I had made a previous purchase of Plex under my apple ID well before Family Sharing started.
I'm part of a family share (not the organizer). My apple ID shows up as sharing apps on the other phones.
When I go to Plex in the appstore on a phone logged into a different itunes account, but one that's in the family share, Plex is showing up as a $4.99 download.
iPhone 6, iOS 8
The Plex app is free.
The $4.99 you see is for an in-app purchase for a subscription which is not shareable through Family Sharing.
As for previously purchased content, there does not appear to be anything documented. It appears if an item is in your purchase history, it is shareable, if it's not an in-app purchase or not meant to be shared by the developer.
Jason or someone else,
Can you download previously purchased music in general. I've read the link you refer to. I understand some things can be prevented from being shared.
Please answer directly, can you share music or apps purchased before turning on family sharing plan? Please answer directly, is there a hard rule against this? I've set up the family share and I can see my family member but no purchases under their name/picture...and we've had apple iphones for years.
This is really weak feature to brag about if it only works starting the day you sign up for it. Please be straight with me on here.
Thanks
Hi LexLuthor5,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
Take a look at the article linked below, it provides a lot of great tips that will resolve most Family Sharing issues like the one that you described.
If you don't see your family's shared content
I hope this helps.
-Jason
Share Previous Purchases?
