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Is there any way to select the language in the Mac App store without changing your billing country?
Specifically, I am an expat living in Netherlands with a Dutch address but would like to use the App Store in English.
The only option seems to be to change the country to the UK, but if I do that I cannot purchase anything because I have no billing address there.
Hi ...
You can change the country by clicking the round flag icon bottom right corner of the App Store window.
For purchasing your credit or debit card credentials must be associated with the same country where you reside.
"Although you can browse the iTunes Store in any country without being signed in, you can only purchase content from the iTunes Store for your own country. This is enforced via the billing address associated with your credit card or other payment method that you use with the iTunes Store, rather than your actual geographic location."
From here > The Complete Guide to Using the iTunes Store | iLounge Article
FYI: iTunes and Mac App Stores bililing policies are the same.
Hi Chau,
That would make all purchases done with that ID "invisible", I could not update my purchases or install them. I had to change back to (in my case) "Chinese" (really frustrating... since my App Store was in ENGLISH before !! And now it is just in Chinese, but using a Chinese Apple ID all the time... Credit card/residence in China).
So I know it is possible to shop in an English interface of the App Store but having an Apple ID in another region... I want to change back, too... Any others have any other idea?
mine was in spanish and i changed the apple store language to english
on featred just restart your credentials of apple id and set the language to english, worked for me
could you elaborate Gato? talk me through the process? thanks. 😕
i did it before updating to iOS6, i hope it works now
on the app store on the ipod/iphone go to featured, the first option of the bottom left, go to the bottom and you'll see your apple id, click on it and sign out, sign in again and its done, it worked for me with iOS5
let me know if it worked, i think i posted before the solution but im not sure
i want to do it on my macbook pro Gato. any ideas?
I saw some activity on this thread so I thought I'd post my eventual solution. In the end I bought iTunes store vouchers from a newsagent while I was back in the 'Old Country' (UK), then used them in the Netherlands with my UK account. If you want a quick workaround, get someone in your desired country to buy some vouchers for you, then send you the codes which will unlock credit when you put them into the store.
In the mean time I started learning Dutch 😉
P.S. Thanks to Dah-veed for at least explaining the rationale behind the lack of this feature, even if there is no proper solution.
hi coney
sadly i have no macbook available at this time but you can try the same procedure as i did with the iphone, try to uninstall everything itunes related and, also, change the default language of the laptop to english, then re install itunes in english as default language and re enter your credentials
i'll try to get ahold of c macbook and try to change the appstore language and let you know
The laptop is English and was bought in the UK.
However, i live in Spain and my ISP is Spanish hence my default App store language is Spanish - i tend to use
my sons app store account because at least the apps download in English. 😀
It's a royal pain in the butt to be honest but I'm at a total loss as to what to do.
thanks for your input though guys, it's appreciated.
gato chavez wrote:
hi coney
sadly i have no macbook available at this time but you can try the same procedure as i did with the iphone, try to uninstall everything itunes related and, also, change the default language of the laptop to english, then re install itunes in english as default language and re enter your credentials
i'll try to get ahold of c macbook and try to change the appstore language and let you know
gato chavez wrote:
hi coney
sadly i have no macbook available at this time but you can try the same procedure as i did with the iphone, try to uninstall everything itunes related and, also, change the default language of the laptop to english, then re install itunes in english as default language and re enter your credentials
i'll try to get ahold of c macbook and try to change the appstore language and let you know
Dah•veed wrote:
customers should be able to choose their own language.
How many online stores for major corporations, with virtually world-wide sales of their products, can you point me to which provide that experience?
Amazon does it. All major airlines do it. Even fairly localized companies like Eurostar do it. Apple needs to get in sync with the needs of its worldwide market.
We have the same problem - expats who live in France. I took care to set up my devices whle in the US, but my wife set up her first device (an iPod) while we were in France and now can't seem to change it on that device or her newer ones. It's most frustrating.
I have an account with Amazon USA, walk me through the steps to view Amazon USA in both French and Japanese, please?
Dah•veed wrote:
I have an account with Amazon USA, walk me through the steps to view Amazon USA in both French and Japanese, please?
Log in to Amazon.com. Scroll to the bottom. Click France or Japan. If you click Canada, there's a link in the upper right corner to choose English or French. I have one ID at Amazon, and it works on all their sites - even remembers all my shipping / billing addresses and credit cards. But having said that, I do see a warning on a product page if they can't ship that product to my "default" shipping address. When I'm in France, I can still order nearly all the products on the UK site for shipment to my French address.
Sorry, not what this thread is about. You aren't changing the language of the store, you are changing the store. Apples & oranges. You can do the same with the Apple Stores, you just cannot purchase from the other stores.
Ah, Dah*veed - on the Amazon Canada site, I AM changing the language. I can do the same on the Eurostar site. Amazon doesn't restrict me from visiting other sites like Apple does. I can order products from any of the Amazon sites with the same userid - but Amazon may restrict where I can ask that the order be delivered.
I had the same problem on one of my Macs - I'm English and living in Belgium and registered to the Belgian store. The Apple Store on my son's iMac was in Dutch, despite everything else on the machine being in English and the App Store on my other Macs English too...
Anyway, I seem to have solved it by clicking on Store - View my Account - then opening each option (Apple ID, Payment Information etc.), not changing anything, just cancelling, then clicking "Done" at the end.
This put the App Store into English for me.
This worked for me on OSX Mavericks. My store was in Spanish, I open my account to view it and then clicked Done. It changed to English.
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