Change status in Family Sharing

I Have two minors I have added to the family share feature but their status is adult. How do I change their status to child?

If they are 13 or younger, you will have to create a new apple ID from within the family sharing setup.  I have also heard that you can possibly adjust their age to 2001 to enable ATB, but I don't know if that really works.

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  • How do I change age on family sharing

    If I wanted to change a family member's apple id age how would I do that. I want to change the age on the apple ID without creating a new apple ID.

    I have already been around this and ended up creating a new AppleID using the Family Sharing route. That seems to be the only way for me to create an under 13 account.
    I am curious what you guys think you are going to lose this way. Photos/Music etc. can obviously be backed up to a PC/Mac. Personally, before family sharing, I logged my son on as me in the app store, but not for messages/iTunes etc. So when I created his new under-13 account, added him to our family and logged him on as himself, he still had access to all the apps he did previously, via Family Sharing.
    I can see it would be annoying to say the least if you had made a lot of purchases using the old "faked" account. If this was the case I would log a ticket with Apple and see if they are able to manually reset the age for that AppleID.

  • HT1311 Changing Apple ID on IOS Device and Family Sharing

    So how does the new Family Sharing feature for IOS 8 fit into changing an associated Apple ID?  We set up our daughter's iPod with my Apple ID so that we can share apps and content.  If we create her own Apple ID listing it as 'family' and then change the ID on her iPod, what happens to the apps that are already there under the primary ID?  Will she lose the status for all of her games?

    In short, yes, you can create her own ID, invite that ID to your Family Share, and she will continue to be able to use the apps from your ID without any immediate impacts.
    From my experience, logging out of an apple id on a device does not de-authorize or remove apps that are already loaded.  In fact, I regularly log out of one ID and in to another in the iTunes and App Stores.  The issue you will face in the future with your current approach is your daughter does not own any of the apps you have been giving her via your ID.  Way off in the future, when perhaps she is no longer in your Family Share, all the apps she got will stop updating unless she re-purchases them.  That may not really be a big risk or concern, but its a reality.  The only caveat to keep in mind when logging out and in with different accounts is you want to avoid changing the account used for automatic downloads.  Apple (due to licensing restrictions from content owners) does not let you change automatic downloads frequently (you're locked in for 90 days).  You can still manually download content from other accounts, just not automatically.
    Prior to Family Share I thought of content purchases in 3 buckets: what I want to own with my ID, what they own with their ID, and what we want to share.  Therefore, before Apple introduced Family Share I create a "dummy" Apple ID for my family as well as IDs for each of us.  I keep the password for this dummy account to myself, and I log all my kids devices in to the App Store using this dummy id (it's got a good name we all recognize that has internal family meaning).  We often load up this dummy account with gift cards, and when child wants to buy an app, they ask me to put in the password (so I maintain control of what they buy), and through this ID the app becomes available to all of us.  Their own Apple ID is used for all other services and is their main iCloud account logged in on their devices.  In time I expect they will start to buy their own content using their own IDs.  But they will never lose access to the content on our family dummy account as long as I'm willing to eventually share the password with them.
    With the new Family Share we will continue to be able to share their personal content until they grow older and "leave" the Family Share.  However, when that eventually happens we will still have the dummy family account and be able to share apps with each other using that if we want.  We won't lose the apps we bought on the dummy account we share when we stop using Family Share as long as the password is available to each of us.
    There are a few limitations to my approach which the Family Share service improves on so I expect to use Family Share as well (I'm still experimenting with it). 
    Way more info than you asked for, but hope it's helpful for your planning.

  • Family sharing data needs to be changed

    An apple id has been set up for my child, but the incorrect birthdate was mistakenly entered.  As the adult, I am trying to set up Family Sharing on icloud, and it shows my child listed as an adult.  How do I change the birthdate to reflect he is a child?  When I log in as his apple id, and go to the "password and security" section, I answer the security questions.  When I go down the the "select your birthdate" section, and try to change it to the correct date, hit save, an error says "You cannot change your birthdate at this time".  I have logged out and logged back in a few times to try again, to no avail.  How can this be corrected?

    Try changing it to 1/1/2001.  That particular date tends to be accepted, and will convert it to a child ID.  I'm not sure why Apple isn't allowing people to enter the correct birthdate.

  • Apple ID / Family Sharing for Kids: Change Requests

    My 12 year old has been given an iPhone and I wanted to include him into our Family Sharing. I stumbled over a number of Problems that are a bit disappointing for an Apple user:
    1. Asfar as I understand: As he reaches 13, the restriction that the parents have to authorize all purchases on the organizer's Apple ID / credit card will automatically fall.
    This is not what we want. We suggest that the organizer can choose at what age the restriction will fall (at least max. 16!).
    2. The members of the family do not have the choice that a purchase should be charged on their own credit card. 
    This is not what we want. We suggest that each family member can provide their own credit card and can choose at each purchase if it is charged to his or her own credit card or to the organizer's credit card.
    In this case it would be a good idea that there is not age limit for the autorization of purchases by the organizer.
    3. It is not possible to create a new Apple ID for minors over https://appleid.apple.com/. The only way to create an Apple ID is the Family Sharing function in IOS 8.x.  However, there it is not possible to define an Apple ID with an individual email address – it has to be a @icloud.com-Address.
    This is not what we want. We suggest hat the function to create an Apple ID for minors within the Family Sharing function of IOS would allow for Apple IDs with individual email addresses.
    4. It seems that the apple support staff does not know these things in detail. It took me three calls to find this out.  In the first call, the supporter suggested to define the kid's Apple ID using applied.apple.com. However, it was possible to create an account with a birthday of a 12 year old (wrong error
    text: "You cannot change this birth day").  The second supporter told me that the reason for this was a major update under way in Apple's systems and asked me to wait for 48 hours. The third supporter did not know these details.  I had to ask to talk to someone familiar with Family Sharing and Apple ID to verify:
    Is it possible to create an Apple ID for minors over applied.apple.com?  Is there another way to create an Apple ID for minors using an individual email address as the Apple ID?  It took me 10 minutes waiting until the supporter told me that neither was possible.
    This is not what we want. We suggest that the support staff is trained better or is provided with better Information on these topics.

    The answer can be found here : Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids

  • Can anyone help me change the DOB on my sons profile for his apple I'd so I can setup family sharing? I originally put both ids in my name. He is 19 do it keeps saying needs my permission but no instructions in how to get that done?

    Can anyone help me change the DOB on my sons profile for his apple I'd so I can setup family sharing? I originally put both ids in my name. He is 19 do it keeps saying needs my permission but no instructions in how to get that done? His phone was stollen once last month need to get this done ASAP to prevent future headaches. Ty

    You can not change the date of birth on the account. Apple makes that clear up front when the account is created.
    The only way to "fix" this is going to be for him to create a new account with the correct information. Any apps purchased with the old one will need to be re-purchased with the new account. They can not be transferred.

  • How do I change the organizer of a Family Sharing account

    My husband is the organize of our Family Sharing iCloud account, and since he travels a lot, it makes it difficult for him to approve app downloads for our kids.  I'd lIke to change the organizer to my account so we can avoid this, but I can't figure out how to do that and wasn't able to find anything on Apple's support site.  Has anyone done this is and can give me some direction?
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    Here's what iTunes Podcaster help says:
    http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html
    Troubleshooting Your Feed
    iTunes should update your listing at least once every 24 hours. If you made changes more than 24 hours ago that are not yet reflected in your iTunes listing, there is a good chance that your feed has broken. When iTunes encounters a broken feed, it ignores the feed and continues to display the old data.
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  • HT203905 I have changed my family sharing organizer payment method but when asked to add members it keeps asking for information for a card I no longer have so I do not have the security code.

    I have changed my family sharing organizer payment method but when asked to add members it keeps asking for information for a card I no longer have so I do not have the security code.  My current shows in all the correct places but when asked to verify, the old card is referenced.  I changed the card in itunes and on my phone and ipad.

    I have changed my family sharing organizer payment method but when asked to add members it keeps asking for information for a card I no longer have so I do not have the security code.  My current shows in all the correct places but when asked to verify, the old card is referenced.  I changed the card in itunes and on my phone and ipad.

  • My family sharing is completely broken, can't change payment info

    I've had family sharing working great since the introduction of IOS 8, but yesterday one of my kids told me that none of her apps were working any more. Both iTunes and the App store on her iPad said that family sharing setup was not complete. The link led me to the iTunes Payment screen, where I was told to correct the items highlight in red, which was only the 3 number security code. When I press Done, I'm told again to correct items in red, which there are none, however the payment type is blank with no way to input anything.
    So, backwards and forwards between iPads, logout, log back in, even restored one of the kids iPads, but the same issue occurs. So searching for a solution, the internet suggested the family organiser removing the payment method and re-entering the same details. So I go into my account in iTunes on my iMac, try to edit my payment information. The last four digits of the number are there, but it's all grayed out, and there's no option to change, add or remove any payment type.
    So here I am wasting my whole weekend trying to get the kid's iPad working. I can't turn off or even remove anyone from family sharing because I have two kids under 13. Their iCloud accounts are totally useless at this point.
    How do I fix my payment method issue and my broken family sharing?

    Contact iTS Customer Service via the links on this page and explain the problem - http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/
    MJ

  • Why can't I use PayPal with Family Sharing? Have a US Visa card but foreign address, and Apple does not seem to be able to cope with that (even though it is a multinational corporation). Could we lean on Apple to change this policy?

    Paypal for Family Sharing - Why can't I use PayPal with Family Sharing? Have a US Visa card but a foreign address, and Apple does not seem to be able to cope with that (even though it is a multinational corporation). So I set up payment with Paypal, and it worked fine. Now I want to take advantage of Family Sharing, but Apple won't allow it. Could we lean on Apple to change this policy?

    If you are not in the US then you cannot use the US store, the store's terms say that you have to be in a country to use it - if you are using the US store then you are risking having your account disabled.
    In terms of feedback for Apple : http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • Change apple id for user in Yosemite / adapt according to family sharing

    Hi,
    I just upgraded to Yosemite (and IOS 8 on the families iPads and iPhones).
    Before I had one apple ID used by every user / device. Now I changed to family sharing and have separate apple IDs for every family member. Now I would like to use the same IDs for the corresponding users on the Mac. But I cannot find the place to specify this! On Mountain Lion this should have been set in the settings of the users - but there is no such option now on Yosemite.
    Any idea is greatly appreciated.
    Regards,
    Thomas

    When you add users, it asks you his iCloud id. I suggest you delete then recreate each user

  • Can't change country in app store due to Family Sharing error

    I want to change App store country on my iPhone 5S, iPad Air and iPhone 5 as I have relocated to a Sri Lanka from India. But it is showing error that I cannot change country because my Family sharing is on. I have turned off Family sharing in all of my devices and the main device, but still it continue to show error that Family sharing is on and I cannot change the app store country. I am geographically in the same country, which I want to update in my app store !
    Please help.

    With the apps i already have installed I can get the updates for the free ones but i cant update the ones I paid for. And now I can't even dload any new apps at all, neither free or purchase... ***.. Tried calling apple support but it just keeps ringing.. I can't wait on the phone all day!!

  • Family sharing changing the organizer

    My father was the original family sharing organizer but I need to be b/c I need to mange her buying of apps and music.  I was unable to add him as a family member after he opted out of that role.  I was told by apple that there is a 6 month window for him to rejoin the family should he choose to opt out.  However b/c he had never been a member the support again had me log out of iCloud and then log back in and I was able to add my father.  The support agent was wonderful.  The case number was: 676523535

    Hi Mike,
    I have no idea about family sharing, but I would recommend to think twice before actually changing the country for your account if you bought (many) movies and tv shows with it. Why? Because if you purchased many movies/tv shows and change the country, Apple will compare your purchases from the US with the media available in the German iTunes Store (mostly on with German sound track) and if something isn't available you will lose the iCloud re-download option for previous purchases. Furthermore some apps/services (e.g. Beats Music, Facebook Paper) are not available in Germany.
    With kind regards,
    David

  • My ipohne and ipad use the same account.  My wife wants to setup her own account for the ipad and utilize family sharing.  How can I change the account in my ipad?

    My ipohne and ipad use the same account.  My wife wants to setup her own account for the ipad and utilize family sharing.  How can I change the account in my ipad?

    Hi,
    Are you talking about changing the Apple ID used for purchases in iTunes? If so go to 'Settings->iTunes & App Store-> then 'tap' on the Apple ID that appears and click Sign Out on menu that appears. You can now login with a different Apple ID.
    Regards,
    Steve

  • If I switch to family sharing, will changing the account on my second ipad make me lose all game progress?

    I want to set up family sharing so my old iPad that my son has been using will be under his own account. I want to be able to share only certain apps with him. However, will he lose his game progress when I switch the iPad to his own new account? Or can I share my game centre account with him - will GC keep his game status? He has been playing some games for a long time on my old iPad under my account like Minecraft and Dragon City.
    My main concern is keeping that iPad from accessing certain apps that are on my account.

    No, you cannot transfer Game Center data from one account to another.
    Regards.

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