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How so? - Purchase a new device. - Power it up. - It asks you if it should be setup individually or as part of a group. - You select group and
by robomartin 14y ago
How so?
- Purchase a new device.
- Power it up.
- It asks you if it should be setup individually or as part of a group.
- You select group and enter the credentials.
- It then navigates you through a set of sensible startup options to configure the device's primary user
- Anything else you do online or through a dedicated group management app
In the case of getting an iPod for a kid, you power the thing up, choose group, enter her name, check off the allowed apps from a list, enable other options (can they make purchases?) and you are pretty much done. Hand it to the kid and walk away. You can refine other setup items at a later time.
I don't want my five year old to have an Apple ID or iCloud account. I just want her to have access to a dozen apps and that's it.
- ricardobeat 14y agoYou assume that you have a "group" set up in some other machine, and it needs to be powered up - or if this happens via the internet you need some kind of identification beforehand. If the kid is going to be able to make purchases, it will need a password (you don't want their friends or anyone else spending their credits). And all of this requires a special app or website with a management interface. My point is that this would create a whole new set of tools that you'd need to grasp. For comparison, steps for currently activating an independent device: - Purchase. - Power up. - Choose locale/etc settings. - Create new apple ID. - Enter your credentials in App Store. - Download apps. Hand it to the kid and walk away. None of this requires fumbling with settings on another machine. If you need to change settings, grab the iPod, change the settings.