Q: How can I gift a song I have previously purchased (ie, purchase it again as a gift for someone)b

Find the song in the iTunes store, click the down triangle after the Buy button and select Gift this song.

Bad Reply as Itunes will not even let you click on the button when you have already purchased it!

n2wata wrote:

 

Bad Reply

No, it's not.

as Itunes will not even let you click on the button when you have already purchased it!

It worked 18 months ago when I posted how to do it.

I haven't tried it lately.

For some reason the iTunes Store indeed does not give you the "gift" option if you are viewing a track you've purchased on the album page. Here's a workaround, though: find the track by searching for it. You should then be able to gift it from the results screen even though you own it.

Regards.

Sorry, wrong statement, not a bad reply, just that it does not work now.

varjack paw - THANKS! Your suggestion works perfectly. Apple should make it easier as most probabaly just give up and do not spend any money buying others a song they like.

I agree. It seems a strange oversight, since the people most likely to want to gift a track are those who own and like it already. You can comment to Apple here, if you wish:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

I did, and I urge anyone else bothered by this to comment as well.

Regards.

anyone know how to do this from an iPhone?

You cannot give a gift of an individual song from an iPhone. You need to use iTunes on a computer. Otherwise, see:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2736

Regards.