Find Device that made a purchase

Hi all, I am the family organizer for my family. Recently, I keep getting the same charges for an Apple TV series that says my Apple ID made the purchase. However, when I check devices logged in, I only see my Mac, phone, and one Apple TV that I control. I am fairly sure that none of these devices made the purchase. I am logged into several older Apple TV (for example at my father's house) but these are not showing up on my logins. Continually applying for refunds on "report a problem" is getting old. Any ideas how I can figure out which device is originating the purchase, or other ideas to solve this issue? Yes I know it is an Apple ID that makes the purchase to a previous snarky comment. I hope you can see my problem from the above.

Apple TV 4K, tvOS 18

Posted on Jan 6, 2025 9:12 AM

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Posted on Jan 6, 2025 9:52 AM

Change the Password on your Apple ID.

Change your Apple Account password - Apple Support


If you are logged into several older Apple TV's with your account, then you should be seeing those devices when going to Settings > [name on top], and scroll to the bottom. It is possible those devices can be signed out when not using them, then they will not show on your list of devices. Changing the Password will prevent them from being signed in to them again.


While I know that does not help in identifying the purchase device, it will stop the purchases from any device that is not using the new Apple ID password.

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Jan 6, 2025 9:52 AM in response to Dougf7

Change the Password on your Apple ID.

Change your Apple Account password - Apple Support


If you are logged into several older Apple TV's with your account, then you should be seeing those devices when going to Settings > [name on top], and scroll to the bottom. It is possible those devices can be signed out when not using them, then they will not show on your list of devices. Changing the Password will prevent them from being signed in to them again.


While I know that does not help in identifying the purchase device, it will stop the purchases from any device that is not using the new Apple ID password.

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