I changed jobs and purchased a new iPhone I no longer have any of my iBook information. My Apple account and name has changed is there any way to get the info I had in iBooks to my new phone under my new account?

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I changed jobs and purchased a new iPhone I no longer have any of my iBook information. My Apple account and name has changed is there any way to get the info I had in iBooks to my new phone under my new account?

I changed jobs and bought a new phone. I would like to get my iBooks info on my new phone but it is under my old account. When I try to log in under the old account i get a message that I will not be able to log back onto my new account for a period of time. HOw do i get the information from my old account over to my new account?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2

Posted on Jan 9, 2013 11:25 AM

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King_Penguin

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Jan 9, 2013 12:40 PM in response to 5d Racing

You can't currently transfer purchases/downloads from one account to another account.

When you download past purchases from an account then you will potentially tie the device (or computer if you do it on that) to that account for 90 days : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627

Have you got the ibooks already on your computer and/or on a backup so that you can sync them to your new iPhone ? If not then have you bought anything on your new account yet - could you go back to just using the old account ?

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5d Racing Author

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Jan 9, 2013 1:07 PM in response to King_Penguin

The account was created by the IT guy where I worked and I was lead to believe I could not keep the account, I have since learned that is not true. It's not a huge deal but it sure would save me a lot of searching to get it all back. Some of it was PDF downloads and the like.

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King_Penguin

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Jan 9, 2013 1:43 PM in response to 5d Racing

If they are PDF downloads then I assume that they weren't from Apple (?) - in which case they shouldn't be tied to an account. Do you have them and/or what was purchased via that account on a backup ? If you do then you should be able to authorise that account on your computer's iTunes (via the Store > Authorise This Computer menu option) and add them to your library via File > Add To Library, and then sync them to your phone.

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