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Migrating iTunes accounts

  • 07-01-2015 5:46pm
    #1
    Rescue Me
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭


    I bought an iPod 6 years ago and while I did not buy too many songs from iTunes I did copy all my music onto a PC and put it into my iTunes library.

    I got an iPhone4 in 2013 and got an iCloud address and a new iTunes account.

    What I want to do is be able to load my iTunes library from my old email address to the new phone and sync the iPod and iPhone.

    Is there a way to do this?

    Thanks in advance
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  • #2
    Zcott
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,206 ✭✭✭Zcott


    iTunes music is DRM free so it'll sync just fine.


  • #3
    mel.b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭mel.b


    I'm not sure from your r post, but if the music is under two different Apple id's you will have difficulty as you can only associate one Apple id with a device every 90 days. So you could use your old address and get that music but it means you won't be able to log in with the other address for the next 90 days.

    I learnt this the hard way just last week when I got an iPhone 5. I have two Apple ids for iTunes - one for Australia when I lived there and one for the Irish store. When I set up the Irish one 5-6yrs ago you either couldn't change the country your account was associated with or I didn't know, so I set up a brand new Apple id for Ireland. All the music from both accounts is in my library but when I went to download the music onto my phone I could only get the music I had purchased with my Irish id. After a painful conversation with Apple support he rest it so I could get my Australian music but in the process has now locked me out of my Irish id for 90 days. Honestly it's enough to almost make me buy CDs again...at least I'll physically have them.


  • #4
    Cathalog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭Cathalog


    OP, have you tried copying the songs over already? If so, did you get an error message?

    If you get a message asking you to sign into your old iTunes account, then you probably have a DRM issue.
    iTunes music is DRM-free since 2009. But before 2009, Apple only allowed music to be assigned to just one iTunes account at a time.

    Here's an article showing how to (legally) remove the DRM. http://lifehacker.com/delete-old-drm-copies-of-itunes-music-and-download-drm-1546445214


  • #5
    Rescue Me
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭Rescue Me


    Thanks folks.
    I'll have a look and let you know how I get on! :)


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