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Icloud Drive Family Sharing

My wife cannot access our family icloud drive from her iphone 8....her ios is up to date with 14.4.....any suggestions?

Posted on Feb 21, 2021 7:15 AM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2021 7:14 AM

Yes, it is confusing. I made a mistake, iCloud Drive does exist. I am SOOOOO sorry 😢. To share a file go to files, iCloud Drive, long press the file you wish to share, select share, select share file in iCloud, and then add people and change what they can access. I hope this helps. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/share-files-with-icloud-file-sharing-mchl91854a7a/mac


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Feb 22, 2021 7:14 AM in response to ericfrombinbrook

Yes, it is confusing. I made a mistake, iCloud Drive does exist. I am SOOOOO sorry 😢. To share a file go to files, iCloud Drive, long press the file you wish to share, select share, select share file in iCloud, and then add people and change what they can access. I hope this helps. https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/share-files-with-icloud-file-sharing-mchl91854a7a/mac


Feb 21, 2021 5:49 PM in response to DaCatmaster

So with ā€œfamily sharingā€ what can you share via the iCloud Drive? If itā€™s a family plan, do the family members assigned to the plan, not have access to the drive, photos etc?


Iā€™ve created folders in the drive that stores photos based on their type or event and Iā€™d like my wife to have access to those via her iPhone. How can that be accomplished?

Feb 28, 2021 9:28 AM in response to DaCatmaster

This is exactly what I want to accomplish too. What IOS version are you using for this. I am assuming you are doing this from an iPad and not a Mac? When I do as you suggest I do not get the share selection at all. I get all of these except Share. I can't get anything like this on my Mac either. Is there possibly a step missing that I don't know about?

Icloud Drive Family Sharing

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