Do you travel to other countries or live part of the year abroad? Businesses there require you to use their apps and they are not available in your home country's iTunes Store?
Apple did a horrible job of supporting your needs but don't panic, you can still get it done with these tips.
Apple did a horrible job of supporting your needs but don't panic, you can still get it done with these tips.
- Bring your laptop, the necessary steps are easier on iTunes (and maybe only possible on iTunes?)
- Do not change a thing on your home country account. Just log off in iTunes.
- You will need a home address in your additional countries.
- If you plan to buy for-pay content with your additional country account you will need either a local credit card whose address matches your local home address or an iTunes gift card, but keep in mind:
- Not all countries sell iTunes gift cards. You might need to get them in your home country. I *think* that you can use iTune cards with accounts for any country, but test it with one of the smallest denomination possible first, to make sure.
- In many countries it is very unsafe to use a credit card for Internet purchases. If you do, you do it at your own risk.
- Many countries do not enable Internet use of credit cards and you have to go to your bank to authorize it, again at your own risk.
- If you do not want to associate a credit card with your additional country account do the following:
- DO NOT create an Apple ID or iTunes account the normal way. The normal way will not work work without a local credit card that is enabled for Internet purchases.
- DO NOT continue with any transaction that has the credit card as required fields.
- With iTunes LOGGED OFF go to apps. Scroll to the bottom. Find the country flag and click it. Select your additional account country. The page will refresh and you will see the apps for the new country. Verify the flag at bottom right.
- Search and start downloading a FREE app.
- You will be prompted for an Apple ID. This is where you choose to create a new one.
- Since you are creating an Apple ID *while* downloading a free app, you will have an option for "none" as the credit card. Pick none, enter your additional country address and continue.
- After the download is complete and in iTunes you can log off. The app will be available in iTunes from now on, for all of your accounts.
- Log back in to your home country account (to minimize problems with settings on your phone, like iCloud).
- Plug in your phone to the computer, find the app, tell iTunes to install the app on the phone and sync.