Family Sharing no Match or Radio?

I spent a good bit of time setting up sharing only to find out it doesn't share two big iTunes features: Match/Imported Music/CDs and Radio without Ads.
It appears that Family Sharing does not include the vast library of CD's I have uploaded to iTunes and only purchased content is sharable between family members...
Also, iTunes radio will only work with advertising on since Family Sharing does not recognize the iTunes Match account either.
I do wish this was made clearer when setting up Family Sharing.
Any workarounds?

Hi
You can't use family sharing with iTunes match. Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing - Apple Support
jim

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Family Sharing Music w/ Match & 2 Apple IDs

I set up my Family Sharing and, ran Match successfully through Itunes to put all my music on the cloud (it took a few tries but all three steps completed for 2791 songs). When I try to access my music from the ID's I have varying results. On the devices with the same ID as the original account it appears all the songs are downloadable (just checked a few). But when I try accessing the music from my other ID it is totally random and only shows 247 of the songs available, most of which won't download anyway. I'll have some songs from an album make it over and others that won't. It doesn't appear to be related to whether or not I purchased them on Itunes or ripped them from my original CDs as I've seen some songs that made it across and others that didn't in both online purchases as well as original CDs. I ran Match again and it completed fine but no improvement on the itunes or music app end.
Thoughts....

Hi,
You cannot use iTunes match as part of Family Sharing.
Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing - Apple Support -
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ht4627
Note:
"There are a few things that you can't share:
Songs added to iTunes Match from outside the iTunes Store
In-App Purchases
Items that are no longer available on the iTunes Store
Items that were hidden
Apps that aren't shareable
If you're on an Apple TV, you can't access shared music."

Can I use iTunes Match while also using Family Sharing?

I just started the process of setting up Family Sharing tonight. I've added 4 family members, but when attempting to activate iTunes Match, it is prompting me to subscribe on the child accounts. I enjoyed having access to iTunes Match from all our family devices when sharing an iTunes account, and I don't see the benefit of using Family Sharing if I can't continue to share my music library with the entire family. Anyone have any info on this?
Thanks!

I do not have a solution, but here is Apple's FAQ on it ... See my note in this post...
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6543306

ICloud family sharing and iTunes Match

Apple,
I have setup iCloud family sharing accounts for my household as it is definitely a more convenient way to 'approve' of apps for my kids' devices. Unfortunately, I discovered that Apple has not included the ability to share iTunes Match content to family users. This creates a problem as the kids don't have separate computers and I don't intend to create separate iTunes libraries for them on the same computer where I would end up having duplicate libraries. Even if I accept that issue I would have to subscribe to match for 4 people in my house to the tune of $99.96 a year. This is NOT feasible and so now I find my self evaluating the benefit/future need for even my iTunes Match subscription. At this point, I am moving all of my music that was "matched" to my NAS and will have everyone access it using an iOS app. The thing is that this doesn't fit the, "it just works" commitment that Apple offered to it's users. It may be that you are limited by the labels/RIAA and they will not allow you to pass the matched content through family sharing but you are making a compelling case for my to just drop my Match subscription even though I have subscribed to it since you first offered it. My subscription is up for renewal in January 2015 so let's see if you fix this issue by then.

Hi,
You are not addressing Apple here. This is a user to user forum. Suggest you provide feedback to Apple https://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
Jim

Stupid question re iTunes match and family sharing

So, here is my dilemma...we have a large family and a ton of os devices--iphones, iPads, apple tv's, iMacs, MacBooks, etc. Up until now, we have set everyone up on the same apple id, which has been crazy--my and my wife's phone ringing with the kids' FaceTime calls, me not being able to sign into iTunes match because there were too many devices associated with our account, and so on. Now, wit the upgrade to iOS 8, my wife's phone is ringing when I receive calls and vice versa. So, I was looking into the family sharing, but am not sure how that affects iTunes match. I want to keep my iTunes match, because I have a huge music library and enjoy being able to listen to my music anywhere. I guess my questions is, what is the best way to set up my accounts now? Keep my apple id for my iOS devices, and set everyone else up as a "family member" under sharing with them having their own apple id's? If so, what does that do to my iTunes match library? can I keep iTunes match and still have family sharing on? I don't care if I can share my music library with everyone in my family, but what I do care about is that I don't want to lose my access to iTunes match and my entire library, some of which consists of songs downloaded 7 years ago. I know it's a stupid question, but as much as I've read and searched, I still haven't found the answer to my question. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Sounds very bad... you can try this, create a account for each member of the family, delete all products (leave all your devices as new) and put the accounts in the devices again, for example, this iPad is from the kid, put the Apple ID of the kid in her iPad, after, this iPhone is from your wife, put the Apple ID from your wife in her iPhone. But remember, the purchases save in the Apple IDs when the family use before, for change the purchases contact with Apple.

New Family Sharing and iTunes Match

Hello to all. With the release of iOS8 and the Beta of Yosemite, I have decided to leverage the new family sharing of the iTunes accounts. The set up works fine and I have gotten it working, just wondering how to get iTunes match to work with it. So pre-iOS8 I had an account "A" that all my iTunes purchases and iTunes Match were done with and then my wife and I both have personal accounts "B" and "C" for iCloud. So basically when I set up a device I would use one of our iCloud accounts (B or C) and then A for iTunes. This allowed for us to both see our purchases and also have access to our music via iTunes Match.
Now that I have put in Family Sharing and we now sign in with our own accounts. The purchases of apps work and we can see each others purchases. But when I goto iTunes we are not able to see the music that is associated with our primary account and it is requiring us both to purchase iTunes Match.
So any help on how to get iTunes Match to work across account with Family Sharing.

This has forced my family to go back to using one iTunes account. It is unfortunate because of all the features family sharing offers. My wife was excited about not having to compete for bookmarks when we are reading the same book, one little example.
be sure to leave feedback at https://www.apple.com/feedback/. I also sent some emails to the major apple blogs out there in hopes that they write about it. I assume the more negative attention the better chance there is a solution, not that this is deal breaking or anything, but still.

Itunes Match Family Sharing Not Working

Hello,
My parents have purchased iTunes Match, and they have also enabled ITunes family sharing, with my father's account being the "organizer" and my mother's being an authorized user. I have checked both their phones, and all iCloud/iTunes Match functionalities are turned on on both their phones. However, whenever my father purchases music through iTunes on his phone or computer, only sometimes does the content show up on iTunes on my Mother's phone, other times it does not. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is there some hidden functionality that needs to be turned on? I am not inexperienced with tech issues, but I cannot figure out for the life of me why this issue is recurring.

Hello Jimzgoldfinch,
After reading through the forums, I see iTunes Match does not work with family sharing. I believe that I may have conflated my issue. My parents are not having a problem with iTunes Match songs (songs uploaded to iCloud from computer) not being shared. Instead, they are having issues with songs purchased from iTunes directly not being shared across both their accounts. The issue occurs regardless of whether the songs are purchased by my father, the "organizer" of the iTunes sharing, or by my mother.
Am I correct in assuming (since I was not the one to setup iTunes Family Sharing, and have not dealt with it before) that iTunes Sharing is supposed to allow music purchased by any of the accounts associated with the family "organizer" to be accessed by all of the accounts associated? This assumes, again, that the content is shareable (which the website says iTunes music purchased from iTunes is).
If I need to repost this question in a different forum, I will do so.
Thanks for the help so far.

How does Family Sharing work if both members have iTunes Match subscriptions?

I wanted to add someone to my family sharing in the new iOS 8 but we both have separate iTunes match subscriptions. How are those two subscriptions effected if she is added to my family sharing or are the two match accounts merged? Any advice on this would be great.

I'm still trying to figure out this family sharing thing, but I THINK the other person will still be logged in with their own apple id, so they would have access to their own iTunes match, and not yours. I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to "family share" iTunes match. Like I said, i'm still working on it, but so far on the one account i've set it up on, I didn't have to log that user out.

Family Sharing together with iTunes Match

How can iTunes Match be used together with family sharing on e.g. the iPodof a child?
When the child wants to use the App-Store over family sharing, it needs to be logged on in iTunes with the childs account - but then iTunes Match can't be used from the Parents account.

I am very interested in this as well. I don't think there is currently a solution but I think (hope) it is something that Apple will enable in the near future. Let Apple know that this is a feature we want! Send feedback here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html
I just did.

HT204146 How does the Itunes Match works in family sharing

If i subscribe for itunes match the rest of the family member in family sharing get also the suscription even without sharing the songs?

HI,
Family sharing does not work for iTunes match. Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing - Apple Support
Jim

Family Sharing, Home Sharing or iTunes Match?!

I'm confused.
MY PARTNER
My partner and I have the same of everything - an iMac each, an iPhone each and an iPad each.
He has a lifetime of music, video and book purchases and I don't have any, and he is subscribed to iTunes Match.
He is away from home 4 days per week, so prefer to Sleep or Shut Down his iMac to save power.
ME
iTunes on my iMac is logged in under his account name so I can access his purchases.
iCloud on my iMac is setup under my Apple ID for syncing calendars, contacts, passwords etc.
My iPhone and iPad are logged in under my own Apple ID for iCloud, iTunes & App Store purchases.
FAMILY SHARING
I have set this up today with my my partner being the main account holder.
SETUP
Wondering if this setup is ideal or if anything should be changed?
Have tried Home Sharing but find most of the time it times out and is painful waiting for library to display on my iPad or iPhone, and also as he is away from home 4 days per week, his iMac is either Sleep or Shut Down, but I'm guessing Home Sharing or Family Sharing is way to go?
What I want to do is have his music show up (sync?) on my iMac so I can play his music. I also want to import purchased Kids DVDs on one iMac only - so presume his would be better than mine so everything is kept together in one master iTunes library? I want to be able to stream to Apple TV kids movies, and play Playlists on my iPhone or iPad.

I don't use either Home Sharing or Family Sharing but from what I have read it sounds like FS is what you need. I don't know about all the details and realize that it is unlikely any one service will have all features you want.
Tunes: How to share music and video - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2688 - about Music Sharing and Home Sharing
Alternatively, just keep his Mac turned on. Mine has been running 24/7 since 2006. Yes, it uses a bit of power but no more so than leaving on a security light or two.

HT4914 Is iTune Match included/supported with Apple's Family Sharing?

My question is my family has different apple IDs and i am using Apple's family sharing now can I (the organiser) subscribe to iTune Match and all family members will be able to link to it?
Also, does iTune Match has Bollywood songs?
chrs
aj

No, you can't share your iTunes Match with Family Sharing.

HT4914 How does the family sharing allow members to share music in iTunes Match?

Same as title, How does the family sharing allow members to share music in iTunes Match?

Yes, you can stream or transfer music ripped from CDs to other computers via Home Sharing.

Can I use two different iTunes accounts on one computer without using Family sharing

So my wife made the mistake of logging into her iTunes account on my computer to purchase some music and she also (without knowing what she was doing) turned on family sharing at some point.
This is irritating for multiple reasons:
Now I have hundreds of artists added to my iTunes match, all of who I care nothing about and don't want the clutter in my artist list, but I can't figure out how to permanently delete them off of my account. Also, now if I login to my account on iTunes I can't play any of my music for 90 days.
Is there ANY way for me to re-organize my music, delete her junk, and get myself back to where I can play my purchased music on my iTunes account? Any time I try to organize or delete her music it shows back up next time I open it.
I almost feel like I need to download all of my music off of the cloud, delete my iTunes account, and then open another one AFTER organizing my music while offline and then enable match again. Everything is so cluttered and frustrating. Looking for some advice.

1. Give her a separate user account on your computer. If you have a backup copy of the library, you can restore it.
2. If you encounter a 90-day waiting period, click here and ask the iTunes Store staff if they'll remove it.
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Family Sharing vs One Apple ID

Scenario before IOS 8:
My iPhone 5S linked to iCloud with MY AppleId.
     iMessage - MY AppleId & my phone number.
     FaceTime - MY AppleId & my phone number.
     Find my Friends - MY AppleId
     AppleStore - MY AppleId.
     Home Sharing - MY AppleId
My wife's 5S linked to ilCloud with MY AppleId.
     iMessage - HER AppleId & HER phone number
     Facetime - HER AppleId & HER phone number
     Find My Friends - HER AppleId
     AppleStore - My AppleId
     Home Sharing - My AppleId
Our family iPad3 linked to MY AppleId
     iMessage - my second AppleId
     FaceTime - my second AppleId
     Find My Friends - my Second AppleId
     AppleStore MY AppleId
     Home Sharing MY AppleId.
Our family iMac. Only one acount linked All services with MY AppleId
We share all App Store and iTunes purchases, iTunes Match, Photo Stream (we love this feature, authomatic broadcast all photos to iphones, ipad, imac and pcs)
We don't share messages, facetime settings neither locations and our friends allways can get my location or my wife's.
BUT we have only 5Gb free iCloud storage for backup iphones and ipad.
Scenerio after IOS 8 and Family Sharing is setted up.
My iphone 5s - my appleId all services.
My wife's 5S - HER appleId all services.
OUR iPad - My daughter (unter 13yo) new AppleId
OUR iMac - Only one account - MyAppleId all services.
We share new purchases, and a shared streram. Not iTunes Match neither old purchases,
We dont share messages, facetime settings neither location (findMyFriends).
WE have 5Gb free iCloud storage per IOS Device for backups
BUT We cant share a photo stream AUTHOMATIC like my photostream was. We can not download my wife's iphone 5S photos to our family iMac, only my iphone photos.
We choose get back to old settings. My wife login icloud with MY AppleId. We get back sharing photo stream BUT NOW WE SHARE LOCATION in find my friends. Its all about a new restriction: We can only share location by One device. Apple has linked findMyFriends to iCloud account. EPIC FAIL. We need a login at find my friends in order to log in with differents appleIds.
We are dissapointed with Family Sharing but it's worst than we've supposed because getting back to old scenario with IOS 8 is impossible mission.
somebody help us please.
(Sorry about my english. I write from Spain).

Hi Jastect,
In order to edit an Child Apple Id you can just go to https://appleid.apple.com/ and log as your daughter and edit all data (except id itself and birthdate). This is possible only if you know the password :-) even without knowing, the recovery procedure is working fine.
In my case:
- I created an Child apple ID (as described in Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids), child is -13y
- As mentioned in Leave Family Sharing : "Children under 13 can't be removed from a family. If you need to, you can transfer the child to another family or delete their Apple ID". ok, fair enough. Then I want to delete the id... But I cannot find where the delete option is available ???
Hopefully someone can help.

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