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Q: i am trying to get all my apple stuff under 1 apple id. i have 2 and i? can't figure out how to change it????

i have 2 apple id"s, i want to use only one on all my apple products. does anyone know how to change this?

iPhone 4 (8GB), iphone & ipad

Posted on Mar 26, 2014 9:26 AM

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Q: i am trying to get all my apple stuff under 1 apple id. i have 2 and i? can't figure out how to change it????

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  • by Anthony Hobbs,

    Anthony Hobbs Anthony Hobbs Mar 26, 2014 9:31 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 9:31 AM in response to buycker

    Once content like games and other purchases are bought on an apple id, you wont be able to transfer the content to another account

     

    Hope this helps

  • by buycker,

    buycker buycker Mar 26, 2014 9:29 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 9:29 AM in response to buycker

    i am very frustrated, it should be easy to do. not very happy with apple, i have been trying to figure this out for months.

  • by paulcb,

    paulcb paulcb Mar 26, 2014 9:32 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 9:32 AM in response to buycker

    As I understnd, it's generally not possible to combine Apple ID's.  You can call Apple, ask for iTunes support and see what they say.  They offer no way of doing it online.

  • by TJBUSMC1973,

    TJBUSMC1973 TJBUSMC1973 Mar 26, 2014 10:29 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 10:29 AM in response to buycker

    You cannot merge two Apple ID accounts.  The main reason for this is to prevent theft.  If someone were able to get your account information, and then they transferred your purchases from your Apple ID to their own, and then changed all of your login information, you'd not only be locked out of your account, you'd lose your purchase history.

     

    You can download content from multiple Apple IDs (and there's rarely a reason to create more than one Apple ID for a single user) onto your devices, though.  Log in with one, download the content, then log out, log in with the second, and download that Apple ID's content.

  • by buycker,

    buycker buycker Mar 26, 2014 11:14 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 11:14 AM in response to buycker

    i went into settings  on all of 4 of my apple products, went into the itunes & app store, signed out, then signed in with the id i wanted to use . i had to do this to all products.

  • by Rojmer,

    Rojmer Rojmer Mar 26, 2014 11:19 AM in response to buycker
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    Mar 26, 2014 11:19 AM in response to buycker

    and what you have done is OK and it will work for all future purchases.  However, for apps purchased under your old Apple ID will continue to be associated with your old Apple ID and for updates of those apps, your old Apple ID and its password will always be necessary.

     

    If you want to avoid this, you need to delete all those apps not purchased under the Apple ID you now want to use and repurchase them with this Apple ID.  Going forward they will then be associated with the new ID: