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I know every child's account purchase must be okayed by the organizer, but must the organizer verify every family purchase a family member (adult) makes?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4
No. You don't even need to verify all child purchases.
You only need to verify purchases made with accounts (child or adult) that have Ask to Buy turned on. Link-> Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
If the adult accounts don't have Ask to buy turned on, you don't have to verify the purchase.
Do note, the purchase will still be charged to your payment method and not theirs, except when they have iTunes gift card balance available on their own accounts.
No. You don't even need to verify all child purchases.
You only need to verify purchases made with accounts (child or adult) that have Ask to Buy turned on. Link-> Approve what kids buy with Ask to Buy - Apple Support
If the adult accounts don't have Ask to buy turned on, you don't have to verify the purchase.
Do note, the purchase will still be charged to your payment method and not theirs, except when they have iTunes gift card balance available on their own accounts.
Turn On, enable and active are the same thing. It's turned on, its enabled and it's active. If it's not active, then it's not turned on or enabled.
It is turned on individually for each Apple ID that is part of Family Sharing group. It is not a global setting for all Family Group members. If you turn it on for one member it's just turned on for that member, but not all other members.
The Family Organizer can turn on turn on, enable or activate Ask To Buy for Child accounts. But it can remain on if they grow into being an adult and is not manually turned off (it won't turn off on its own when they become adults). The Organizer cannot directly turn it on for Apple IDs belonging to adults but it will remain turned on if they were children and grew normally into an adult and never turned it off.
You can also turn it on if you change the age of the Apple ID of the adult back to a child, then return the age back to adult. It will remain activated.
Oh, so the adult can enable Ask To Buy, but doesn't have to have it active if they (we) don't want/need that level? Great to know. Now, I gotta go tell the adult (to act like one). Thanks!
Must I verify every purchase a family member makes on our Family Share?
