Apple Now Lets You Move Digital Purchases From One Apple Account to Another

[ClockWork72]

Wow! I remember trying to find a way to do this back in 2011. On a side note I got an error that says to Error Try again Later.

 

[cageyjames]

Son of a....

 

[GermanSuplex]

Long overdue, but a much welcome change.

 

[DotCom2]

Am I understanding this correctly? I have had an iTunes account for purchases under one email addy, and another Apple id xxxxxx@icloud.com. Is this saying I can now combine them? Are you kidding me? It's been 15 years!

 

[bigheaddoug]

This seems too good to be true, especially on the heels of being able to change your Apple Account email address. At the same time, these aren't complicated changes, and it makes you wonder why it took so long.

I came here to say the same thing. It seems too good to be true.

 

[Lone Deranger]

Migrating Apple Account purchases is not available in the European Union, United Kingdom, or India at the current time.

Sigh... of course. $3T company can't (won't?) do global roll outs.

 

[surferfb]

Sigh... of course. $3T company can't (won't?) do global roll outs.

Might be rights issues? Seems strange otherwise.

 

[macnavarra]

Now just make it where we can move our Apple Card to a new Apple ID and we are set!

Ask for your Personal data in the Apple account web page to be sent to your Mac, usually it will be sent in 3 Days, Afterwards Remove Apple account element on your iPhone before you activate the new Account etc.. 😉

 

[bigheaddoug]

Son of a....

Same thing happened to me.

 

[CarlJ]

Is there some sort of Lunar or Martian calendar where it's April 1 today?

Please don't quote THE ENTIRE ARTICLE to add one line - we can all see the original article already.

 

[AppleFan91]

Son of a....

Same here. It let me do it up to the very last screen then said there was an error and to try again later.

Now I get this error instead. Located in the US. Super glad it’s detailed and tells me why

 

[macloverwi]

Same thing happened to me.

So i got the same error. Unable to Migrate Purchases. One or both accounts is not eligible for purchase migration. If I turn off family sharing…will I be able to easily set it up on the other account smoothly?

 

[DustinJohns]

Yeah. I’m assuming a Season Pass would qualify as a “preorder” like they mention in the support article. I’ll try to migrate again after my TV season ends.

 

[Zeus2018]

Finally we aren’t burdened with what was but rather what will be

 

[zapmymac]

WOW! 2006 iTunes account info, please meet my Apple ID, and MERGE!

…in about 1.5 months as I have an annual pass with Disney+ 😂🥳

 

[gdjsnyder]

I am also getting the unable to migrate error. My last “purchase” was my Apple TV+ renewal on 2/1/2025. It says to wait 15 days since your last purchase, but I don’t want to go through and cancel all subscriptions and redo them all. It also says you can’t have music data associated with both accounts. I do. But then on their support page it says music data will replace any existing music data on the primary account, so that’s confusing.

I’ve waited forever for this. I guess I’ll try again on the 15th and see if it was the Apple TV+ renewal but they need to be more open about what exactly is preventing the migration.

 

[Joshuaorange]

Way way too late.

 

[sdf]

Interestingly, it doesn't seem like it's actually implemented as a move. Instead, it's an association of the two accounts that seems to be reversible.

I have no plans to reverse it, though. I've been waiting for this forever. I've had my original account since before it was called an Apple ID, let alone before it could make purchases (I think it started out as ADC Account).

 

[DustinJohns]

I am also getting the unable to migrate error. My last “purchase” was my Apple TV+ renewal on 2/1/2025. It says to wait 15 days since your last purchase, but I don’t want to go through and cancel all subscriptions and redo them all. It also says you can’t have music data associated with both accounts. I do. But then on their support page it says music data will replace any existing music data on the primary account, so that’s confusing.

I’ve waited forever for this. I guess I’ll try again on the 15th and see if it was the Apple TV+ renewal but they need to be more open about what exactly is preventing the migration.

Exactly. Not enough detail on what is causing it. Keep us updated if the 15 days thing works. I’m not sure if I have music associate with the primary account. This is really fresh. I’m sure they’ll get more detailed as we go. I’m sure a lot of people will want to migrate.

 

[DustinJohns]

Interestingly, it doesn't seem like it's actually implemented as a move. Instead, it's an association of the two accounts that seems to be reversible.

I have no plans to reverse it, though. I've been waiting for this forever. I've had my original account since before it was called an Apple ID, let alone before it could make purchases (I think it started out as ADC Account).

Yeah. Seems like it just links them more than a merger of data. Still more convenient. Something is preventing me from doing it at the moment but the list of reasons is too long to narrow down.

 

[0049190]

I stopped buying music on iTunes years ago when I finally realised they were never going to upgrade their content to lossless files.

 

[tremlock]

I must be really dumb, because for the life of me, I cannot figure this out. I’ve followed the steps, but I cannot find the option to migrate

 

[Blackstick]

It’s been 84 years.gif

 

[oxfordrunner]

I stopped buying music on iTunes years ago when I finally realised they were never going to upgrade their content to lossless files.

Apple Music can download or stream lossless, but if you unsubscribe you can no longer play the files.

 

[0049190]

I stopped buying movies and tv shows on iTunes years ago when Apple moved to SSD hard drives and started charging a fortune for hard drive upgrades. It’s cheaper and easier to buy the DVD instead.