Macworld - USA (2020-09)

114 MACWORLD SEPTEMBER 2020

Mac 911

Solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.

BY GLENN FLEISHMAN

HELPDESK

Answering Your Questions and Sharing Your

Tips About Getting the Most From Your Mac

IMAGE: APPLE

WHY CAN’T FAMILY

SHARING INCLUDE MORE

THAN SIX PEOPLE?

Family Sharing allows Apple uses to select

up to six people in their family who can

pool iCloud storage, share most apps, and

view each other’s purchased media. It also

lets parents more easily shape and

monitors usage of their kids’ devices,

providing more security and peace of mind.

But why is there a six-person limit? A

Macworld reader with six children recently

wrote in to explain how it affects his family

after he tried to add his two youngest kids:

Now I can’t use screen time controls for

them because I can’t add them to my

family. And I can’t stop my oldest

20-year-old to make room because he

relies on our Apple Music subscription