My father in-law recently lost his wife, and we've added him to our Apple Family to share our Apple One subscription.
Now we get charged for all his purchases, and we get the email to tell us what he bought.
Can we continue sharing our purchases with our kids, e.g. Minecraft, but have his purchases to go to his own card?
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No. If purchase sharing is enabled, the organizer pays for all charges. You can turn off purchase sharing if you wish. Or, he can add funds to his Apple Account (which would be used first before your card is charged).
No. If purchase sharing is enabled, the organizer pays for all charges. You can turn off purchase sharing if you wish. Or, he can add funds to his Apple Account (which would be used first before your card is charged).
JeremyTM wrote:
As I mentioned, we can't turn off purchase sharing, otherwise my kids can't access Minecraft and other apps which I've purchased.
thats the trade off
As for store credit, how can he add credit from his own card? He tried this, but it still charged mine 🤦♂️
See Add money to your Apple Account balance - Apple Support
I could swear that's the same link I had already sent him, but somehow it charged my card.
To work around Apple's shortfalls here, we experimented with turning off purchase sharing, then he tops up, then we turn it back on which worked.
Not a good experience though.
As I mentioned, we can't turn off purchase sharing, otherwise my kids can't access Minecraft and other apps which I've purchased.
As for store credit, how can he add credit from his own card? He tried this, but it still charged mine 🤦♂️
How do I share Apple One subscription with a widowed parent while maintaining separate purchase cards?
