My family is currently sharing the same icloud on 6 different devices. We'd like for everyone to now have serperate icloud accounts, but will some of us loose downloads if we change icloud accounts?

As long as you share the same iTUNES account log in, you will have access to the family downloads, but have different ID's for

Settings > iCloud

SEttings > Facetime

Settings > MEssages > Send/recieve at

Have your family have a DIFFERENT apple id in these settings,

For the store just...

SEttings > ITunes & App Store

HAVE THE SAME ID SIGNED IN HERE; you will keep access to teh same account so Child A can have Child D's downloads and viceversa; However do note that set this expectation early; if the kids /ever/ want to have their own itunes store account they will not be able to update/redownload any music belonging to the other account and will have to repurchase them to add them to their own account

There is no exception, so if they want to fly solo, sooner then later is better.

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