Children showing up as Adults on Family Share

My children keep showing up as adults on Family Share. I've looked everywhere to try to correct this but haven't found anything. Is there a way to correct this and actually have them listed as children (or even the student feature would be fine)? PLEASE HELP!!!

As far as I know only the family organiser can create child ids as part of the family - I don't think that you can change existing accounts to be child accounts, they will remain as adults.
Child accounts : Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids

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I just set up family share, but my kids show up as adults using their existing Apple ids. I want their statis to be child so I can set some parameters. Can this be changed?

I Just set up family share using my children's existing Apple ids. But theit statis show up as adult, is there a way to change this?

No, it's only with family sharing that child accounts can now be created (by the family organiser), you can't change existing accounts to be child accounts. You will either have to keep them with their existing adult accounts, or you can create new child accounts for them : Family Sharing and Apple IDs for kids - Apple Support

HT204053 My family shares one apple id among 4 devices. How do I make it impossible for my children (i pad mini and i pod touch 5) to see my contacts and texts, but yet still share all of my apps? Been trying to figure this out for hours. Please help.

my family shares one apple id among 4 devices. how do i make it IMPPOSSIBLE for my children (i pad mini and i pod touch 5) to view my contacts and texts while still sharing my apps? please help. been working on this for hours.

Delete your account in 1. "Settings > iCloud" + 2. "Settings > Messages > Send & Receive" + 3. "Settings > FaceTime", but still let them using your account for iTunes and app purchases in "Settings > iTunes & App Stores". Of course, please make sure that they do not know your password to set up your account for iCloud again or purchase anything alone.

Why does my music not show up for my wife with family share?

With all new devices (MBP retina using Yosemite/iPhone 6’s iOS8.1):
I’ve create my family share list with my wife. None of my music shows on her phone, iPad, or computer. Under Family Share on the Apple site, it suggests the ability to share and download what you like. Not sure what is going on. Any ideas?

Hello JimAguilar,
The article linked below details how to go about your family members' content from your devices.
Sharing purchased content with Family Sharing
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201085
Cheers,
Allen

How to get Star Wars Rebels in-app purchase to transfer to children's Family Share account?

My wife downloaded the Star Wars Rebels game to her iphone and to the kids ipod/iphone with a different apple id. We then purchased the full version from inside the app for $5.00. I deleted the version on the kids phone, and went through the family share purchases in itunes to download the version that my wife had. The game works but is limited because it is still telling us that we need to buy it.
How do I get the in-app purchases to transfer to my kids (family share) account.
Yes I tried the restore purchases button in the app already with no success.

Hi, Matt.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
I understand that you are running into an scenario where an in-app purchase will not show on a Family Sharing device. At this time, in-app purchases are not able to be shared via Family Sharing. I did verify that the Star Wars Rebels app is able to be shared, but the Content Packs offered with this app are in-app purchases. If you wish to access the Content Pack on another device, you would need to purchase it on that device.
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
Which purchased content can I share using Family Sharing
Cheers,
Jason H.

Today my daughter could download 2 aps on her phone without my permission. We are part of family share and her settings show that she needs my permission to download anything.

Today my daughter could download 2 apps on her phone without my permission. We are part of family share and her settings show that she needs my permission to download everything. How could she download the apps if I did not giver her permission. I thought that was the point of family sharing in the cloud.

Yes, Family sharing is almost not useable this way. Once you activate it you won't be able to load some of the best/essential apps even though they are free. But they are blocked by the Patriarch of the Family. :-(...
I do not understand why this issue does not get bigger Attention? Does noone use familiy sharing yet? Or do they activate it right after they have loaded all those essential apps beforehand?
http://dict.leo.org/#/search=patriarch&searchLoc=0&resultOrder=basic&multiwordSh owSingle=on

Do Family Share purchase receipts show who initiated the purchase?p

IF I am the family organizer, do the receipts for purchases made by others indicate who made those purchases?

I spent last night testing out a few things and seem to have everything up and running correctly. Here's how I have set up family sharing.
1) Parent has Owner account with credit card info. Uses "original" AppStore account (Apple ID) for purchases - call this account "A"
2) Invite kids to join family from Account A - Make sure to turn on Ask to Buy.
3) Kids Accept from their iDevices the invite while logged in to their Apple ID account - call these Accounts "B" and "C"
4) When kids accept and set up their AppStore ID on their device and follow the setup they use their Apple ID ("B" and "C") not the Owner account "A"
5) Test with a purchase from the kids device. This purchase can be a free item.
6) A pop up notification will show stating that permission must be granted
7) Owner iDevice receives notification and can now accept or decline the purchase. This notification shows up in the Notification section iDevice.
Where I went wrong originally is that I had the kids family share AppStore ID as the Owner account A apple Id although they accepted and where logged in with their Apple ID B and C. Why did I have it this way - I have always purchased everything from the Owner ID for all of our devices and kept my contacts, mail, messages etc. separate by using a second Apple ID for the Owner's private items.
Hope this helps to fix your issues.

Why Family Share not show up on my MacBook Pro? Help

I am supposed to be part of a Family Share account. I can access Family Share & other family member's purchases on my iPad but NOT on my MacBook Pro that is running Maverick OS. I log into iTunes, click on the drop down window at the top where my name is located but when the window drops down Family Share is not an option nor am I able to see the names of the other family members in the group. I have tried going to "System Preferences" to "iCloud" and then try to look for "Manage Family" but it is not there. Even if I then if after getting to "iCloud" & logging into "Account Details" there is not anything about "Manage Family" or "Family Share"
Can you not participate with Family Share using Maverick OS?
I would REALLY appreciate assistance with this issue.

Hi susieqk,
Welcome to the Support Communities! The reason you are not seeing the Family Sharing account on your MacBook Pro is because Family Sharing requires OS X Yosemite on your computer.
Apple - iCloud - Family Sharing
System requirements for iCloud - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4759
Family Sharing
iOS 8
OS X Yosemite
iTunes 12
iCloud for Windows 4.0
iTunes 12
Apple TV software 7
Here is some general information about OS X Yosemite should you choose the free upgrade.
OS X Yosemite - What's New
http://help.apple.com/osx-yosemite/whats-new/from-mavericks/#/dar08446b32f
OS X - Upgrade to Yosemite - Apple Support
https://www.apple.com/support/osx/upgrade/
Cheers,
Judy

Is there a way to prevent children from changing or deleting Family Share calendar events?

We recently set up Family Share. My wife and I have been sharing a calendar to coordinate our efforts keeping up with all the activities the family is involved in. We recently started to migrate some of our shared events to the Family Share calendar, only for our daughter to delete them, almost immediately. I've spoken with her about how the whole family uses this calendar, and that she shouldn't delete them, but I'd rather ensure that she can't, on accident, delete or change events again.

I'm not sure you are sharing the calendar like this, so apologies if it is not appropriate…
iCloud has the option of sharing public & private calendars. Private ones are read+write, Public ones are read only. Public calendars are publicly accessible if someone guesses the URL.
You could share the calendar with her as a read only one if you were happy with it being public.
Dig into the settings in the place you setup the calendar. I looked on iCloud.com for the standard options.
Another option is to use another service to publish the calendar like Google, another email provider or another company like fruux.com. They may have better permissions for the shared calendar without opening it up to the entire internet to view.

Upgrade on Family Share Plan Shows Different Dates ?

I upgraded both phones on my plan exactly 2 years ago this month. My phone (which is the main line) says it's been eligible for an upgrade since September 21 on the other hand the other phone on the plan says it's not eligible for an upgrade until June though they were both upgraded at the same time ? I have an LG EN-V 2 and the other line is a LG Versa. What's the reason for the different dates ?

The primary line on a Family Share plan is eligible for an annual upgrade after completing 12 months of its 2 year contract. Secondary lines are only eligible for an upgrade after completing 20 months of the 2 year contract.

Trying to set up family share and the invitation does not show the accept decline option so we can't accept the invitation. Anyone know how to fix?

invitation to family share does not have the accept or decline option to choose

Several things here so let me attempt to clarify.
For iCloud the reason the contacts where removed from he other device is because you updated your contacts, in this case deleted them, and then iCloud updated the other device to match. By deleting the iCloud account on the device it will stop the device from using that iCloud account and therefore nothing will change on the other device. By using a seperate Apple ID you can still use the features of iCloud, Find My iPhone comes to mind, without your content (contacts, message etc.) merging with the other device
For iTunes, you cannot use two Apple IDs for one account however if you use the same account iTunes on your computer will keep the content on each device seperate very nicely. You can also configure the settings for iTunes and the App store on each device to keep the content from automatically downloading to the other device. What I meant by share apps and music is this. What happens if you find a game, lets say Minecraft, that you really like and it cost, as Mincraft cost, $6.99USD. You buy it and play for a while and then you realize that your husband really likes the game as well. If you both use the same Apple ID for iTunes he can download the $7.00ish game to his device at no additional charge. If you use seperate Apple IDs for iTunes well... it look like he will also be paying for the game to have it on his account. Same goes for Music and Movies
I hope that clears things up. Let me know if you have anymore question.

How do i approve my kids app purchases with family share

how do i approve my kids app purchases with family share on my iphone?

Hello andrewmarkp,
With Family Sharing, you can approve purchases with the Ask To Buy feature. The following article provides helpful information:
Family purchases and payments - Apple Support
Approving purchases with Ask to Buy
You can turn on Ask to Buy to require approval for purchases initiated by any family member who is under 18 years old.*
iOS 8
Tap Settings > iCloud > Family, and tap your family member's name.
Turn on Ask to Buy.
OS X Yosemite
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences > iCloud.
Click Manage Family and select your family member's name.
Select Ask to Buy.
Ask to Buy is enabled by default for any children under 13 years old, and can be enabled during the setup process for any children 13-17 years old.* You can't turn on Ask to Buy for adults.
If you don't wish to be billed for purchases initiated by a specific adult family member, you can remove that family member from the family group.
*Ages may vary by country or region.
Family Sharing requires a personal Apple ID signed in to iCloud and iTunes. Music, movies, TV shows, and books can be downloaded on up to 10 devices per account, five of which can be computers. iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite are required to set up or join a Family Sharing group and are recommended for full functionality. Not all content is eligible for Family Sharing. Content can be hidden by family members; hidden content is not available for download. Content downloaded from family members or acquired via redemption codes is not subject to Ask to Buy.
Thank you for contributing to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Bobby_D

More than one family share accounts??

I am wondering if it is possible to be linked to more than one family share plan. This would be ideal for the children in order for them to be linked to myself and their father without 'the adults' account being linked.

You can only be in one family share group at a time : Start or join a family group using Family Sharing - Apple Support
... you can only join one family at a time, and you can only switch to a different family group once per year.

Activating Family Share for Windows only iTunes Users

Dear community fellows,
a search for "family share windows" shows, that the topic was yet discussed in the 4th quarter of 2014 but not yet solved at all, therefore I would like to start and reactivate it again:
How can I, a Windows only customer and user of the iTunes Store, share my huge collections of bought songs with my family? All ways described in the documenation, especially the one that creates the impression that can be done via iCloud for Windows fail.
My wife uses an iPad Air, my children use iPhones. When my wife invites me to join the family, I receive an invitation email containing a link to view the invitation, but that link does not work and clicking it always results in a message that this link cannot be opend in the browser (tried via Outlook 2013, Firefox, Chorme, Internet Explorer on a laptop using Win 7 32bit and via Firefox and Chrome and Mail on an Android smartphone).
When I try to read this mail via the web interface of my mail provider using Safari on my wife's iPad, I am informed after clicking the invitation link, that I am already a member of the family (which is not the case, the status in iCloud as displayed on the iPad for me is already "Invitation was sent" (I use the German interface, so the original message on an English one might be different from my translation).
So: How can I accept the invitation to join my own family and grant the other members access to my iTunes purchases?
Kind Regards,
Franz

You may move your audio tracks to a public folder on your network and point each iTunes music folder to it.
It would be very similar to this description: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93195

Family share purchase approval not working

We've set up family sharing across 4 iOS devices. two parents, two children, we've enabled "ask to buy" on the child accounts (ages 13 and 14). All devices are running the latest version of iOS. We've set up a credit card for the family organizer.
When one of the children tries to buy something in iTunes or in the App store, they get a message that says that they need to verify their payment info. If they click on "verify" they get asked to provide a method of payment. They cannot make purchases using the family organizer's credit card. I entered the credit card info, and now they are able to make purchases without any approval.
I went into settings on the child phone, pulled up iCloud, and it shows that the organizer's credit card is associated with this family group.
What am I doing wrong? How do I allow the child accounts to use the family share credit card?

I believe the credit would have to be on his iTunes store account, not yours, in order to be applied to his purchases before any balance due is charged to the organizer's credit card. Your purchases would be charged to your credit first.

Children showing up as Adults on Family Share

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