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Anishnabe

Q: How to consolidate two Apple IDs.

How to consolidate two Apple IDs.  I have a legacy Apple ID I wish to amalgamate with my iCloud account.  Is there a way to do this?

 

I Started out with an iTunes account with an email address long since expired.  all of my purchases of music and apps are with that early account, my primary email account, iCloud etc are with a newer account.  I asked Apple a couple of years ago how to do this and there was no method at that time. Of course I could just stop using the old account and lose all my apps and music. Not really an option.

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Posted on Oct 31, 2015 7:03 AM

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  • by Dah•veed,

    Dah•veed Dah•veed Oct 31, 2015 8:02 AM in response to Anishnabe
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    Oct 31, 2015 8:02 AM in response to Anishnabe

    No Apple does not merge Apple IDs. Apple does not transfer content from one Apple ID to another Apple ID. Your only option is to maintain the two Apple IDs or to abandon the Apple ID that you no longer wish to use and all content bought with that Apple ID and then by any of the content again with the Apple ID that you wish to continue to use.

  • by SWO2Cryppie,

    SWO2Cryppie SWO2Cryppie Jan 10, 2016 10:52 AM in response to Anishnabe
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    Jan 10, 2016 10:52 AM in response to Anishnabe

    IF your situation is like mine where you have an Apple ID for iCloud and an Apple ID for iTunes because of past associations with MobileMe and such, and during the activation process, you mistakenly use the iCloud ID to login to iTunes - call Apple Care.  They will fix your mistake in this limited instance (They did in my case).

     

    However, they will not "merge" two Apple IDs.

     

    The previous poster is correct.  Your only remedy is to abandon one in favor of the other and take care setting up new Apple devices moving forward.

     

    Have you tried using family sharing to at least grant access to your entire library on your devices?