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'This App is No Longer Shared' iOS Bug Preventing Some Apps From Opening
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I think it is the DRM: I started randomly getting this is the error at the end of last year and found Family Sharing was no longer sharing anything between family members.
Encouragingly Apple never managed to fully fix it. Although I did get sharing back, I now have the wrong account as the organiser and neither I nor Apple can move it the correct one.
When the error pops up and sends you to the store, quickly press “update” before it changes to “open”. Worked here.
Until it happens for something that is much needed like a password manager. For 1Password you need the secret key (or the info off of another device like an iPad, use the QR code) and then the 2 step authentication code.
Or even worse... a person logs into gmail and uses the google authenticator app to get into their email, and this happens. Better hope then have the back up codes.
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Came here wondering if this had been covered on MR. My wife had this happen on her iPhone X with the door dash app.
Sh4 thought it was because she had not updated to 13.5 yet. Updating didn’t fix the issue. Deleted door dash and reinstalled fixed it. But it did get her to update her phone in record time. LOL...
Sh4 thought it was because she had not updated to 13.5 yet. Updating didn’t fix the issue. Deleted door dash and reinstalled fixed it. But it did get her to update her phone in record time. LOL...
But the rich app/software ecosystem we have today is only possible and viable due to DRM - what would we have now if it wasn't for DRM?
Can’t be stressed enough. Especially for people anxious to loose data like for WhatsApp.
That worked for me and my WhatsApp.
It must be related To family sharing.
here are more experiences: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/after-update-13-5-whatsapp-no-longer-shared-with-you.2237763/
It happens with devices running iOS 12 such as my sisters 5S so it’s not iOS 13 related.
Guys, it's not so much OS version dependent as you all think. I just took some screenshots of my wife's phone which still has iOS 12 - it has the same issue with Facebook app.
As you can see from the screenshots it's also not region or language dependent. Apple just scored some major problem affecting people around the globe.
I had the same with Facebook on my iPad Pro. It is used in the UK with Polish language, like above. And I have family sharing on.
Was planning on updating my devices this weekend but I'll wait until this problem gets resolved for now.
Apple statement:
We apologize for the minor inconvenience because both the coding and testing teams were staffed by interns. However, we are thrilled to note that track and trace works EXACTLY as designed because we had our best and brightest working on it and it was triple tested.
We apologize for the minor inconvenience because both the coding and testing teams were staffed by interns. However, we are thrilled to note that track and trace works EXACTLY as designed because we had our best and brightest working on it and it was triple tested.
I’m still on 13.4.1, and have this bug. Others in my family are on 13.5 and have had it intermittently.
Oddly enough, in some cases, just waiting has also resolved the issue. I’m wondering if it’s something on the backend, rather than to do with the iOS update...
Oddly enough, in some cases, just waiting has also resolved the issue. I’m wondering if it’s something on the backend, rather than to do with the iOS update...
Sure, eventually that will happen. It happens to all companies... but Apple doesn't need to do anything other than what they have been doing. Sure, some people will grumble for a day or so, then they'll continue to buy Apple products... and that is all Apple really cares about in the end. In quite a few of those cases, the more people grumble, the more money they give to Apple.
Grumble about a defective Macbook keyboard? Solution: Buy a new Macbook AND give Apple more money for an extended warranty.
And when that day comes, you (and not just you) most likely won't leave... because you have too much invested in Apple's ecosystem.
Anyone who is dissatisfied with Appleland should diversify and have other options. I did that quite a while ago... as a result, things like this don't bother me, I've saved a ton of money, and have an interesting group of devices that play nice together.
You’re so right. Now they just need to send you a text. You don’t have to do anything.
Hackers Can Break Into an iPhone Just by Sending a Text
You don't even have to click anything.
This worked for me. I got the error with the Nextdoor app. When it took me to the App Store, after a few tries, I was able to quickly hit update before the App Store change the status to “open”. The Nextdoor App then updated and problem was solved.
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Happened to me and I’m running iOS 13.3
I have not seen this but the delete and reinstall would kill all the data. My most used app on my iPad (really the only app I use 90% of the time) is ForeFlight which is for aviation and contains downloaded charts and FAA approach plates. Mine is currently using about 26GB of downloaded data. To redownload all that would take a very long time and if I am not able to get to wifi, will use up most of my "unlimited" data.
Fingers crossed that they fix this.
Fingers crossed that they fix this.
Remember us free software fans who back in the 90s warned everyone about DRM and how insidious it is and how it will keep you from using your own software on your devices eventually?
Well, here we are. A stupid bug is keeping us from running even free applications.
I don't like the future we ended up in.
EDIT: I bought Apple devices and didn't follow my own advice, I know. I'm just grumbling about stupid this all is. It's so unnecessary.
This hasn’t got anything to do with DRM. This is just a bug that seems to be related to family sharing features and fixable by reinstalling the app.
It’s an app called Catpaint. I zoomed in and cropped the image around the app icon then reverse image searched. It’s .99 cents in the AppStore. Enjoy.
Whoaaaa, that’s a big deal! My stepdad is a commercial pilot and he uses that as well. FAA doesn’t take kindly to aviation stuff going awry. Hopefully Apple is onto fixing this issue.
I don't think people are necessarily specifically doing that.
But maybe it happens automatically. Eg. if I download Facebook then my wife does, iOS may think its licensed to me and shared to her - rather than thinking - its free - so ignore the shared license and just give my wife her own separate one.
The reason I'm looking at this thread at all is my wife just had this pop up error thing when trying to run Facebook today. We fixed it by deleting the facebook app from her phone and re-installing it. She's back in business - once she finally remembered her fb password
I hope this can be fixed on Apple's side. I've been using the family sharing with my Elderly mother who lives nowhere near me and she's reporting that her iPad is totally stuck.
There's no chance I can run through over the phone how to get her do any of these fixes She barely knows how to use the thing other than load YouTube and Disney. She's extremely bad when it comes to technology.
There's no chance I can run through over the phone how to get her do any of these fixes
She barely knows how to use the thing other than load YouTube and Disney. She's extremely bad when it comes to technology.