App Store and credit card

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App Store and credit card

I have an Apple account. (That's obvious, because I'm here in this forum.) I want to download free applications from the App Store, but I don't want to register my credit card. Likewise, I don't want to create a new account, because that's yet one more complication to my already busy life. But http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2534 says that the only way to use the App Store without a credit card is to establish an entirely new Apple account. Surely there is an easier way. Surely I can use my existing Apple account to download free applications. Isn't there?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 4 gig RAM

Posted on Sep 10, 2011 11:31 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 10, 2011 11:37 AM in response to R_55a

Where does it say that? Go to your account and edit payment and check none for type of payment.

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X423424X

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Sep 10, 2011 12:16 PM in response to R_55a

I don't think you are offered a chance to have a "none" payment type once the account is created. Hence that apple ht2534 tech note.

What's wrong with creating another account? Google email accounts are, 'er, "cheap"?

And app store discussions should be discussed in the appropriate apple discussions forum. You should ask your question in the Mac App Store community forum.

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R_55a Author

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Sep 11, 2011 10:34 AM in response to X423424X

Maybe I'll have to establish a new account. I set up my old account maybe 15 years ago. We didn't have the option for "no payment" back then.

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CMCSK

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Sep 11, 2011 2:34 PM in response to R_55a

Richard Gilpin wrote:

Maybe I'll have to establish a new account. I set up my old account maybe 15 years ago. We didn't have the option for "no payment" back then.

There wasn't an App Store back then either! 😉

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R_55a Author

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Sep 16, 2011 8:40 PM in response to X423424X

And now "none" is not an option either. I have just returned from both the App Store and the iTunes store, and neither has the choice of "none" for method of payment.

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R_55a Author

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Sep 16, 2011 8:54 PM in response to X423424X

Oh, never mind. I went back and read the instructions. In the App Store I had to try to download a free application. That's where one find the no-payment option.

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