I moved country, changed iTunes stores and now my Apps can't be updated!?

gusbemacbe wrote:

It's why I'll leave Apple and sell all my Apple devices.

You’re funny!

Thanks for the laughs!!!

Apple is the worst company

Really? Why?

Please, keep laughing. You love laughing at poor customers.

Yes, in case of iTunes Store. Apple is very unfriendly with the customer in case of App Store. I can redownload the apps in new store, but I can't redownload the ebooks and the films if I switch again to Belgian store while I'm not in Belgium because it can terminate my account. It's one of the most disgusting, stupid, insane and sick things Apple does with the customers.

It's not Apple's fault. It's my fault for not making a backup of ebooks and films and for not keeping separated IDs — one for Brazilian iTunes Store and other for Belgian iTunes Store.

gusbemacbe wrote:

Please, keep laughing. You love laughing at poor customers.

You are not my customer. I'm not an Apple employee...

It's one of the most disgusting, stupid, insane and sick things Apple does with the customers.

These kind of comments really make me laugh.

Hi,

Okay, I've contacted Apple support, there is a way to solve this. Here is my situation. I've moved from the UK (Where I studied) to Singapore (Where I reside), I've devised a way to rectify this issue.

For me, it was changing from Singapore store to the UK Store(Where I made most of my purchases).

When changing store in iTunes, select "None" in the payment section, then proceed with a billing address(I used my previous address in the UK).

You should be able to change store, from there, you would have to go to "Purchased" and then re-download all your purchases onto your PC.

From there you should be able to transfer your purchase to any of your iOS devices.

NOTE: It is optional to switch back to the store of your current residing country to be able to key in a payment method for your local store, this would allow you to purchase again from the iTunes store country.

Hope this helps

Question: can you leave reviews for the apps purchased from the UK whilst using the Singaporean Store?

This is currently my biggest gripe. I have changed 3 different stores and I can't leave reviews to apps that I have downloaded from Store Country A, whilst using Store Country C. You can't leave reviews and receive automated download on iTunes (on iOS App Store you get automated downloaded regardless of purchase origin) for apps that are purchased outside your current store.

I wish Apple would change this and make it so that your purchase history is account dependent rather than country store dependent.

Wow so after 5 years this issue is still unresolved!

Im moving from the UK to USA this month and I can't wait for the shed load of pain this will cause me!

Same issue here
I am french and live in Germany and I can't even get a free app from German Store

that is the worst store ever !!

erick.boileau wrote:

Same issue here
I am french and live in Germany and I can't even get a free app from German Store

that is the worst store ever !!

Why not?

Simply change to the German store.

I cannot change for the German store because I need both French and German, I am living in both countries

CHange to the german store, download the free app and go back to the french one.

one need to change the credit card ... it doesn't work
they have to do like Amazon or nothing

Yes you do need to change your credit card and home address, that's what I do whn I need something from Italian store living in Australia. But you don't need to to that too ofte, do you? Most apps are available worldwide. Only those made for example for german users only, might be available only there. Download them and that's it. There's no other solution and I don't think Apple is gonna change it.

thanks

ℹ Solution from: http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/105804/1174

Just attempt to buy same items on new country. It will not charge you.

To see a list of your purchased items on previous country, go to iTunes to see your purchase history: See your purchase history in the iTunes Store - Apple Support

✅ 🙂

Or just don't buy the d**d iPhone.

Google doesn't put their users through all this bulls**t.

This all stems from the fact that Apple considers it more important to manage DRM than to serve international users.

Its an international company but they have lousy support for real internationalists.

Try signing up in one country with a credit card from another country: Apple = impossible, Google = no problem.