Transferring apps from one account to another
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Transferring apps from one account to another
- Thread starter darweshs
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No can do. All App Store apps are tied into one specific Apple ID. They can't be transferred. Sorry.
Marilyn
Marilyn
What you would do is on computer authorize other account for that computer. So you computer is authorized to play both accounts. Then you can sync apps from both accounts to your phone using the same computer as before.
My wife and I both have our own accounts and each of our instances of iTunes have authorized each others accounts for that computer. So I can sync her apps and she can sync mine. Just becomes a pain when you update an app via the cell phone when updates come out as trying to do all at once usually fails if the apps for updating are for each account. So have to do one at a time or just have them update via iTunes and sync.
My wife and I both have our own accounts and each of our instances of iTunes have authorized each others accounts for that computer. So I can sync her apps and she can sync mine. Just becomes a pain when you update an app via the cell phone when updates come out as trying to do all at once usually fails if the apps for updating are for each account. So have to do one at a time or just have them update via iTunes and sync.
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I don't think so
Yes, this is doable, but this is different from what the OP asked (or, at least what I understand the OP asked). You can put apps from a different account onto the phone, just as you described here with your sharing with your wife. But, you have to continually log in and out of the two different accounts to do the updates; you still have two separate Apple IDs. It's a bit of a hassle, as I am sure you've discovered.
What I believe the OP was asking was whether apps could be merged into one - as in, have only one Apple ID where there were two before. And, the answer, AFAIK, is still no - Apple will not (can not?) allow this. I've heard of people asking Apple for this functionality, but I've not heard whether Apple ever merged those accounts.
Hope this clarifies.
Marilyn
Still, effectively the same thing. You are trying to make the owning Apple ID a different one than the Apple ID that purchased it. Can't be done, for Apple's reasons (which are unknown to us).
Sorry for the word confusion.
Marilyn
Sorry for the word confusion.
Marilyn
I thinks it,s not work.
You can do that by using multiple ipods on 1 pc: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
You can do that by using multiple ipods on 1 pc: How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
You can gift apps from one account to another account, if the app is not for free, the account gifting the app will have to pay it and then gift it to the second account. That's the only way i know you can transfer apps from one account to another account.
