family share
i have family share for apple music but it’s also come to my attention that i am now being charged for my family’s extra storage how do i stop these extra charges being billed to my card ?
iPhone 11 Pro Max, iOS 15
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Ask the others to make sure they have enough personal balance in their accounts so it doesn't get charged to you as the organizer.
From: How to share purchases with your family - How to share purchases with your family - Apple Support
"When you turn on purchase sharing, everyone in your family gets access to apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books that family members buy. The family organizer is billed for family members' purchases"
The second phrase is a bit over-simplified because others can still pay for their own items, they just have to use personal account balance to do so. Turning on purchase sharing simply activates the feature whereby if a family member does not have adequate personal balance to pay for something then the organizer's payment method (e.g., credit card) will be charged.
Read the document for the link to "learn how purchases are billed if a family member has Apple ID balance". This tells you how it works.
The payment method for Family Sharing is automatic:
1. If anybody in the family buys or subscribes to something, Apple first attempts to charge the item to that individual's Apple Account (Apple ID) balance, if any.
2. If a family member does not have enough personal Apple Account balance, any excess will be charged to the Family Organizer's primary payment method (usually a card of some kind). The Organizer's personal balance will not be used for purchases made by other family members. If it cannot bill the primary payment method, the Organizer will need to make another payment method the primary method.
- "Some purchases, including gifts, can't be billed to Apple ID balance and will be charged to the family organizer's payment method." "Some subscriptions might not be charged to Apple ID balance."
Ref:
- Family purchases and payments - How to share purchases with your family - Apple Support
- How apps, content, and subscriptions from Apple are billed - How apps, content, and subscriptions from Apple are billed - Apple Support
- Check your Apple ID balance - Check your Apple Account balance - Apple Support
- Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods - Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods - Apple Support
Read the links below about various ways to pay for items in the iTunes and App Stores.
This doesn't apply to other family members in Family Sharing --> Add a payment method such as a credit or debit card to your account. See this link about 'Payment methods that you can use with your Apple ID' --> Payment methods that you can use with your Apple ID - Apple Support then see this link about how to 'Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods' --> Change, add, or remove Apple ID payment methods - Apple Support
- Add money to your Apple ID balance - "Use a payment method, such as a credit or debit card, to add funds to your Apple ID balance." This takes the previous payment method one step farther by optionally using it to irreversibly add balance to an Apple ID instead of having the card charged each time.
Click here --> Add money to your Apple Account balance - Apple Support
- Create and add money to an iTunes Pass - "At Apple Stores and select retailers, you can add store credit directly to the Apple ID that you use for App Store, iTunes Store, and iBooks Store purchases." - https://support.apple.com/HT203021
- How to redeem your Apple Gift Card or App Store & iTunes gift card --> How to redeem your Apple Gift Card or App Store & iTunes gift card - Apple Support