I have set up family sharing on 2 9th Gen iPads running iOS16 however I (as the organiser) am not receiving the Ask to Buy notifications on my iPhone 12 Pro (also running iOS16). The Ask To Buy prompt appears on the iPads and when clicked it disappears and the app status returns to "Get".
I've been through the troubleshooting guide here but still no joy so any other thoughts would be much appreciated.
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16
I've been troubleshooting this for months with many wasted, unsatisfying hours. Finally jumped on the Apple Support chat and they were very helpful. Just like wiggy001 who replied back in December - they advised that I change the name of my phone (Settings>General>About>Name) as well as changed the name of my kids' phones and now everything is syncing up again. It may not be enough to change the name just on one device - do it for all of them who have Family Sharing set up. It worked right away but they said it could take up to 24 hours to reset. I recall that I did change my phone's name a few months back, and if I put 2 and 2 together...it's when the Ask to Buy request suddenly stopped working. Hope this helps!
This is the dumbest thing ever. I’m so glad it worked. Nothing else worked.
This also worked for me. I hate that this worked.
Worked for me! 👍😊
Thank you Wiggy!!! It worked!!😺
Ask to buy notifications not appearing
