

Now, you can forward email from your main Apple ID account for those iCloud accounts that you can’t transfer to the new iCloud addresses for people you just made. (In fact it's a good idea to give out alias addresses, rather than the main. There's no need to create a new ID you can add up to three 'email aliases' - these are additional addresses (not accounts) which deliver into the same inbox as the main account. Go back to Family Sharing and invite each of the new Apple IDs you created to join the Family Sharing group. Answer: A: You can't create a new me.com address any more, only new addresses. Log in to that new Apple ID for each person on each of their devices. When prompted to save or delete items synced via iCloud, figure out which you want, as it will vary by person, device, and service.Ĭreate a new Apple ID by following prompts in any of those locations while logged out. On your Mac, go to Apple menu > System Preferences > Apple. Log out of Apple ID on all their existing devices via the iCloud controls: in iOS/iPadOS, Settings > account name > Sign Out in macOS Mojave and earlier, sign out from the iCloud preference pane in Catalina and later, use the Apple ID preference pane’s iCloud view. On your phone, go to Settings and tap on your name you should see your Apple ID under your name. In macOS 10.15 Catalina or later, open the Family Sharing pane.įinally, create new Apple IDs for kids or other people who have addresses already associated with your existing Apple ID.

In macOS 10.14 Mojave or earlier, open the iCloud preference pane and click Set Up Family. To enable Family Sharing, go to Settings > account name > Set Up Family Sharing > Get Started in iOS and iPadOS. Family Sharing costs nothing, lets you choose to pool total storage among family members while keeping each person’s storage private from everyone else, and lets people in the group opt to share purchases. First, if you have added a non-Apple address to your Apple ID as a “reachable at” or “rescue” address, this column from 2018 should help you migrate it to a new Apple ID.
