None of these plans are worth it for me. All I have now is Apple Music and 2TB iCloud storage, and that's all I need. None of these plans make sense for most people cost wise.
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With Apple One, iCloud Users Can Get Up to 4TB Storage
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Apples business model. Too little or too much so you have to pay for more than what you need. There's no middle....EVER!
I'm not sure if I understand? If space is shared. So it would be either 2TB or 4TB shared, so it just depends on how much you use. Or do you mean you want to be able to allocate/limit each member's usage?
For me its not worth it. I pay yearly for Apple Music. I got a free year of ATV+ for buying a Macbook Pro. I don't need Arcade and it would be cheaper to just get it stand alone. I also pay yearly for OneDrive storage 1TB which gives me Microsoft Office.
Here was my scenario and how I "fixed it." Hope it helps someone...
I have 4 family members on a 2TB iCloud plan, with a total of 5 Apple ID's... everyone has their own personal ID, plus I have an ID that is just used for the media/store purchases of all the accounts. I upgraded to Apple One Premium and all of my Apple services like TV and Arcade properly show they will be replaced by Apple One... HOWEVER I now had TWO separate 2TB iCloud packages, one from Apple One and the other attached to my personal Apple ID (but used by everyone.) I got no warning about this and only noticed when I saw my $9.99 2TB iCloud plan was going to renew in 3 days.
Sooo... what I discovered is the Apple One plan, including the its 2TB family data package was assigned to my media/store account as that is how everything is billed for the entire family. However for whatever reason my old 2TB iCloud plan was assigned to my personal apple ID. The way this was fixed was I went to settings -> my name -> subscriptions and selected "Apple One". Then I chose "Manage iCloud Storage Accounts" and it gave me the option to assign the storage to any of the entire family's IDs including my personal one. I assigned it to my personal ID and then I checked if my $9.99 iCloud 2TB plan was still there but it said "canceled" and "assigned to Apple One" now. No data was ever lost and the entire family remains covered.
If I wasn't the type to snoop around after the Apple One update I would have never seen this and who knows how long until I noticed I was getting charged any extra $9.99 a month...
I have 4 family members on a 2TB iCloud plan, with a total of 5 Apple ID's... everyone has their own personal ID, plus I have an ID that is just used for the media/store purchases of all the accounts. I upgraded to Apple One Premium and all of my Apple services like TV and Arcade properly show they will be replaced by Apple One... HOWEVER I now had TWO separate 2TB iCloud packages, one from Apple One and the other attached to my personal Apple ID (but used by everyone.) I got no warning about this and only noticed when I saw my $9.99 2TB iCloud plan was going to renew in 3 days.
Sooo... what I discovered is the Apple One plan, including the its 2TB family data package was assigned to my media/store account as that is how everything is billed for the entire family. However for whatever reason my old 2TB iCloud plan was assigned to my personal apple ID. The way this was fixed was I went to settings -> my name -> subscriptions and selected "Apple One". Then I chose "Manage iCloud Storage Accounts" and it gave me the option to assign the storage to any of the entire family's IDs including my personal one. I assigned it to my personal ID and then I checked if my $9.99 iCloud 2TB plan was still there but it said "canceled" and "assigned to Apple One" now. No data was ever lost and the entire family remains covered.
If I wasn't the type to snoop around after the Apple One update I would have never seen this and who knows how long until I noticed I was getting charged any extra $9.99 a month...
But how do you add additional icloud to it? It doesn't let me stack, it only lets me replace it
Figured it out!
So if you have this problem:
1) You had an Apple ID you use for main, and another for purchases/subscriptions, and you have a family set up
2) You purchase apple One on your purchase/subscription ID
3) You need to increase storage but it doesn't let you "stack" storage but instead makes you replace your apple one icloud storage
I found the fix:
1) Add your purchase/subscription ID to your family plan
2) If that doesn't work, log out of your main Apple ID, log into you subscription ID as icloud. Upgrade your storage. And then click share with family
So if you have this problem:
1) You had an Apple ID you use for main, and another for purchases/subscriptions, and you have a family set up
2) You purchase apple One on your purchase/subscription ID
3) You need to increase storage but it doesn't let you "stack" storage but instead makes you replace your apple one icloud storage
I found the fix:
1) Add your purchase/subscription ID to your family plan
2) If that doesn't work, log out of your main Apple ID, log into you subscription ID as icloud. Upgrade your storage. And then click share with family
AppleOne premium saves me about $20 month. Five adult family members use it, so it is quite the bargain when one divides by 5. Not all services are used equally, but all are used.
I reply to myself: another user was in touch with Apple and was told that it's provided a refund for the unused portion of any subscription in the Apple One plan.
Sorry if I missed it within the many comments, but is there a discount or consideration if you’re getting a free 12 months of AppleTV+ and/or 3 free months of AppleArcade? For me it seems otherwise it’s best to hold tight until my free trials expire.
According to the Apple support document if you sign up for a Apple One plan with the same amount of storage as your current iCloud Storage plan, you keep both of them for the duration of the 1-month One trial. Then at the end of the trial your iCloud Storage plan is canceled. To me it seems it would make more sense to cancel the iCloud Storage part before its next billing date but ¯\(ツ)/¯
I had a 2TB iCloud storage planned shared with the family and signed up for the Premier One plan with 2TB storage. Indeed I see 4TB total storage right now. On iPad I went to Settings-><AppleID>->iCloud->Manage Storage->Change Storage Plan and noted that my iCloud Storage plan was still set to renew. I assume this is because my iCloud Storage plan normally renews on the 19th of the month and the trial end-date isn't until the 30th. I suspect it would renew on the 19th and then on the 30th the iCloud Storage plan would cancel and refund some pro-rated amount.
This tripped up my OCD a little bit so on the same Change Storage Plan page I went to the Downgrade Options for the iCloud Storage and just flipped it to None right now. I still have 4TB of storage for the moment but now the iCloud Storage expires/cancels on its next billing date (the 19th) instead of renews which makes more sense to me lol.
In any case this One Premier seems a good value for The Wife and I. We only had family versions of Apple Music and 2TB iCloud Storage for $24.98 total monthly (14.99+9.99). Another ~$5 adds in News+, TV+, Fitness+ eventually, Arcade -- all of which we'll be using on the regular.
I had a 2TB iCloud storage planned shared with the family and signed up for the Premier One plan with 2TB storage. Indeed I see 4TB total storage right now. On iPad I went to Settings-><AppleID>->iCloud->Manage Storage->Change Storage Plan and noted that my iCloud Storage plan was still set to renew. I assume this is because my iCloud Storage plan normally renews on the 19th of the month and the trial end-date isn't until the 30th. I suspect it would renew on the 19th and then on the 30th the iCloud Storage plan would cancel and refund some pro-rated amount.
This tripped up my OCD a little bit so on the same Change Storage Plan page I went to the Downgrade Options for the iCloud Storage and just flipped it to None right now. I still have 4TB of storage for the moment but now the iCloud Storage expires/cancels on its next billing date (the 19th) instead of renews which makes more sense to me lol.
In any case this One Premier seems a good value for The Wife and I. We only had family versions of Apple Music and 2TB iCloud Storage for $24.98 total monthly (14.99+9.99). Another ~$5 adds in News+, TV+, Fitness+ eventually, Arcade -- all of which we'll be using on the regular.
Yes, I meant that I want Apple Music and iCloud in a package, I don't get paid for two more services that I don't use...
I was sort of excited for Apple One, but it will end up costing me more than I’m paying now. I have two Apple IDs. My iCloud ID pays $2.99 for 200 GB. The media ID paid $99 for a year of Apple Music ($8.25 per month) and has a free trial of Apple TV+. Both expire in February. At that point I’d pay $16.23 a month (though $99 up front).
i figured I could switch to Apple One, go to the $0.99 50 GB plan and get 100 GB (all I need now) for a total of $15.98. Instead I’d end up paying $17.98 ($14.99 + $2.99) and lose the 50 GB of storage. That or pay $19.99 for the family plan. so it’s not worth it as I don’t care about Apple Arcade.
i figured I could switch to Apple One, go to the $0.99 50 GB plan and get 100 GB (all I need now) for a total of $15.98. Instead I’d end up paying $17.98 ($14.99 + $2.99) and lose the 50 GB of storage. That or pay $19.99 for the family plan. so it’s not worth it as I don’t care about Apple Arcade.
I’d like to know this too
i currently pay for music and Arcade and 200 GB iCloud but have tv+ for free until May 2021 (bought an iPad Pro )
if I take the plan with the same storage I pay (a tiny bit) more right?
so better wait until the Apple TV+ free year is over?
You “lose” it as billing starts immediately. You’re basically paying twice for Apple Music at that point. As such I wouldn’t subscribe to One while still on the yearly plan.
It’s a ripoff unless you pay monthly for everything and either cancel them so they expire, and wait out any free trial you’re getting. Otherwise, you’re out money, at least in the short term, and probably after it’s all said and done.
What they should have done is:
individual: 200gb
Family: 2tb
Premier: 4tb
200gb is no where enough for 6 people in a family and id even argue 50gb isn’t enough for an individual.
They should have thought on this a little more
individual: 200gb
Family: 2tb
Premier: 4tb
200gb is no where enough for 6 people in a family and id even argue 50gb isn’t enough for an individual.
They should have thought on this a little more
Looked at mine and it as showing 4TB, I had to go into settings and downgrade. I use the family plan with a total of 5 phones and still only use about 25gb. I guess I can always add in the future if I need it. I got the premier plan, it's just $5 than what I was paying but I t Apple News, which i wanted and apparently 2 other also wanted and of course Arcade, I did try it at first but I'm not a game player but I'm sure my kids will use it, I will also I'm sure. So I have Apple TV+ and would have started to say for it in February, so I break even with a few extra services.