6 Fixes to Try If You Can’t Share Your Subscriptions With Family Sharing

Apple’s Family Sharing feature dost provide a wondrous avenue to save coin with thy comrades and kin. Ye may divide the costs by designating but one soul to pay for services such as Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple Music, and more, for five other individuals.

Yet, there be tales of those who hath attempted to harness this feature, only to meet naught but failure. Thus, if thou art certain that thou hast paid for yon subscription service and dost find it not shared amongst thy family members, fear not! For we doth lay forth a few steps to troubleshoot and vanquish the conundrum.

1. Check Apple’s System Status Page

Ere thou embark on the arduous journey of logging out of thy Apple ID, removing and adding kin, and delving into the abyss of payment details, ’tis wise to peruse Apple’s System Status page. There, upon the digital parchment, thou mayst spy a list of Apple’s services and discern if the one thou seek to share doth bear a green dot by its name. ‘Tis an unlikely culprit, yet a glance afore delving into the deeper remedies may save thee precious time.

2. Turn on Purchase Sharing and Share With Family

Purchase Sharing, a most noble feature, doth allow thy kin to share apps, movies, TV shows, songs, and books purchased amongst themselves. The family’s steward shall part with the coin using a shared method of payment, whilst all members of the clan may partake of the bounty if they so desire. Should thou wish to learn more of this marvel, peruse our guide on Apple Family Sharing.

Shouldst thou wish to partake in this feasting of shared treasures, follow these steps on thy iPhone or iPad:

1. Unfurl Settings on yon device and tap thy Apple ID name at the zenith.
2. Thence, select Family Sharing within the Apple ID settings den.
3. Tap upon Purchase Sharing, await its unraveling, and tap Continue.
4. Elect Turn On, and decide if a message should be dispatched to herald this news to thy kin.
5. Return to the Apple ID settings and tap upon Subscriptions.
6. Toggle on Share With Family to commence the sharing of riches.

And for guiding thine path on a Mac:

1. Bring to life thy System Settings and click upon Family.
2. Select Purchase Sharing from the bill of fare.
3. Pursue the on-screen prompts, clicking Continue and then Turn On Purchase Sharing.

Should this remedy not bear fruit, let us proceed to the next solution.