Family share and iTunes Match

I am interested in signing up for iTunes match, but only if I can share the music media with my wife. I understand that if she signs in with my apple account she would have access to all the content, but I don't want to do that.
If I start using the family share option, will my content from iTunes match also be available to her or just the purchases made through apple?

mhollenbeck wrote:
I am interested in signing up for iTunes match, but only if I can share the music media with my wife. I understand that if she signs in with my apple account she would have access to all the content, but I don't want to do that.
If I start using the family share option, will my content from iTunes match also be available to her or just the purchases made through apple?
Mhollenbeck,
Family Sharing enables sharing of content purchased from the iTunes Store. It does not enable general sharing of all the content in your library:
When you join a family, you'll be asked to confirm the Apple ID that you regularly use.... Purchases from this account will be shared with your family members.
It sounds like Home Sharing would meet your needs better. Read here and decide:
iTunes: Setting up Home Sharing on your computer - Apple Support

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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.
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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.

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So how well does the iTunes library play with Family Share?
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Here's what I'm finding from extreme trial and error personal experience. This is based on dropping the device as one of the 10 allowed on my account and no longer having the device use my iTunes account, but their own subjected to mine through the new Family Share feature.
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3- The only way I can see is download them on the phone, link the phone back to the other mac.
3- The other family member is completely confused with how things work now.
4- I have to physically go see what they download it no longer pops up in my library. I personally liked this as I've found some good songs and apps I would have never seen otherwise.
In your case what will happen is everything will disappear from your wife's devices. She will then have to go back into her iTunes on her iPhone or iPad and download whatever she can. There will be some things that disappear.
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Apple,
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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
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I find that iTunes Match is not able to receive match information with Windows Live Family Safety enabled. I have looked for a KB article on what sites to whitelist in order for this to work but can't find any. Typically for a free Microsoft product, WLFS has a fairly crude administrative interface and I can't see how to work out what rule is blocking iTunes Match or how to stop it.
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Thank you for participating in the Apple Support Communities.
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I have a family Apple ID associated with my iMac and iPad for iTunes and Apps. I have two new iPhone 5s. Each iPhone has been setup to have a separate Apple ID for email (iCloud) and to use the family Apple ID for iTunes and Apps. Can I initiate iTunes Match from my iMac and use iTunes Match on all devices especially since the iPhones have two Apple IDs "loaded" ?

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If you are using the same ID for Itunes purchases, APPs and Itunes match, you should be OK. Separate ID can be use for iCloud which is not the same as iMatch.
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