{"id":97115,"date":"2025-02-12T15:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T21:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=97115"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T19:59:42","slug":"apple-finally-allows-you-to-migrate-purchases-from-one-apple-account-to-another-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/97115-apple-finally-allows-you-to-migrate-purchases-from-one-apple-account-to-another-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Finally Allows You to Migrate Purchases From One Apple Account to Another. Here’s How."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Scores of Apple users today are likely rejoicing as their digital lives have just gotten a bit less complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following years of people requesting it, Apple has finally made it possible to migrate purchases<\/a> made from one Apple Account to another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is this a big deal? These are users who, for years now, have Apple devices that have been straddling a very uncomfortable account divide. Namely, they are signed into their device and iCloud through their primary iCloud account but have to sign in to another<\/em> account to access their media and app purchases. Why do they have to do this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer really depends on the person, but the simplest way to put it is this: a lot of folks out there have been buying music, movies, and apps with an account they created through the iTunes Store back in the early aughts. Later on, when iCloud accounts were launched (a long and winding road where .Mac accounts became mobileMe accounts which became iCloud accounts) Apple offered no way for you to migrate purchases made on legacy accounts to an iCloud account. So, if you didn’t want to have to abandon or repurchase all the things you bought with that legacy account, you only had one option: sign into iCloud with your primary iCloud account and sign into your other account for “Media & Purchases.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While this setup works\u2014and has remained supported by Apple all of these years\u2014and is technically fine, it’s not as ideal as just being able to migrate everything to one account so you don’t have to jump through that extra hoop of another account sign in. Today, though, if you want to migrate everything to that one account, you can. Here’s how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before you migrate purchases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before starting this process, Apple says that you need to ensure that you’re signed in with the two different accounts you’re migrating purchases between on your iPhone or iPad. In other words, you need to make sure that your primary iCloud account is signed in under iCloud settings and that your other Apple Account is signed in under Media & Purchases. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To check this, go to Settings > iCloud (tap your name under the search field in Settings) > Media & Purchases. > View Account. If that other account isn’t signed in under Media & Purchases, you’ll need to sign out of the account that is there and sign back in with the account that has purchases you’re hoping to migrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ll also need to ensure the following is done as well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n