I have family sharing and purchase sharing set up with my family. However, after updating to MacOS Catalina, in the App Store I cannot see or download any apps purchased by my family members, and they can't see any of mine. We are all logged in to iCloud / App Store, and settings for family sharing and purchase sharing are turned on. Is this a Catalina bug?
MacBook
I have found the reason / solution on my MacBook. The reason seems to be GATEKEEPER changes in Catalina.
Go to System Preferences -->Security and Privacy --> Click the GENERAL tab. In the allow apps downloaded from choice: pick either App Store or App Store and identified developers.
Unlock setting this with the LOCK in lower left corner.
Best Regards,
Larry
I have found the reason / solution on my MacBook. The reason seems to be GATEKEEPER changes in Catalina.
Go to System Preferences -->Security and Privacy --> Click the GENERAL tab. In the allow apps downloaded from choice: pick either App Store or App Store and identified developers.
Unlock setting this with the LOCK in lower left corner.
Best Regards,
Larry
Larry, thanks for the suggestion. It worked! It's weird, because the setting was already on "App Store and identified developers", so I figured this wouldn't help. But I did it anyway -- I unlocked the pref, clicked to just App Store, then back to App Store + identified. And it worked. Amazing. Thanks again.
I have the exact same problem. The App Store shows "No Purchases" on my account and I cannot download any of my purchased apps. This is clearly an issue.
Me too. The App Store shows "No Purchases" on my account and I cannot download any of my purchased apps. This is clearly an issue.
Can't download apps purchased by family members with Family Sharing
