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Purchase Sharing Family feature

My family has purchase sharing on and we bought Minecraft, but some people in the family can’t download it. Please help.

Posted on Jun 29, 2019 9:23 PM

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Posted on Jun 29, 2019 9:25 PM

Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with Family Sharing

With purchase sharing, you can give your family members immediate access to each others’ apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books.*


 

You can set up purchase sharing when you create your new Family Sharing group, or you can turn it on for your existing family. With purchase sharing, one adult in the family—the family organizer—agrees to pay for any purchases from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books that family members make while they're part of the family group. Then everyone in your family can access the music, movies, books, and apps that other family members buy, and enjoy them on their own devices.

You can see and download your family members' purchases from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV, and PC.


On your iPhone or iPod touch

  1. If you're not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID.
  2. Open the store app that you want to download content from, then go to the Purchased page.
    • iTunes Store: Tap  > Purchased.
    • Apple Books: Tap  or your photo in the upper-right corner.
    • App Store: Tap  or your photo in the upper-right corner, then tap Purchased.
  1. Tap your family member's name to see their content. Learn what to do if you don’t see any content or can't tap your family member.
  2. To download an item, tap  next to it.



Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201085

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Jun 29, 2019 9:25 PM in response to PurchaseSharing

Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with Family Sharing

With purchase sharing, you can give your family members immediate access to each others’ apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books.*


 

You can set up purchase sharing when you create your new Family Sharing group, or you can turn it on for your existing family. With purchase sharing, one adult in the family—the family organizer—agrees to pay for any purchases from the App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books that family members make while they're part of the family group. Then everyone in your family can access the music, movies, books, and apps that other family members buy, and enjoy them on their own devices.

You can see and download your family members' purchases from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV, and PC.


On your iPhone or iPod touch

  1. If you're not signed in, sign in with your Apple ID.
  2. Open the store app that you want to download content from, then go to the Purchased page.
    • iTunes Store: Tap  > Purchased.
    • Apple Books: Tap  or your photo in the upper-right corner.
    • App Store: Tap  or your photo in the upper-right corner, then tap Purchased.
  1. Tap your family member's name to see their content. Learn what to do if you don’t see any content or can't tap your family member.
  2. To download an item, tap  next to it.



Share App Store, iTunes Store, and Apple Books purchases with ...

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201085

Purchase Sharing Family feature

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