Setting Up Family Sharing on a Windows PC

Setting Up Family Sharing on a Windows PC

The first thing you're going to need to is iCloud for Windows on your computer. This will let you interact with many of the Apple's services from your Windows running computer.

Head over to the iCloud for Windows website and download and install the tool on your computer. Launch the tool and you will be asked to enter in your login details. Enter in the details that have shared access for Apple's services. Then, proceed with the on-screen instructions.

You should now be able to access many of the Apple services using iCloud for Windows on your computer.

One of the things you won't find access to in the tool is your shared music files. That's because it's handled by another app and it's called iTunes. That means you need to get the iTunes for Windows app and use it to access the shared music content on your computer. The following shows how you can do that:

Accessing Shared Music Content with iTunes

As we mentioned before, you need to get the latest version of iTunes installed on your computer before you can proceed. Also, once you have installed the app, make sure to log-in to your Apple account so everything can start syncing.

Open iTunes and click on the Account menu followed by Family Purchases. It will take you to the screen where you can see the purchases made by your family members and that are shared with you. If you like an item that has been shared with you, you can click on the download button to download it to your computer and make it available offline for your access.

One thing you should keep in mind with family sharing is that the country of all the users should be the same. If it's different, you will lose access to your shared content.

So, that was how you could access family shared content on a Windows running computer.

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