Family share and automatic downloads

I recently upgraded all my family to iOS 8 and wanted to try and set each one an iCloud account, there are several things that doesn't work with family share and I wanted to make sure that it's not cause I dont k ow how to activate them.
1. iTunes match is not working on the family devices, only on my account
2. I can't use the icloud storage I have to backup other family devices
3. I can't set up auto download of app so I could get my kids new games and they will automatically be downloaded to their iPads
if you know how to make those issues work I would be really happy!
thanx
NIr

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Can I delete a contact from my Apple ID on family share and not affect other people's Apple ID contacts? Example, two people on family share have the same contact, but 1 wants to delete the contact and the other does not.

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I understand that you have some questions about Family Sharing and your contacts. According to the information in the following article, Family Sharing does not connect to Contacts, and any changes you make to your Contacts will only be affected on machines signed in with your iCloud account:
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trevbeats,
I had the same problem. It turned out the issue for me was that I had Automatic downloads turned off on my devices!
see below how to turn it on.
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Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
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mhollenbeck wrote:
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