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Moving my itunes account to another country

Hello I have a problem that I have not found a solution too despite much searching. It may not be a problem of course, but I think it is....!!

I have an imac which was bought and all the softwear (incl itunes) installed in Australia. Therefore I have an Australian login for itunes. I also have an unlocked iphone bought directly from Apple in Australia.

I have moved to the UK and brought the 100% Aussie imac with me. I have also brought the previously unactivated iphone with me and installed a pre-paid UK Vodafone sim.

The problem is that having plugged the iphone into the computer, it thinks it is an Australian iphone and defaults to the Australian itunes store. This seems to be a problem because, unless I am missing something I have to be registered with itunes/Mac here in the UK to be able to download Apps.

I have attempted to change my location with no joy and I have also failed to create a new user because the computer still want me to be Australian.

Does anyone have any good ideas???? This was not a problem I had even imagined.

Thanks!

iphone, iPhone OS 3.1.3

Posted on Apr 18, 2010 2:11 PM

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User profile for user: Ingo2711
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Posted on Apr 19, 2010 7:53 AM

Welcome to the discussions,
maybe these articles can help:
Changing Your iTunes Store Country
*It is not possible to change the iTunes Store country in use on the device itself. To change this on your mobile device, go to iTunes on your computer*, change the iTunes Store to the country you want to use on your mobile device, then sync your iPhone or iPod touch with your computer again. To quickly change to the correct country for your account, choose Store > Sign In. If you are not using the correct iTunes Store country for your account you may see an error message advising that your account is only valid for purchases in the iTunes Store for your country when you try to download from the iTunes Store or App Store on your mobile device.

copied from: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311

Creating an account on iphone: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3575
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User profile for user: Ingo2711
Ingo2711
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Apr 19, 2010 7:53 AM in response to PaulyBUK

Welcome to the discussions,
maybe these articles can help:
Changing Your iTunes Store Country
*It is not possible to change the iTunes Store country in use on the device itself. To change this on your mobile device, go to iTunes on your computer*, change the iTunes Store to the country you want to use on your mobile device, then sync your iPhone or iPod touch with your computer again. To quickly change to the correct country for your account, choose Store > Sign In. If you are not using the correct iTunes Store country for your account you may see an error message advising that your account is only valid for purchases in the iTunes Store for your country when you try to download from the iTunes Store or App Store on your mobile device.

copied from: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1311

Creating an account on iphone: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3575
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