Downloading music from family sharing splits albums apart

I have set up family sharing but when I download songs it doesn't group them back into albums, it stores every one as a separate album. How do I download them as a full album or group them back as one! The same album is showing in my iTunes 63 times each with one song in!!!!

I have the same issue, my husband can download and read my books and
I cannot do the same with his books anymore
Everything worked fine till a week ago. I'm the Organizer
I've tried everything
It's the same mess for the apps: there is a long thread here
"This app is no longer shared with you" message in Family Sharing
the only thing left to us is to report the problem to Apple
http://www.apple.com/feedback/icloud.html

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What does this mean & how do I correct it?

Howdy mrscaskin,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like you recently setup Family Sharing and are seeing an alert when trying to download a past purchase from the iTunes Store. The article linked below will explain the alert you’re seeing and provide information about using Apple IDs with multiple devices.
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
When you turn on iTunes Match or Automatic Downloads, or when you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID. Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it, with a maximum of 5 computers at any time. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days. You can view which devices or computers are currently associated with your Apple ID, remove unused devices or computers, and view how many days remain before the devices or computers can be associated with a different Apple ID from the Account Information page in iTunes on your computer:
Open iTunes.
Sign in to your Apple ID by choosing Store > Sign In from the iTunes menu.
Choose Store > View My Account from the iTunes menu.
From the Account Information screen, click Manage Devices.
Next to each device or computer name, you will be able to see when each device or computer was associated with your Apple ID. You will also be able to track how many days remain before your associated devices or computers can be associated with a different Apple ID.
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My daughters were both locked out of family sharing on Friday. I spoke to tech support on Friday and was passed up the chain to another adviser who called my on Saturday morning. He the passed me up then chain again and I finally spoke to someone called Joey who told me he understood the problem and would pass it on to the iCloud engineers who would fix it on Monday. He called me back today (Monday) to tell me the issue had been fixed.
Both my daughters are back in my family .
Thanks Apple. It didn't quite "just work". But now it does. My faith is restored.
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1. My computer crashed. I smelled smoke, it no longer turned on, nobody was able to retrieve anything on it. It went in the trash with all my data on it - pictures, itunes, documents etc. I had never made a back up.
2. I purchased a brand new Dell computer. I re-installed iTunes using my same username/password as the itunes I had on my old computer. All the days worth of music (non-purchased) were gone. I was told through a paid call by apple that I have to re-install all the non purchased items (my CDs) but they showed me how to bring over my purchased music.
3. I spent hours and hours and hours re-installing all my CDs, several days worth of music. I then synched my itouch, and it is telling me that it detected a new computer, that it has to first erase everything on the itouch in order to synch and transfer the music onto it.
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5. I purchased another 64GB itouch so I can synch that one instead.
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HT201085 can you share downloaded music with family members?

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Hi olddawg66,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
There is a new process called Family Sharing that I would suggest you take a look at.
Family Sharing
Have a great day,
Joe

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