Cant download app family sharing

Contact Us Privacy Policy. AppleInsider is supported by its audience and may earn commission as an Amazon Associate and affiliate partner on qualifying purchases. These affiliate partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Being able to buy an app once and share it with your family is tremendous.

However, by default all your family members see all of your apps, and can download any of them. AppleInsider shows you how to choose what they can and can't get access to. Introduced in in iOS 8, Family Sharing is a great way to buy an app once and allow several people to use their own copy of it. That obviously spreads the cost but if you're the household's resident IT consultant, it's also a way to make sure everyone has access to the latest versions of the apps you've chosen.

You have to first switch on Family Sharing by inviting each member of your family to the system. Once you have, though, they can see every app you've ever bought. Perhaps you don't want them to know that you have personally bought and tried every single chess app in existence, though. Or you'd be embarrassed that you're unable to resist each new To Do app that comes along. More importantly, perhaps you don't want them to see business or financial apps that perhaps they're not ready for.

You've heard of kids making huge in-app purchases on games: they could do more damage to your bank account by running your favorite Forex investment app. On your iPhone, go into the App Store and choose Updates. Then tap on your face icon at the top right. Next, tap on Purchased. If you haven't already set up Family Sharing then you go straight to the list of what you've bought.

If you have, though, you need to tap through one more screen first. Choose My Purchases. Other family members can access your collection in the same way. If you want to keep some purchases private, you can choose to hide individual items. But if Ask to Buy is turned on for children in the family, the organizer can still call the shots.

This applies to both purchases and free downloads. Learn more about using Ask to Buy. A notification appears on your device. You can review the request, then approve or decline it. Screen Time can give you a better understanding of how much time your kids spend using apps, visiting websites, and on their devices overall.

Learn more about Screen Time. Tap Back in the upper-left corner to go back to Family Sharing. Click Purchase Sharing.

Make sure that Share My Purchases is selected. Tap View Account. Sign in with your Apple ID. On your Mac Open the App Store. Click View Information. If you still can't see shared content Try the steps below. After each step, see if you can share. Reset Device. Dec 9, AM. See if iTunes Support can help. Either use the form or scroll to the bottom of the page in the 2nd link. Follow through the screens to get a chat or telephone option.

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