I have turned on Family sharing for my kids and I. As the organize I added my two kids who have their own apple ID's. I verified that Apple ID set in iTunes/iCloud on all the devices I own (iMAC/Ipad/Iphone) are the same.
When my kids attempt to purchase an app they get the alert to ask for permission to buy. But I never receive notification to approve or reject.
Any help to figure this out it much appreciated.
Thanks
Wil
iPhone 6, iOS 8
I Finally found them. If you drag down from the top of the screen you can see the notifications and approve from there.
Still not seeing mine there - is there something special that you did in the Settings/Notifications section? Thanks!
Thanks... this fixed my problem too!
How do I turn on notifications for family?
I Can't find notifications for Family. can you help?
Trying to forward this thread here.
This is the correct answer and worked for me.
Omg thankyou i work for iOS tech support and this helped
Read the following support article Request and make purchases with Ask to Buy - Apple Support it explains how this setup works. Note the following lines
"Open the notification to see the item that your family member wants to get. (See your notifications on your Mac or iOS device.)"
This is the notification centre you access by pulling down from the top of your device and then clicking [Notifications] at the top of the screen. There will be a section for "Family" that will show the request on all parent devices. (iOSv8.4). This is the only place that the requests are sent to, it doesn't go anywhere else.
"If the organizer doesn't make the purchase or decline the request, it will be deleted after 24 hours, and the child will need to make the request again."
If either parent doesn't action the request its deleted after 24 hours and the child needs to re-request it. So basically you have 24hrs to approve or reject the purchase.
Also, as mentioned in a post above, make sure your child's device is signed into iCloud and iTunes as their child account (look under [Settings] >> [iCloud] & [Settings] >> [iTunes & App Store]). You may also want to configure iMessage and Facetime to use the childs account as well.
that did it; thanks! my kids were signed into my iTunes account on their iPods.
Apple fail indeed. I can't fix this.
Awesome! This fixed my problem as well!!! Thank-you:)
Is there a way to change the notification sounds for these? I can't find it anywhere and its the same sound as my text and it is not desired! 🙂
Did you ever figure out this issue? I am only getting app approval request on my iPad and not my iPhone.
This has not solved my problem. My children are signed in as themselves, and I am still not receiving their requests.
Ask to buy notification not received by organizer.
