6th Family Member Not Showing Up In Family Sharing

Software
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I have 5 members in my family; myself, my wife, and 3 kids. I made a “Family Apple ID” and use that for the Apple TVs, our Mac Studio, and the iPad that’s attached to the fridge and displays a calendar and security cameras.

The issue I’m having is that this Family ID is that I can’t see the purchases from other members of the family and it’s not showing that I’m part of iCloud+ but I can see what this Family ID has purchased. All of my sharing options are on for all the accounts and I can share purchases between the other accounts.

Any ideas what the problem could be?

P.S. I like torturing my family so my devices and the family devices are on the developer beta. :grimacing::grimacing::grimacing:

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I’m not trying to be smart a$$, but my first guess would be this:

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That at was my first thought too but don’t understand why Family Sharing wouldn’t work between betas. I can still share my apps between those not on the betas.

And it only seems to be the Mac App Store that’s affected. I can still share my iOS apps with the Family account.

All of the movies and TV shows I purchased on my personal account show up on the Apple TVs on the Family account.

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Betas, by definition, are ‘not ready for prime time’ programs. Some professionals don’t even install the latest macOS for months after a new version is released. This may not be your problem but you can never be sure.

I don’t run betas on production devices. In fact I don’t purchase a new iPhone for a month or two after the new ones ship.

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I understand that. Luckily none of my machines are “production” machines and I’ve never had any real issues with betas. I just really like having the latest and greatest when it comes to Apple software. If this is a beta issue it’s just more of an annoyance than anything for me.

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I had the same issue with MacOS, where I couldn’t see other family members (including our historic central purchasing account) Mac app win the App Store. It was certainly a MacOS 14 Sonoma issue and I could not find a work around.

I also had a few other issues along the way, with photos not working properly, so I decided to move back to Ventura (ie fresh install) on the single machine that I had updated.

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I thought the family sharing was limited to 5 family members?
I think you can have like up to 10 devices per account, but only 5 different accounts.

So I think it might be an Apple/iCloud limitation?

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Says 1+ 5 additional family members.
Could be different in other countries.

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