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Q: I live in two countries

Help.  I live in both the USA and the UK.  I have music/apps I have purchased in the USA and have not yet purchased anything while in the UK.  I did pick up a free app card at Starbucks the other day and when I tried to redeem it it said I needed to convert my USA account into a UK account.  I don't really want to do this....but IF I did, can anyone tell me if I would lose anything if I did so?  And what happens when I go back to the USA?  Should I do this or just open a totally separate account for the UK?  This seems complicated though as I would need to have one registered on my ipad and it would be hard to switch back and forth?  I will be purchasing music from here at some point I assume.  Thoughts?

 

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Julie

iPod mini

Posted on Oct 19, 2015 2:43 PM

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  • by Phil0124,

    Phil0124 Phil0124 Oct 19, 2015 2:52 PM in response to viequense
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    Oct 19, 2015 2:52 PM in response to viequense

    In short, it is complicated when you move between countries.

     

    Unfortunately, the system is not setup to support more than one country.

     

    If you were to change the country for your Apple ID. All your purchases would become inaccessible from the Purchased section of iTunes.

     

    Change your iTunes Store country or region - Apple Support

    • You won't see the items that you purchased from the previous country’s store in your Purchased section.
    • You won’t see the items from your iCloud Music Library that you matched, uploaded, or added from the previous country’s store.

     

    Personally, I would stick to the American account, specially for  iTunes store purchases. If setup a U.K. account the purchases made with it will forever be tied to it, and can never be merged with your U.S. account.  This would just cause trouble than its worth, since your Apps, Music, movies etc.. bought from the U.K store would not be transferable to the U.S. account.