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Transfer my purchases to my new apple id?

Before you judge me, please read on...

1. I have seen many posts here about people asking how to transfer their purchases to another apple id. And I see people fighting about how that is piracy and all that. So let me make it clear...

I am rebooting my digital life (so to speak) and am going to make a new apple ID as well (along with new phone number, new social network profiles, email ids etc...).

I would like to tranfer my 100s of dollars worth of app/music and other purchases like itunes match, storage space etc to my new ID. infact I dont want it to be available on the older ID AT ALL!

Is it possible?

2. Also, just to clearify a doubt, if i ever shift to another eco system (say microsoft or android) is it possible to transfer all my purchases to an ID belonging to ANOTHER person?

two plain and simple questions. Please DO NOT start a war over this!!!

Even linking me to the appropriate Apple support article would be great help.

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 13 inch, 2.4 Ghz, Mid 2010

Posted on Jan 26, 2013 6:16 AM

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John Galt

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Jan 27, 2013 5:20 AM in response to AceNeerav

Yes, you described the requirements accurately. You must first establish an email address that does not use a domain owned by Apple e.g. not .mac .me .icloud . Once you do that you can create a .icloud address, which will also create an "Alternate Apple ID" of identifier2@me.com (for example) that you can use to log in here or the iTunes Store. Does that make sense?

AceNeerav Author

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Jan 27, 2013 6:41 AM in response to John Galt

yup... let me just summarize it...

make an email id with another service provider... say identifierX@gmail.com

now will i automatically get identifierX@icloud.com or will i have to try for it?

i just want to be sure that identifierX in @gmail.com is same as @icloud.com

i have a hard time keeping my online presence in perspective if all the various ids are of a different name.

John Galt

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Jan 27, 2013 7:13 AM in response to AceNeerav

... now will i automatically get identifierX@icloud.com or will i have to try for it?

This will address that concern and everything else Neerav:

Creating an iCloud account: Frequently Asked Questions

... i have a hard time keeping my online presence in perspective if all the various ids are of a different name.

I know. It is best to create one and only one Apple ID, and give equal consideration to the iCloud email you choose. Remember that you can change that Apple ID whenever you wish, but do not create a new one unless that is truly what you want to do. Many people make that mistake.

John Galt

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Jan 27, 2013 8:53 AM in response to John Galt

You can also create iCloud email "aliases" - thanks to ASC contributor Winston Churchill - I had forgotten about that.

You may create up to three aliases for each iCloud email address. These may also be deleted later if you wish.

Transfer my purchases to my new apple id?