"Family Purchase Sharing Update" problems: any workarounds?

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"Family Purchase Sharing Update" problems: any workarounds?

[Problem #1] Yesterday I added the new Apple (Morgan) savings account. I now have the red notification on settings inviting me to share this in Family Sharing. (I do not want to do so.) When I click on View Details I am prompted to "Allow Sharing," but no option not to (!), and the red notification remains.

[Problem #2] If, as suggested to limit payment methods (I only want to share Apple Card with my wife, but not the other three cards, and not the new savings account), I go to Settings/name/Media and Purchases/View Account and click on "Family Sharing," it states that my payment info is shared with my family, and I can "manage Family Sharing in Settings app" (??) If I click on "Manage Payments" I see my four credit cards I have in my wallet. Okay, I then go to Family Sharing and see that I've no way to limit which cards I want to share (they are all included in the sharing). Is this really the case?

iPhone 13 Pro

Posted on Apr 18, 2023 08:42 AM

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Answer 1

Paul Melzer Author

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Apr 19, 2023 01:09 PM in response to Paul Melzer

Spoke too soon, alas. The FPSU notification is back on Settings, although with a slightly different window. (Of course, I can find no such "Manage Payments" in Settings/App Store.) When clicking on "view Details" it returns to the same no-other-option screen as before.

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Answer 2

Apr 18, 2023 08:23 PM in response to Paul Melzer

I have the exact same issue. Furthermore, it takes away the ability for my other family members to add and manage their own payment methods. This just occurred overnight. I called Apple support and they of course deny any changes that would cause this. They recommended that I turn off Purchase Sharing to allow my other family members to add and manage their own payment methods. BTW, it removed all of their previously setup payment methods, so they had to add them back. Now with it turned off, they can’t update or use any apps that I purchased and were sharing with them. Apple screwed this up royally…..

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Answer 3

Apr 19, 2023 10:14 AM in response to Paul Melzer

I am mostly annoyed that the notification cannot be dismissed. Yes, I reviewed the notification and guess what Apple, I don’t want to do anything about it - now make the notification go away. Nope. It’s still there.

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Apr 22, 2023 02:17 AM in response to Paul Melzer

I assumed, wrongly, that there would be options and further info after pressing the big blue button. Who would think giving my credit card details to my family members wasn’t optional? I can’t find any options, in any menus, anywhere to adjust this. My wife has just checked her wallet and can’t see a change but hasn’t yet updated to ios16.1.4. I have family members I specifically do not want to share financial information with, for good reason, but I’m happy to share music and apps with. Location too. What the **** is going on?

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Answer 5

Apr 21, 2023 07:03 PM in response to Paul Melzer

Yeah this just came up in the since last update. The directions lead you to no where or to link to fix in the Settings app. Revolutionary!! Another iOS glitch to add to the building list.

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Paul Melzer Author

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Apr 19, 2023 10:23 AM in response to sandhutunes

Weirdly enough, the one on my screen went away yesterday, but not for any doing on my part.

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Answer 7

Apr 19, 2023 01:25 PM in response to Paul Melzer

The whole affair is very un-Apple like. Payments and sharing settings seem to be spread across different sub-menus. You'd think you are looking at an Android device.

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vin5301

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Apr 25, 2023 10:46 AM in response to sandhutunes

Same!! So annoying notification won’t go away. Apple what the ****!!😡

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Answer 9

Apr 26, 2023 12:27 PM in response to sandhutunes

After nosing around in Settings (*without* pressing the blue button to "Allow Sharing"), the notification cleared on my iPhone SE3. But it won't go away on my iPad mini.

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