How to share iCloud storage

Apple gives you 5 GB of iCloud storage space on the Internet for free. But if you need more, it will cost you: somewhere between $0.99 per month for 50 GB and $59.99 per month for 12 TB. Once you subscribe, you get a number of other benefits, including an email privacy feature.

No matter how much iCloud storage you pay for, you can share it with other people. Sharing with an iCloud Family is the most obvious way to do this, through an iCloud Family plan, but thanks to the file sharing tools available on iCloud, you can also share specific files and folders with whomever you like. want.

Share iCloud storage via Family Sharing

The Apple Family Sharing This feature is as simple as it sounds: you can share subscriptions like Apple Music and Apple News with other people in your family, and iCloud storage is covered too. There’s also a selection of parental controls included, but here we’re going to focus specifically on the storage sharing portion of the package.

You have to pay for iCloud storage to share it via Family Sharing: it doesn’t work with the standard 5GB storage space, but only the designated householder has to pay. Assuming you do the setup, you can get started from an iPhone, iPad, or Mac. If you are using a mobile device:

• Open Settings.
• Tap your name at the top.
• Crane Family sharing.
• Select Set up your family.

You can find the same options by tapping your name in System Settings on macOS. You’ll be asked to specify the contacts you want to invite to your family, and you’ll be given a link to share via text, email, or whatever platform you prefer. Families can contain up to six people.

You can manage the people in your family by tapping Family via Settings (or System Settings on macOS). Once you have your list in order, you can make a choice Family checklist Than iCloud+ to share your iCloud storage. After the initial setup, you can manage iCloud sharing iCloud storage on the Family screen.

And that’s really it: everyone in the family gets access to the amount of iCloud storage you pay for, all shared together in one pool. Family members can’t see the files and folders of other people sharing the storage, so everything remains private, although you can share specific files and folders if necessary, which brings us to the second method of sharing iCloud storage.

Share iCloud storage via shared files and folders

This second option allows you to share specific files and folders with specific contacts, regardless of whether they are part of your family group. It also works with the free 5GB iCloud storage plan. It doesn’t bundle your entire storage space in the same way as Family Sharing, but it’s useful for creating shared spaces on iCloud and collaborating with other people.

You can start sharing a folder from your iCloud Drive by loading it iCloud on the weband then click Driving force:

• Navigate to the folder you want to share.
• Click on the Share folder button in the top right corner: it looks like a person’s head and shoulders, with a plus sign on it.
• A link will be created to access the file, and you can choose to do so E-mail it or click Copy link to send it to the clipboard.
• Click Sharing options to set whether or not your invited contacts can make changes to the folder, and whether or not anyone with the link can join the folder.
• Click Part to confirm.

If you choose to let anyone with the link join the directory, it’s like having a room that anyone can walk into as long as they have the address. If you stick to it Only people you inviteit’s like checking names at the door: unless you specifically invite the contact, they won’t be able to log into the directory.

To share a file, click on the specific file before clicking the same share button in the top right corner. This button also lets you edit how a folder or file is shared and disable sharing if necessary. These options are also available on macOS: Use Cmd+click on a file or folder to see the same sharing settings.

If you’ve given other people permission to make changes when sharing a folder, they can upload files to it and edit existing files, although these files only count as part of your iCloud storage quota (assuming your contacts don’t doing). do not have their own copies stored elsewhere).

The File and Folder Sharing or Family Sharing options should give you a way to share your iCloud storage with other people, and they’re both easy to set up and manage. If you and your family need to access a shared folder (for example, to plan a vacation), you can use both methods side by side.