Merging iTunes accounts & contents

My wife & I have separate iTunes accounts on the same pc. We would like to merge into one account & be bales to share each others music , videos, etc ow do I do this please? staurt

It's not quite as straightforward as merging two accounts, which is technically not permitted. However, you can upgrade one of your music libraries to iTunes Plus (preferably the smaller of the two), then copy the music to the other library. This will place all your music in the same library.
Other purchases (such as apps) are inexorably tied to the Apple ID used to purchase them. For that there is no workaround.

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    It's not currently possible to merge accounts, nor to transfer content from one account to another account - content will remain tied to the account that originally bought/downloaded it.
    As these are user-to-user forums I've asked the hosts to remove your account ids from your post.

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    How do I change my iPad iTunes account &amp; content from an old computer (XP) to a new computer 8.1

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
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  • HT1373 Merging itunes accounts

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    iTunes Store accounts can't be merged. If desired, click here and request assistance.
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  • Can i merge itunes accounts

    Can i merge 2 different itunes accounts/libraries?

    rchobbs5 wrote:
    Can i merge 2 different itunes accounts/...
    Apple IDs cannot be merged.
    From Here   http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
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    ed,
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                                                                                                                                                  cancel          transfer"
    I just want to be clear about what this means. The only ID I would be using is my computer, so why would 90 days matter? Does this mean I can download music from my iTunes account to my computer without having to buy it again? If that is the case, I wouldn't need the original account anymore after downloading and would only be using my computer's ID for all future purchases. Does that sound right?
    Thanks,

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  • Merge iTunes account and mobile me

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    I created an itunes account when i purchased my first gen iPod Touch that is linked to an old email address i do not use anymore. I now have a @me e-mail address and use this as my main Apple ID and want to move all my stuff from my old iTunes account to my new Apple ID with the @me address. Is this possible?

    I'm sorry, but this isn't possible right now. Maybe we'll have more luck when Apple opens up iCloud ...
    See:  I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to consolidate them into a single Apple ID?

  • How do you merge iTunes accounts

    How do you merge iTunes accounts

    If you are referring to Apple IDs... See Here...
    From Here   http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
    I have multiple Apple IDs. Is there a way for me to merge them into a single Apple ID?
    Apple IDs cannot be merged. You should use your preferred Apple ID from now on, but you can still access your purchased items such as music, movies, or software using your other Apple IDs.

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    Originally Posted by konecnya
    In article <[email protected]>, Frankkesel wrote:
    > The only way we know so far is to let say create a shared folder into
    > the receiving box and log in the donor, then copy every emails into it.
    > The problem is that I don't allow copying directory so we have to
    > recreate the folder structure manually.
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    Andy of
    http://KonecnyConsulting.ca in Toronto
    Knowledge Partner
    http://forums.novell.com/member.php/75037-konecnya
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    we have no idea that we were blocking this feature.
    Do you mean that you dont usually have this restriction ?
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  • How can I merge itunes accounts due to one being on a computer that no longer works?

    I have an account on an old computer that no longer works although we do have it backed up.  My other problem is that the original account is on the computer that does not work and is linked to an email address that was hijacked.  I can not get into that email account and therefor I can not change the email account that the original account is linked with.  My iphone was linked to this account and now I can not download apps because it says there was a problem with the payment source on a prior app.  I can't even figure out what the problem would have been because I can not access the old email account.

    Do you have iTunes match? You need a computer to manage an iTunes match library.
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