How do I use iTunes shar to share apps with in my household

I heard that sharing apps with in a household is ok. So I wanna co it but not sure how to do it with I tunes share. Help please

The apps that you share will be associated with your Apple ID, even if you share them with family members. So if an app needs to be updated, then you shall have to sign into your Apple ID on the computers or iOS devices which have the apps installed in order to update them.
Probably the easiest way to share the apps is to copy them from your computer to the other computers in your family and then authorize those computers with your Apple ID. You can authorize up to five (5) computers, including your own, to use your iTunes stuff. On a Mac the apps are stored at this location; ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Mobile Applications/ (I have no idea where they are on a Windows box!) Drag & drop the apps that you wish to share from that location onto the iTunes app on the other Macs or PCs over your LAN or other direct connection. Or copy them from that location onto a USB stick and then drag & drop them onto iTunes on the other computers. After you authorize those computers for your iTunes stuff, the apps can be synced to iOS devices. You authorize the computer to use your iTunes stuff in the computer's iTunes app's Store menu.
There are other more complicated methods of moving the apps around to share.

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