It costs no less - 169 rubles. Of course, for this money you get access to 30 million songs that can be downloaded and listened to without the Internet, to a social network with constant updates from the lives of your favorite stars and much more ... but who of us doesn't want to save money? There is a way, and it is simpler than it might seem at first glance.

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Create an Apple Music Family Account! It already costs 269 rubles a month - but it can be used immediately six people at a time... Simple arithmetic shows: if six people “fold” on Music at once, then the account will cost not 169 rubles / month, but only 44 rubles 83 kopecks per person! Feel the difference, as they say.

How to get access to 30 million songs on Apple Music for 45 rubles per month?

1 ... Find 5 people - relatives, friends, acquaintances - who are interested in Apple Music. It could even be Android and Windows users. For the "green robot", the  Music application can be downloaded from Google Play, and users of the Microsoft operating system can use the service through iTunes.

Important: they must have certain domains with e-mail, depending on the country of the founder of the "family". For example, in the family of a Russian founder, you can add an Apple ID with a login containing the domains gmail.com, yandex.ru, mail.ru and you will not be able to add a resident of Belarus and Ukraine with an Apple ID like [email protected] or [email protected], respectively (tested in practice).

2 ... Customize Family access.

On iPhone or iPad, open Settings and go to the iCloud section, click the button Set up family sharing, and then Get started and Proceed... Enter your Apple ID and click again Proceed... Set your payment method. The card must be linked to your Apple ID!

To do the same on Mac, open System settings, select iCloud, then Family settings -> Proceed(twice) - enter your Apple ID and password. Specify the payment method (the card linked to your Apple ID), click on Proceed... Decide if you want to share your geo-location with other family members (probably, you shouldn't do this without great necessity).

3 ... You are now the "parent" and you can start inviting "family members."

To invite someone on an iPhone or iPad, go to Settings, select iCloud, then A family and Add family member... Enter his email-Apple ID and send the invitation.

To do the same on Mac, open System settings, select iCloud and Family access... Click on " plus sign»To add an Apple ID and send an invitation to  Music. " Minus", Accordingly, removes the unnecessary member of the" family ". After adding each user, iTunes will "freeze" 1 ruble on your account.

The following letter will be sent to the e-mail of a new family member:

4 ... Buy an Apple Music Family Membership in your name. For this:

On iPhone or iPad, open the app Music and click on the profile icon in the upper left corner. Tap the button Subscribe to Apple Music... Then select the item Family, then confirm the payment method and pay for the subscription.

To do the same on Mac or Windows, open iTunes, click To come in and enter your Apple ID account information. Go to section Music and select the tab For you... On the page that appears, click the button 3 months free, then select the item Family, confirm your payment method and pay for your subscription.

Apple will deduct the cost of your Apple Music subscription from your account. If you, for example, at the beginning of the month in Music for 169 rubles, then this money will be credited to you.

5 ... After the invitation is accepted, the "family member" automatically gets full access to Apple Music, unrelated to the founder of the family- a separate media library, playlists, preferences, etc. Believe me, it's much more convenient than searching for music in social networks and torrents.

Congratulations, a new social unit has just been born! :). Now you can listen to your favorite music for only 45 rubles and, moreover, use purchases made by other family members. The section is available along the way App Store -> Updates -> Purchases). Enjoy your work with Apple Music! :).

PS. By the way, the first 3 months of subscription are FREE !!!

And you can find a comparison with other similar services. In this article, we have collected answers to some questions about this service.

How much does a subscription cost?

The first three months Apple works for free, then you have to pay 169 rubles a month for a subscription for one person or 269 rubles for a family subscription (up to six people).

When can I get a trial subscription?

Whenever. At least today, at least in a month. In any case, it will last three months.

What platforms does Apple Music run on?

The service is available in the standard music player in iOS 8.4 (coming soon in the iOS 9 beta), on Windows and Mac (via the new iTunes), and coming to Android in September (no free trial).

Is all iTunes music in Apple Music?

Not all. For example, there is no Apple Corps directory, which owns all the distribution rights for The Beatles albums and singles. This music can only be bought.

For free subscription users - no, they cannot listen to music from the cloud in Apple Music. A paid subscription provides such an opportunity. The limit of files in the cloud with the release of iOS 9 will be increased - from 25 thousand to 100 thousand.

What bitrate is the music broadcast with?

It depends on your internet speed. The maximum is 256 kilobits per second.

Can I listen to music without an internet connection?

Yes. But first you need to download it.

Are Beats 1 radios available in Russia?

Beats 1 are three radio stations broadcasting from London, New York and San Francisco, with famous DJs announcing their songs. Russia was not included in the list of countries where Beats 1 stations operate. Currently, the Russian division of the company is in talks with copyright holders, which should be completed next week. It is noteworthy that Beats 1 works in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

Will there be exclusives on Apple Music?

Already there - from Pharrell Williams and Dr. Dre. And there will be more soon.

Can i share my family Apple Music subscription with friends?

In addition to a one-person Apple Music subscription for RUB 169, Apple offers a six-person family subscription for RUB 269. It is quite profitable - you will have to pay only 100 rubles for all additional accounts.

This subscription is powered by Family Sharing, which was introduced in iOS 8 last year. It allows you to link up to six Apple IDs to one bank card and make purchases from it in iTunes, iBooks and the App Store for different accounts.

In theory, you can use a family subscription to Apple Music with friends, but for this you will have to link your card to their accounts, with all the ensuing consequences. If one of your friends decides to buy an application, game, book, movie or music, you will have to pay for his purchases. It will be difficult to prove to Apple that these purchases were made by mistake and you did not agree to them.

How do I cancel automatic charges for Apple Music subscriptions?

Apple provides a three-month free trial for Apple Music, but requires you to enter your billing information when you connect to the service. If you do not unsubscribe in advance, funds will be debited from your bank card monthly in accordance with the selected tariff plan: 169 rubles for an individual service or 269 rubles for a family up to six people.

Those who started using Apple Music today will be charged on October 1st. Until that time, a lot of things can happen - for example, you may be completely disappointed in music and you will not need any music services.

To prevent the withdrawal of funds from becoming an unpleasant surprise, you can unsubscribe right now, and pay money only when you are one hundred percent sure that you want to continue using Apple Music. You can cancel your subscription through the music player on iOS 8.4 or iTunes 12.2 on Windows or Mac.

In the player on iOS 8.4, you need to click on the silhouette that is shown on the main page in the upper left corner and go to your Apple ID account. At the bottom of the page there will be a link to the section for managing subscriptions. Go to it - you will see all your active and inactive subscriptions. Here you can change the type of Apple Music subscription (individual or family) or turn off its auto-renewal with the toggle switch, which magically migrated to iOS 8.4 from iOS 4. After canceling, funds will not be debited.

Similarly, you can manage your subscriptions on your computer using iTunes. Launch it, go to the iTunes Store section, find the "Account" link, click it, enter your Apple ID password, scroll to settings and go to the subscriptions section. In it, you can turn off automatic debiting of money from a bank card, including for Apple Music.

It is important to note that after you turn off automatic charges, you will be able to use Apple Music for the entire trial period. This does not affect the functionality of the service.

How to register a unique nickname on Apple Music?

Apple Music users can register nicknames - aliases, which are indicated in the comments to entries on the social network Connect and public playlists.

The easiest way to get a nickname is through your account settings in the music player on iOS 8.4. You can do the same in iTunes 12.2 on Mac or Windows. To do this, you need to click on the account icon, and then on your name - a menu will open where you can enter the desired alias. It must be no longer than 32 characters.

Can a track from Apple Music be put on an alarm clock?

Yes, any of the 30 million tracks from the Apple catalog can be put as a wake-up ringtone. To do this, you need to launch the clock application, go to the alarms tab, select a specific alarm, click on the sound signal selection and go to the song selection. A list of songs that you added to your Apple Music collection will appear, select any of them. Unfortunately, there is no built-in Apple Music track search in the alarm clock.

What if you can't find some albums in Apple Music?

Apple Music has about 30 million songs, but albums containing profanity are hidden by default. In order for them to appear in the search and play on the radio, you need to go to the settings and turn off this filtering.

What will become of Beats Music?

This service will continue to operate for several more months. Already, its users can switch to Apple Music while preserving the library and selected recordings.

If you want to see on our site answers to your questions about everything related to technology, programs and services of Apple, iOS or Mac OS X, iTunes Store or App Store, ask them at. The answers to the most interesting of them will appear in the materials of this section. We received the following question:

good day! need advice on signing up for apple music. now I have an individual account with a trial period, I want to switch to a family subscription. the questions are: 1) how to do it? 2) how many people can be subscribed to apple music through family subscription? 3) will the trial end when you change the subscription? 4) can I change my subscription back?

Hello!

The Apple Music family subscription is directly related to the Family Sharing feature - in fact, Apple offers you for 269 rubles a month to open Apple Music for all members of your family at once. Two conclusions follow from this:

without a set up family, an Apple Music family subscription would be useless. Therefore, first attach family members to your Apple account (in iOS - Settings-iCloud-Family, in OS X - System Preferences-iCloud-Family Sharing)
the maximum number of members of an Apple Music family subscription is six (you + five relatives)

The Apple Music Family Membership differentiates between preferences, listening history, and all recommendations for each family member. Everyone will have their own subscription, which does not intersect with the rest of the household.

With iOS, the subscription changes like this:

launch the App Store
on the main page at the bottom click on your Apple ID
select the "View Apple ID" option and enter your password
in the "Subscriptions" section, click "Manage"
select "Subscribe to Apple Music"
in the section "Renewal of subscription" you can switch to family subscription

In iTunes, you need to do the following:

click on your profile link in the top bar of iTunes
select "Account Information" and enter your password
in the "Settings" section you will see the number of active subscriptions and the "Manage" button. Click on it
select your Apple Music subscription and click "Edit"

Apple gives all new users a three-month trial period, and it doesn't matter how many times you switch from Individual to Family during those months. But after they expire, they will write off the money for the next month, and they will write off the amount that corresponds to the type of subscription at the time of the end of the trial. If it is an individual subscription - 169 rubles, if it is a family - 269 rubles. It will be possible to change the subscription type later, but this will affect the amount charged only from the next month.

Now you can listen to streaming Apple Music radio, with many functions, making lists of preferences and other chips. Now I want to tell you what Music is, how much a subscription costs and how to get rid of the service if you suddenly get tired of it. This is unlikely, though. But suddenly?

What is Apple Music

In the first lines, I want to tell you what kind of service it is. Music, as you may have guessed from the name, is a music service in which you do not buy certain tracks and albums / compilations, but listen to everything that suits your preferences. Moreover, you can listen to music on iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, iTunes (both Mac and Windows versions), as well as Android devices! True, colleagues with the "green robot" will have to wait a little - the program for them will be released a little later ...

Personally, I am a lover of rock and metal, and therefore, when I first turned on Music on my iPhone, I chose the styles and favorite bands I needed. This completes the setup of the service and I calmly proceeded to select the "wave" that I want to listen to.

And a small addition:

If you open iTunes on your computer or Music on iPhone, you can see several tabs - For You, New, Radio, and Connect. I'll tell you in order which is which:

- For you Are a collection of songs from your preferences. Here I have, for example, rock, metal and nearby, which one way or another I should like.

- New- in this section, judging by the name, new items will be located, and if you want, you can easily switch to any other style if you suddenly wanted something new 🙂

- Radio- various radio stations that you do not have to like ... They are simply there, and if you have already wandered here, then be sure to click on different stations, suddenly you like something (and do not forget to scroll down - there are radio stations for every taste) ... By the way, if you decide to listen to the radio, then there is a similarity with a regular FM station, you cannot listen to the track you like again, or put on the previous one. Play / pause and next track only:

- Connect- fan zone! You can subscribe to your favorite artist and write him your posts of admiration! No, really, you can write to Mumiy Troll. By the way, our loved ones have the same in, so you can safely write to them - Sasha Gagarin will definitely answer. I was clarifying 🙂

Of course, you can mark any track that is playing in Apple Music by clicking on the heart next to the name, and Apple Music in the future will be able to more accurately slip you what you should like!

Apple Music subscription

Alas, nothing beautiful from Apple comes to us for free, no matter how much we want it, and Apple Music is no exception. In Russia, a subscription to Apple Music costs 169 rubles per month, and not 550, as in the rest of the world (at a rate of ~ 55 rubles / dollar and a price of 10 dollars / month, it just turns out about 550 rubles). And in this many thanks to the guys from Cupertino, they have been delighting us with low prices in the iTunes Music Store for a long time!

When you turn on Music on iPhone for the first time, you will see a welcome screensaver with the option to confirm the entry (click on the "3 months free" button) in Apple Music, as well as skip the setting and go to listening to those songs that are already on the device by clicking on "My music":

And although the subscription costs 169 rubles, first 3 months you can use the streaming service absolutely free... However, to connect, you still need to have a linked card or have funds in your iTunes account.

Don't worry, when you click on Buy, you will not be charged! After confirming your purchase, you will be given a selection of your favorite music styles and artists.

If you do not yet have the opportunity to link the card to your iTunes account, you can buy a gift card for 500 rubles and thus fund your account.

Cancel Apple Music Subscription

Apple Music is a great music service, but you can't please everyone and everyone, and for various reasons. Someone will get tired of the excessive variety, someone has already bought all their favorite albums and compilations, and someone simply does not want to spend money every month ... Everyone may have their own reasons, but everyone has the same question - how to cancel an Apple Music subscription? So, there is a possibility to do it in 2 ways - from iPhone / iPad or through iTunes. I will describe both methods, and everyone can choose the most suitable for themselves. By the way, I want to warn you on the shore - you can cancel your subscription immediately after registration, at least in order to remember to do it in 3 months. It will be very simple to issue it again, but no one will reimburse you for the spent 169 rubles for the first "paid" month - you will have to listen to music, even if you did not plan ...

Cancel Apple Music Subscription via iPhone

This method, in my opinion, is very simple and will take you only 1-2 minutes, maximum. First you need to go to the iPhone or iPad in Settings, then go to the iTunes Store, App Store. At the very top, you need to click on your Apple ID and in the window that appears, click on View Apple ID. If suddenly an account is not created on the current device, then you will need to first enter your Apple ID and password, and then move on. If you succeed, then you need to scroll down a little to the Subscriptions item, and click on the blue Manage button:

After that, you will most likely see that auto-renewal is turned on for you and the period for debiting funds will begin from a certain date:

As you can see, in my case, the payment will be debited from 09/30/2015. And if you are determined to unsubscribe from Apple Music, then feel free to move the switch to the left. Of course they will ask you - and you are sure, because this is such a wonderful service, so much cool music and very little money, but be persistent and boldly click on Turn off.

If everything is done correctly, then you will see that there are no subscriptions, and if later you still want to use Apple Music, you will need to click on Individual or Family (subscription).

That's it, the subscription has been canceled and money will not be debited from you.

Cancel Apple Music Subscription via iTunes

This method is suitable for those who simply use iTunes on a computer and it is more convenient to perform all operations from the big screen.

First, go to iTunes (it doesn't matter if you have a Mac or a PC) and in the upper right corner, click on the silhouette of a man (your name can also be written next to it) and select Account Information. In the window that appears, enter your Apple ID password.

If you are not logged into your account on this computer, then simply enter your Apple ID and password and continue to follow the progress.

If everything worked out, the password was entered correctly, then the account control panel will appear in front of you. Honestly, there are a lot of interesting things here: changing your password, changing billing information, managing iTunes Match, the history of all your purchases, and also managing subscriptions. To manage subscriptions, you need to go down almost to the very bottom, to the Settings item and find the Subscriptions line. On the left there is a button Manage, which must be clicked:

In a couple of seconds, you will see a new window with active subscriptions:

And again, if you are determined to unsubscribe, click on Off, to the right of Auto-Renewal. And in a new window, confirm your desire by clicking on Disable:

That's it, after that you can safely go to any section of iTunes or continue using the Apple Music service and not be afraid that you will be charged at the end of the trial period.

I like Apple Music

Yes, this is the title I would like to end the description of the music service with. While I was writing this article, the beautiful rhythms and voices of AC / DC, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and many others were coming from iTunes. I got a lot of pleasure from listening to great songs and more and more realized that buying everything I liked would be very expensive and ineffective. For me, Apple Music is a salvation - I'm going to continue using the service in the future, both on my home computer and on the road on my iPhone. The only thing that upsets me a little now is my tariff plan, with 4 GB of Internet per month. Alas, for complete pleasure, I may have to switch to no more expensive tariff plan or buy additional gigabytes ...

I hope that my article helped you understand the service, understand how to subscribe or unsubscribe from it, if necessary. If you have any questions or wishes, you can feel free to write in the comments under the article, or write to me in the group at

The Apple Music streaming music service was launched in 2015. It can be accessed from any "apple" device, computers running Windows and mobile devices running Android. The service is available for free for the first three months. By the time the trial subscription expires, the user must make a choice whether to switch to a paid subscription or refuse to continue using the service. In this article, we will tell you how to unsubscribe from Apple Music at any time and from any device.

Types of subscriptions

To better understand what we are dealing with, let's take a quick look at the opportunities provided by Apple's streaming service. To start using it, you need to have a registered Apple ID, a single identifier that allows you to use all of the company's services. By subscribing, the user gets full access to the service from the first day, there are no restrictions on the choice and use of musical compositions.

Considering the trial period, there are five types of subscriptions:

Free. Provided only to new users of the service for a period of three months.
Individual. Your personal music collection, cost - 169 rubles per month.
Individual annual, cost - 1690 rubles.
Family. Access to the music collection for six people, the cost is 269 rubles per month. All members must be pre-configured with Family Sharing to share purchased content.
Student. Personal collection at a discounted price for college or college students. Valid for up to four years, with a monthly subscription price of $ 75.

I must say that during the time that has elapsed since the launch of the service, the subscription price for Russian users has not changed. At the same time, some countries in 2017 lost the free trial period, which was replaced by a preferential one with a reduced fee.

Now that all the options available and their cost are known, let's figure out how to turn off Apple Music. Let's consider the sequence of actions for all devices on which this service is available.

iPhone or iPad

Mobile devices marked with the apple logo are the most widespread. Therefore, to begin with, let's figure out how to unsubscribe from Apple Music on iOS 9 or 10. Access to the service in these operating systems is carried out from the "Music" program and to disable it, we will use it:

Select the "For You" menu item marked with the heart logo.
A profile sign will appear in the upper right corner of the screen, open it, go to the "View Apple ID" section.
Scroll down to Subscriptions and open it.
After the list of available use cases, there is an interactive "Unsubscribe" button.

After deactivation, the service will work on your devices until the end of the prepaid period, which is counted from the date of the subscription on a monthly basis. In the same way, you can unsubscribe from the free Apple Music subscription. As soon as you do this, access to the songs selected during the trial period will be blocked. It is important to remember here that free access is given only once and is not divided into periods. If you enable it for one day and then disable it, the trial subscription will be considered fully used.

or windows

On computers, the streaming service uses iTunes. Let's take a look at how to unsubscribe from Apple Music subscription using it. Open the "For You" section again and select "Account Information" under the profile icon. After confirming your password, your Apple ID information will open. We scroll through them to the last section "Settings" and see the item "Subscriptions" in it. Pressing the "Manage" button will open all available options for using the service, including canceling a subscription.

Similar actions can be done from the iTunes "Accounts" menu. Choosing View will also take you to your Apple ID user details. How to turn off Apple Music subscription from this page, we just explained.

Apple TV

The fourth-generation Apple TV is the only one of the entire series of these gadgets capable of working with the company's streaming service. Using it, you can also turn off your Apple Music subscription. We will now look at how to do this.

You will need to enter the settings menu of the set-top box and, having selected your account, confirm the entrance to it with a password. After completing these manipulations, you will see the already familiar control menu, where you can turn off your Apple Music subscription. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in this, the actions on all the considered devices are almost identical.

Android devices

By opening up the possibility of using their music service on Android devices, the guys from Cupertino made a clever marketing ploy. Some of the users of this operating system are likely to be able to change their preferences and replenish the army of fans of "apple" products. For those who, having tried the app of the same name, did not find it interesting, there is an option to disable Apple Music. We'll tell you how to do this on Android.

Enter the menu on the main page of the application to go to your account settings. Here you will need to find the Subscription Control Center and turn off auto-renewal there. After the performed actions, the service will work until the expiration of the monthly period that was previously paid.

iTunes Match

All the above methods show you how to unsubscribe from Apple Music on various electronic devices. In this case, it is implied that, having refused to use the service, you will not return to it again. If only alternatives from other music providers are available to Android users, Mac and Windows users can also choose a different option within the Apple system.

It's about iTunes Match, another Apple music-related product. Its application allows, following the advice on how to unsubscribe from Apple Music, continue to use iCloud as a server for storing your music collection. A feature of his work is the synchronization of songs already available on the local computer with the iTunes Store library.

Recordings identical to those stored in this music store will be replaced with them, with the appropriate quality. The service has its own restrictions on the size and number of stored songs, but nevertheless it gives the user a fairly good option for alternative use of their music collection. If abandoning Apple Music is all about cost, then it's worth considering. An annual subscription will cost you half the price.

Finally

Now you know how to unsubscribe from Apple Music and, following our recommendation, you can perform this operation on any device capable of working with this streaming service. However, if at the last moment you change your mind and decide to change your subscription to a more convenient pricing option, the sequence of actions performed will be the same.