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To change stores you can do so on the iTunes Store:
Click on your Account in the iTunes Store to go to your Account Page.
Click "Change Country or Region".
Choose your Country or Region:
Another alternative is to use Apple's My Apple ID site and change your address - next time you use iTunes it will ask you to change your region and verify your ...
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You can use redeemed value from an iTunes gift card to buy from the following stores:
iTunes music, movie and TV stores for iOS, Windows and Mac
iBookstore on iOS
App Store on iOS
App Store on Mac OS
The only gift cards that are accepted at an Apple Retail Store are Apple gift cards. The Apple Retail Stores and the Apple Store online do not accept ...
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You can’t; iBook gifting isn’t supported yet.
From Apple’s iBooks FAQs page:
Can I gift a book?
No, you cannot gift a book in the iBookstore at this time.
The phrase “at this time” suggests that it’s coming in the future, but Apple haven’t announced anything yet.
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This is by design. Apple requires you to set up an account even for free purchases (except podcasts).
In the past, you could set up a free account in iCloud and get away with not entering information, but now the security is getting beefed up.
You may be asked for three security questions and to re-verify your account periodically. The passwords are now ...
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Most of the time, this means there is something wrong with you creditcard information. So do as told and contact iTunes to get rid of the message.
With no screenshot or further information, it's hard for us to provide a solution.
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If you choose to do so, your friend will not be able to update apps without knowing your password. If you give your friend your password, they will then be able to shop for apps using your account. The other problem is that your friend may not be able to sync with his/her computer without erasing the apps.
The last problem is Apple restricts each Apple ID ...
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If I recall correctly, what you are planning to do may violate the ToC set but if you still insist, Apple's website highlights the following restrictions:
Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ...
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It's there for me both in iTunes and the iOS App Store (on an iPhone, don't have my iPad handy to test). That's in the Canadian store, FWIW. Things can and do vary by country, and for that matter by what CDN node you're connected to, so it may be different for others. Best advice is to wait it out and try again in a little while, in case there was a glitch ...
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This is by design.
A developer lists an app for one or more markets and when you lose past purchases, that indicates that that app was available in the old market and no longer is available in the new market.
Have a look on the site, there are several threads on people deciding to switch countries or keep an old account.
One is simpler and potentially ...
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Home Sharing is done under a different Apple ID than the one the computer is authorized for. I have my computer registered under my ID (with automatic downloads on!), and Home Sharing set up under a family ID.
To do this correctly:
Make sure you are signed in to your ID under the Store menu.
Log in to the shared ID with the appropriate command under the ...
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According to this Bloomberg article:
Netflix Inc. (NFLX) is deepening its ties with Apple Inc. (AAPL) by
allowing owners of Apple TV set-top boxes to sign up for the
video-streaming service directly and pay through their iTunes
accounts.
More details and support links can be found on Netflix's iTunes billing page.
Finally, according to the ...
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I've got this same situation going at home; two computers with separate iTunes Store accounts, an AppleTV that pulls content from both of them, and iTunes Home Sharing turned on.
The automatic syncing behavior is optional and, I believe, opt-in. When you turn on Home Sharing and select it in iTunes, you'll see this down in the bottom right corner:
When ...
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They are all available, it's just a numbering and naming inconsistency between the devices.
On the Apple TV, the "All TV Shows 12" is referring to the total number of distinct TV shows (example: Seinfeld, 30 Rock, The Office, etc).
In the iTunes Store > Purchased section on your Mac, the "Total: 15 items" is referring to the total number of seasons of ...
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The front side is actually irrelevant for the card. If you buy any iTunes gift card for and with US dollars, you can redeem it with any US Apple ID.
It will at least work with the Music store, iOS App Store, Mac App Store, and iBookstore.
(I've been using those cards ever since, since I don't have a credit card.)
You can use up to 8 Apple Gift cards (not ...
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A while back (maybe two years ago), I ran into the same situation. I had to e-mail apple support before I could re-download it. They warned me, saying that I should make backups, and that next time I would have to purchase the music again. As it turns out, I actually did lose the music a second time (because I was an idiot), and sure enough they wouldn't ...
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The only way is to have separate email account, you cannot use the same email for different account.
If I understand correctly, you want to have control over those accounts and receive the monthly purchased email in one account. You can setup 2 email accounts with forwarding service which will send all the mail from their account to your main email account. ...
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You can't buy without iTunes or an iOS device.
You can borrow someone else's device (iOS or computer) and sign in with your account to do the buying and then cancel the download / delete the app.
You could also gift them to yourself, but that is a bit more work and doesn't save you from getting to the point where you would just buy the apps.
As a last ...
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Thanks for documenting the current state of play. Although most can buy gift cards from the store of your choice and load them into the App Store, if they truly are not easily available in your country just slowing down the cycling of cards you use for payment is the obvious choice out of this dilemma.
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This is a widespread issue affecting many iOS devices (with the exceptions of international stores). Apple has yet to respond/fix this bug.
update It appears that Apple has resolved the issue. You can now download iTunes media normally.
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The short answer is no.
The reasons are numerous, but the first is that anything compiled to run on a device can not be run in the simulator because the processor architecture is different. The simulator is simulating a device, not emulating a device. Apps run in the simulator are intel x86 binaries, while apps that run on a device are compiled for some ...
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You will need to get in contact with the online store team of the country you purchased from. Here's the ways to contact Apple for order enquiries. If you can't call them, during 'normal business hours' you can chat with them.
Chat
Shopping online and have a quick question?
Our trained Chat specialists may be available to assist you during ...
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Ok, here's what I have learnt about purchases in iTunes App store after Apple ID's country switch by now (from my own experience (same ID, different country - Russia to USA)):
1. You won't lose any app you purchased before the switch, but
2. You won't have any of them in your 'purchased' list wherever you check it (iTunes, iOS,...),
3. You'll be able to ...
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I had this exact problem so I telephoned Apple support and the first thing they told me to do was to check the same setting on my other devices. I discovered that my iMac had the option in preferences un-checked and it seems that this was over-riding the option on my MacBook Air.
This has worked for me, so I suggest that you check the preferences on any ...
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I had a similar problem trying to update apps because I live overseas in Japan, and after updating to iOS6 it defaulted to the Japanese AppStore. I went to the AppStore, clicked on view AppleID, then it asked for my password which was not recognized as a Japanese account, so after a few attempts, it switched me to the US store and now I can update ...
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You can’t do that without jailbreaking. Even with jailbreaking, the apps are so buggy or expensive that I won’t recommend anything.
You have to use iTunes to sync music to your iPhone because you don’t have the Music Store in India.
The second best thing you can do is use third party apps to store music.
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Since you haven't posted any specific troubleshooting steps taken the best course of action would be to use the help menu in iTunes and search for "cannot connect to the iTunes store".
Alternatively, you can search http://apple.com/support under iTunes and see if you can find an article that might help you narrow down the causes of this problem.
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You can try following this procedure (Youtube Video) to create an Apple ID in iTunes without a Credit Card, substituting US for Japan.
You need to follow these easy steps to create an Apple ID with a U.S. address but without requiring a credit card:
1. Launch iTunes and switch to the iTunes store. Make sure you are not logged in.
2. Scroll to the bottom ...
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What I usually do in this situation is look up the album in the iTunes Store.
If it’s not available in the iTunes Store, I get the album art from some other source.
If it is available in the iTunes Store but “Get Album Art” doesn’t seem to do anything, there’s probably a mismatch in the meta data somewhere. Compare the Artist, Album Artist, and Album ...
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"Downloading for free" of purchased apps by another person is certainly not something Apple would like. You can technically do that, however you have to also let his device sync to your iTunes library and let him use your Apple ID and password each time he needs to update the installed apps in this way. In short: your friends' device must be considered by ...
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I learned that unfortunately the best solution when moving to another country is to open a new account in the new country and go through the tedious task of logging with different accounts when you do the updates.
I didn't do that but my wife did. And now I have the exact same issues plaguing my account as you do. I moved from North America to Europe.
I ...
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