Q: I moved country, changed iTunes stores and now my Apps can't be updated!?
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Sep 28, 2014 11:54 AMby gusbemacbe,Hello!
I lived in Belgium and I moved myself to Brazil. I switched to new Brazilian iTunes Store and I was able to redownload the paid apps, so Apple recognised I have already purchased them in old country.
But some Belgian and French ebooks and films aren't available in Brazilian iTunes Store. If I remove my Brazilian credit card from iTunes Store Brazil and switch back again to Belgian iTunes Store for restoring few Belgian ebooks and films and returning again to the Brazilian iTunes Store?
But if I want to keep remaining in the Belgian iTunes Store, can I purchase the Belgian iTunes gift cards with Brazilian credit card from Apple Store site?
Thank you for your attention and help!
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Sep 28, 2014 11:11 PMby gusbemacbe,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.
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Sep 29, 2014 5:44 AMby Chris CA,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.
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Nov 23, 2014 9:12 PMby graypes,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
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May 7, 2015 7:23 AMby v1ct0r,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.
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Jul 17, 2015 3:43 PMby svkrzn,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.
