HT201079 Family sharing : Why not ask to buy for adults ?

I don't see why we can't turn on "ask to buy" for adults. I want to control what I share....

As far as I know Apple haven't said why (these are user-to-user forums), only that you can't - you can try leaving feedback for Apple and maybe in the future it will be possible : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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  • How do you find a notification for Ask to Buy for Family Sharing once it is off your screen and not in drop down Notification Center?

    How do you find a notification for Ask to Buy for Family Sharing once it is off your screen and not in drop down Notification Center?

    Welcome to the Apple Community.
    I don't believe you can.

  • Ask to Buy for all family members.

    Hi,
    I'm the Organizer for my Family Sharing.  How can I ensure that all my family members have to "Ask to Buy", regardless if they are a child or not.

    I did a simple purchase on a family member, it did not ask the Organiser for approval.
    How can I tell Apple that the Organiser should have the option to approve purchases?

  • Family sharing will not accept my apple id.

    I open iCloud, log in - no issues. I try to turn on Family Sharing and it just will not accept my password. The pop up asking for password just keeps coming back. Advice would be greatly appreciated.
    Cheers

    Hi mmbj,
    Welcome to the Support Communities!  Is it possible that you have more than one Apple ID?  Are you trying to sign in to Family Sharing from an iOS device or a computer?  The first step would be to go to My Apple ID and confirm your Apple ID and password.  You can reset the password if you need to.   I'm including some general information below for your Apple ID and Family Sharing.
    Frequently asked questions about Apple ID - Apple Support
    Family Sharing - Apple Support
    All the best ...
    - Judy

  • Is there a way to turn on Ask to Buy for those older than 18?

    Is there a way to turn on Ask to Buy when sharing with an individual older than 18?

    Hey photogpreacha,
    Thanks for the question. If I understand correctly, you want to turn on Ask to Buy for a member over 18 years old. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
    Request and make purchases with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
    Ask to Buy is on by default for any children under 13, and you'll be asked if you want to enable Ask to Buy when inviting anyone under 18 to your family group.* If you turn off Ask to Buy for a family member after they turn 18,* you can't turn it on again.
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    Have a good one,
    Mario

  • Why not use gift card for family sharing?

    This family sharing feature seems great.  But long gone are the days where I had a credit card on file.  These days I only use gift cards.  But system really wants me to have a credit card to activate this family sharing?  Has anyone been able to do with pure gift cards?
    thanks

    Hi Kestelli,
    In order to set up Family Sharing the family organizer must have a credit card or debit card to use for billing. See this article -
    Family purchases and payments
    If a family member, including the organizer makes a purchase and has gift or store credit, that purchase is first billed to that credit. Family members purchases may not be billed to the organizers store credit unless they are the organizer. See this article -
    How iTunes Store purchases are billed
    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
    Best,
    Brett L 

  • In Family sharing why kids must have mine approve to for free downloads (for purchases i understood)

    This is crazy that i set age in restriction so they can only download for example 4+ ...but even then when whey select free app they must ask me for agree ? Its stupid ! Or for what we have restriction setting for apps ?

    It's nothing to do with app restrictions, a free app is still considered a purchase and requires approval if you enable the Ask for Approval feature on a family member.  I was hoping for an easy to way to say "Yes, I will buy you that game..," not a constant annoyance of having to approve every free game they download.  I would love to take advantage of the other features of Family Sharing but this problem actually blocks it.  I have to remove them from the iCloud family or else they are essentially restricted from downloading free apps.

  • Family Sharing apps not possible to share

    Have Family Sharing but the apps does not appear on members list as "purchased". They have to be paid for. Why?
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    Setup: 2 IOS8 (iPhone5) + 1 IOS7 (iPhone4) + 1 IOS6 (iPhone3); but the IOS version has no impact..the same happens on all three NOT signed in as Organizer

    ApplePate,
    Not all content can be downloaded via Family Sharing. The information outlined below details how to go about determining if content can be shared via Family Sharing.
    Make sure that an app is shareable
    To see if you can share an app, go to its product page in the App Store and scroll down to Information. Then see if it says Yes or No in the Family Sharing section.
    Some apps may not be enabled for Family Sharing. If you’ve acquired one of these apps, you will be able to see it in your purchase history, but your family members won't be able to see or redownload it.
    If you don't see your family's shared content
    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201454
    Regards,
    Allen

  • Family sharing why do we need a CC?

    I wanna use Family sharing. Should be simple. Its not. It requires a credit card. Why is that a business rule? I use  iTune store vouchers and am loathed to keep my CC details on file. I have credit on my account yet I need a payment method. Is there a way around this?

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  • Family Sharing Notifications not appearing on iphone

    I am having an issue with family sharing.  I am the organizer of my family share.  I have invited all my family who all have their own apple id's and all of them are logged in to itunes and icloud on their devices using their own id's. I have an ipad air and an iphone 5s - both are signed in to icloud with my apple id.  I get family notifications to my ipad only - never to my iphone which is what I have on me the most.  I have tried logging out and logging back in, restarting my iphone, logging out of my ipad and nothing works.  All notifications appear on my ipad - but they never appear on my phone.  No ask to buy or anything.  I have gone through setting by setting to make sure everything is identical.
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    Hello William,
    You may need to verify that this functionality is enabled in Settings -> Passcode (or Touch ID & Passcode).
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    Allen

  • Family sharing is not working

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    I've setup a Family with myself as the organizer.
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  • Family sharing is not allowing purchases from other parent phone

    Hi,
    My husband and I both have iphone 5S with IOS 8 on them. He has set up Family sharing as the organizer I am the Parent. His account has always been the main one we have purchased from. My question is that we thought with Family Sharing, once everything is set up I won't need to use his Master Password to still download material. After he approves the initial setup I can purchase using my ID (without a CC attached) and it will allow me to download content but bill his CC on file on his account. Is this true? If so then how come I keep being prompted on both itunes on my PC and my iphone for his master password? Is there a setting that isn't correct?
    Thanks

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    I was able to manually sync the applications from iTunes to the phone, but not via the phone only (the iCloud app store download).  I get that "Update Unavailable with This Apple ID" error "because it was bought by a different user or the item was refunded or cancelled."
    One of the applications I was able to install successfully via iTunes wouldn't update either, so I logged out of my spouse's account to see what would happen when I tried to update it.  It just spun and spun and never updated.  I restarted the phone, tried again (with her ID) and it gave the error.  Logged out and into my account, and was able to update.
    If the error is caused by application developers not "allowing" Family Sharing, I'm afraid most old applications which aren't being updated anymore will never work.  Again, this sort of deflates the value of the "feature". 
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