Family sharing, in-app purchases? (Paper 53)

How is in-app purchases treaded with family sharing?
Example I have the Paper 53 app for the iPad with several in-app bought brushes for it.
But when my partner downloads the app she doesn't get the extra brushes.
Should it be that way or is something off?

Hey my man, the way around this is have your girlfriend login with your Apple ID and restore purchases in the Paper app, then logout and log herself in and everything will still be there! I had the same question 20 minutes ago

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Can I use iCloud Family Sharing to share purchases if I use a different Apple ID for Store (iTunes, App Store, etc.) purchases?

Sorry, let me clarify. I have two Apple IDs A and B:
A: Used for iCloud. All my calendar, mail, contacts, and other iCloud features are here. This is the ID I use as "the" iCloud on my iOS devices and OS X machines.
B: Used only for purchases, on all my devices and machines. This is what I used to log into iTunes, or to buy apps for iOS or OS X.
The issue is that the only way (currently) to set up Family Sharing is to invite from an iCloud ID (A, in my case) on an iOS 8 device. That's not the ID (B) I use for purchases. The question is whether there's a way to share those purchases given that I'm configured on all my devices with A for iCloud. (Clearly if I somehow send invitations from B, I can share purchases; but that's not the question.)
It sounds like the answer to that question is 'No'.
If that's the case, how do I invite from B? Do I have to configure an iOS device with B as the iCloud ID? My problem isn't that I want to ("willy nilly") avoid inviting form B; it's that there seems to be no way (certainly no convenient way) to do that.

How do I Family Share in-app purchases?

How do I Family Share in-app purchases? The free app only allows certain areas to open. An in-app purchase unlocks the full app capability. I cannot Family Share the in-app purchase. How do I do this?

There is a way to get around it, as it worked for me!
I turned on family sharing for my son. Now I have set up an Apple ID account for him too. His ipad was under my Apple ID account but I have since restored the ipad to factory settings, setting it up as his own now (you don't need to do this step, but I chose to do it so everything on his ipad is under his account now).
When I logged into the App store on his ipad, using his Apple ID account I can access the apps that I have purchased (I being the main account holder). However I had the same issue as you, that I couldn't family share the in-app purchases.
To get around this on his ipad, I logged off from the app store with his Apple ID account and then logged into it again using my Apple ID account. Therefore I could download the original apps that I had purchased for him + the in-app purchases. Then I logged out of the app store using my Apple ID account and logged in again using his Apple ID Account. Bingo now the full app is on his ipad!
Then I synced his ipad to the itunes library on my PC, so the apps are now in his library. It would be also wise to do a backup so you don't have to repeat this process again.....
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My wife and I previously shared the same AppleID on our phones. When the family sharing became available, it seemed the perfect approach for what we were accomplishing. I upgraded my wife's phone to 8.x and then moved her back to the Apple ID that I had initially created for her. I invited her to join the family and completed that setup.
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Nope, not actually. The only restrictions Alberta places on gift cards are the following:
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* Eliminate inactivity fees, also called dormancy fees, that reduce the value of gift cards the longer they go unredeemed
* Prevent businesses from not honouring gift cards for purchases that are
more or less than the value of a gift card
* Require merchants to fully disclose any restrictions on use of a gift card on both the actual card and its packaging
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Hiya,
We're using iTunes family sharing with my wife since iOS8, on our iPhones (4S & 5, both with latest iOS). My account is the "Organizer" and my wife has Parental access (so she can use the same payment method, my credit card).
There are a couple of shared apps we use - I purchased them originally and they are available for her to use via family sharing. Apart from the early days' hiccups with iOS8, we had no issues with this setup, that is, until yesterday. All of a sudden, when trying to access the shared apps, she started to get error messages like "this app is no longer shared with you" and the like.
We tried the following to no avail:
- deleting & re-installing the shared apps
- leaving & re-joining family sharing with her account
- updating the payment method that is attached to my account (effectively my credit card)
When trying to update my payment method, it seemed weird that:
- Apple was asking for the security code of my card (that is OK so far), and when I input that...
- ...Apple stated my card is expired (which is simply not true, it's still more than a year until expiry)
And on top of that I couldn't update nor delete nor add any other payment method, at least on iOS (haven't tried desktop iTunes yet).
By the way, I did a test purchase on my account, and it worked perfectly, so it seems that my card is OK as long as my account is initiating the purchase.
Questions are:
- how can I fix the family sharing issue?
- what's wrong with the payment method checking?
Cheers
Tamas

There are a few reasons why that would be the case. Any apps that you may have purchased and then transfered to her device would need your account information in order to update. Thats why when you go to update it brings up your id. Also make sure to check under settings that she is signed in on the device to her account not yours. You can check this from settings<store<view accout or sign in/out.
Any app you purchased is tied to the account it was purchased on, no matter if it is stored in an itunes library on a computer, a free app or free update.

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I Have hidden my purchases apps on my iPhone (by swiping left, then hiding the apps within the purchased summary within the App Store). Will these apps remain hidden when family members share my iCloud account? I just want to share my music, nothing else.

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I wanted to ask why some apps on mac app store after you enable the "family sharing" with another family member if I go to "purchase application tab" next to the name of some application there "can not be shared". what's the point if I can not share activate the app.
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I am having a similar problem. I get one of two errors: "We could not complete your request. There was an error in the App Store. Please try again later. (null)" OR "We could not complete your purchase INSTALL_ERROR_DISTRIBUTION_SIGNED_BY_APPLE".
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I can download and update apps on a different computer using OS X 10.6.8 just fine.
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I have recently updated to iOS 8, as i am sure many others or perhaps millions have done as well. Me and my other half tried the family share option and it works for the most part very well, BUT... We seriously think it is lacking a few options for granularity.
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Carlton,
Family Sharing works best when there is an adult (the "organizer") who is paying for the purchases of one or more kids.
What you are describing might work if you always make sure to have a credit balance on your account. However, the situation would work more smoothly if you each buy your own stuff and use Home Sharing rather than Family Sharing.

Use family sharing, but make purchases with individual credit cards.

I am curious if there is any way to use Family Sharing for iOS 8 with multiple credit cards.
My parents have there account attached to their credit card, and my brother and I have our accounts attached to our credit cards respectively.
We want to all be in one family to share out purchases, but when we go to creat it, our parents card is the only card that can be billed. Itunes effectively forgets about the other credit cards on file.
We want to be able to share with the family, but we also want to make purchases individually.
Thank you,
Eric

The only way to do that would be to redeem iTunes gift cards to the individual accounts. Gift cards redeemed will go to THAT specific account, and would be usable by only that person for purchases. The gift card balance would be used until it is gone, then it would revert to the organizer's credit card.
HTH

HT201085 Family sharing not working, purchases are not showing on my co-cloud hubby's purchases but I have the receipt, any suggestions?

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Something is definitely going on. Purchased tab is missing on iTunes on iPad mini and iPhone. Can't see one Family member on App store and can't see any family members on iTunes on my iPad. Can't update apps because they were "bought by a different user......". These apps have been updated before. All was working perfectly yesterday.

Where is the app bought on Family Sharing?

Have Family Sharing setup with family. First app was bought today by my kid. He's not setup where I need to give permission. I pay though. LOL
I received the iTunes email receipt - how I know he bought something. Seemed like a cool app, so I figure I'll check it out - go to my iTunes, the app not in my Library (if I buy something on my iPhone or iPad, it immediately also downloads to iTunes) So I search the Store for the app - and I can BUY it - but not download it as a Purchased item.
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Hello musicmaker,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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If you don't see your family's shared content - Apple Support
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Alex H.

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Hello there, Lea.
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Approving purchases with Ask to Buy
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iOS 8
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