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Is it just me or does the author not really understand what a family iCloud is? It's not merging accounts as they seem to think it is. I don't gain access to m

Is it just me or does the author not really understand what a family iCloud is? It's not merging accounts as they seem to think it is. I don't gain access to my partners data just because we are on a family plan. Really the only "issue" we have is the credit card has to be the same but that's such a small issue to resolve since we have a shared credit card for shared expenses. I don't really see the issue with going the route of just setting up a family link between your separate accounts if you have a dog together. Honestly that feels like more of a commitment... Regardless of that for a moment. I think its better that the only way you can "share" a AirTag is through family. I can't really think of a reason that this would be an issue with friends that can't be easily solved by the 24 hour notice (or worst case needing to do that for a few days if you are doing a trip together or something). Adding the ability to permanently do this otherwise I would worry could either be accidentally enabled or have a strong risk for abuse.

jrmg 4y ago
There are loads of comments here from people that don’t realize that you actually can turn off notifications for AirTags that belong to family members you’ve linked your iCloud account to. It’s mentioned in one sentence at the end of the article.
- nerdjon 4y ago
  I am referring to this line in the article: > We currently have separate accounts, though, and aren’t interested in fully merging our clouds. It seems like they are making out a Family iCloud to be a much bigger thing than it actually is.
  - jrmg 4y ago
    Yeah, I agree.
- 404mm 4y ago
  How can you do that?! I need this! I have AirTags, family setup and plague of notifications :(
  - jrmg 4y ago
    The Apple docks state that if you get a notification about an AirTag assigned to a family member, you have the choice of silencing the notifications indefinitely. Search for ‘family’ here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227
    - 404mm 4y ago
      Thanks! They must have added it some time after I became numb to all notifications from Find My. Imo this was really poorly handled by Apple :(
    - 404mm 4y ago
      I just got one of the expected “stalking” AirTag notifications from my wife’s tag and I can confirm there is NO option to silence it for more than a day. I was one of the rather early AirTag adopters so I’ll go ahead and unpair it and re-add it to her account to see if it behaves differently tomorrow.
bende511 4y ago
But what if you have roommates? Like, what if I live in a 3 bedroom apt. I don't want to have a family plan with my roommates just so I don't get a stalking notification about my friends backpack being left in his bedroom. There are lot's of situations where non-traditional household arrangements make the 24 hour notice will be a real pain. You should be able to add other iCloud accounts to ignore specific tags, or something like that.
- nerdjon 4y ago
  ok I will admit I did not think of roommates... that is my bad. that is a valid use case that you would not setup a family account.
404mm 4y ago
How can you share AirTag through family? I never found that option. All AirTags are being treated like individual unshared devices.

jrmg 4y ago

There are loads of comments here from people that don’t realize that you actually can turn off notifications for AirTags that belong to family members you’ve linked your iCloud account to. It’s mentioned in one sentence at the end of the article.

nerdjon 4y ago
I am referring to this line in the article: > We currently have separate accounts, though, and aren’t interested in fully merging our clouds. It seems like they are making out a Family iCloud to be a much bigger thing than it actually is.
- jrmg 4y ago
  Yeah, I agree.
404mm 4y ago
How can you do that?! I need this! I have AirTags, family setup and plague of notifications :(
- jrmg 4y ago
  The Apple docks state that if you get a notification about an AirTag assigned to a family member, you have the choice of silencing the notifications indefinitely. Search for ‘family’ here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212227
  - 404mm 4y ago
    Thanks! They must have added it some time after I became numb to all notifications from Find My. Imo this was really poorly handled by Apple :(
  - 404mm 4y ago
    I just got one of the expected “stalking” AirTag notifications from my wife’s tag and I can confirm there is NO option to silence it for more than a day. I was one of the rather early AirTag adopters so I’ll go ahead and unpair it and re-add it to her account to see if it behaves differently tomorrow.

bende511 4y ago

But what if you have roommates? Like, what if I live in a 3 bedroom apt. I don't want to have a family plan with my roommates just so I don't get a stalking notification about my friends backpack being left in his bedroom. There are lot's of situations where non-traditional household arrangements make the 24 hour notice will be a real pain. You should be able to add other iCloud accounts to ignore specific tags, or something like that.

nerdjon 4y ago
ok I will admit I did not think of roommates... that is my bad. that is a valid use case that you would not setup a family account.

404mm 4y ago

How can you share AirTag through family? I never found that option. All AirTags are being treated like individual unshared devices.