How to Fix Ask To Buy Not Working on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Apple Family Sharing comes with a feature known as “Ask to Buy” that’s a must-use for people who share a payment method with their family group, especially if the family group has children in it. While Ask to Buy is a wonderful feature, unfortunately, many users have been facing troubles with it. ContentsSometimes family organizers don’t receive notifications for requests. At other times, even when “Ask to Buy” is enabled and their child requests approval for the purchase from the family organizer, they might see the message “Unable to Ask Permission. You can’t ask permission because you have signed in with iCloud and iTunes accounts that are not associated with each other.” There could be many reasons why you’re facing these troubles. Fortunately, it’s easy to fix them and get things working like clockwork again. Whether you are not getting any Ask to Buy notifications or if your child sees “unable to ask permission” after requesting a purchase from the family organizer, we’ll cover f...