New movies available for purchase but not rental?
I know this is the content owners and not Apple, but it's extremely annoying to have to wait almost a month to be able to rent a recently released movie, especially when I can rent it from other sources.
It makes perfect commercial sense currently - people eager enough to get the movie on release will pay to buy it (in SD), and they'll later maybe rent in HD.
The studios are simply leeching your money...
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Are iTunes Movies available for purchase?
Can any or all of the movies available in the iTunes Movie Rental section available for purchase? Does Apple iTunes still offer movies for sale?
Yes, it's not good, but as has been said here many, many times, there's nothing Apple can do. The majority of the movie studios are unwilling to license their content for download sale. It's only been with the advent of rentals on the iTunes Store that most of the studios now participating have been willing to provide their content at all, something that was probably a large factor in Apple's decision to start the rental service. Unless and until the studios are willing to license a movie for download sale, there's nothing any download store can do.
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New apple ID - works for purchases, but not updates
I recently changed my apple id to a .me account. It works fine for purchasing. However when I try to update apps on my iPad or iPhone it still wants a password to my old ID which is no longer accessible. How can I get the update function to prompt using my new .me account?
Hi Taylorfam6,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this. You may need to sign out of your Facetime and Message accounts, and sign back in with the correct Apple ID:
Apple ID: What to do after you change your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5796?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
iOS and OS X: Link your phone number and Apple ID for use with FaceTime and iMessage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5538
Your iPhone telephone number is linked to your Apple ID when you sign in to FaceTime or iMessage. This allows you to use your iPhone number with FaceTime and iMessage on other iOS devices.
You can sign in to your Apple ID on an iPhone by tapping Settings > FaceTimeand Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. On iOS devices, find out which addresses are enabled with FaceTime and iMessage by tapping:
Settings > Messages > Send & Receive > You can be reached by iMessage at:
Settings > FaceTime > You can be reached by FaceTime at:
iOS: Troubleshooting FaceTime and iMessage activation
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4268
iPhone automatically registers your phone number for use with FaceTime and iMessage during activation.
To use FaceTime with your Apple ID, navigate to Settings > FaceTime and tap "Use your Apple ID for FaceTime."
To use iMessage with your Apple ID, navigate to Settings > Messages > Receive At and tap "Use your Apple ID for iMessage."
When you enable FaceTime or iMessage with an iPad or iPod touch, you will need to enter a valid Apple ID and password. Other users will be able to contact you on FaceTime and iMessage using this email address.
Cheers,
- Judy -
ITunes Store Available for Purchases, but "Unavailable" when Downloading?
Is anyone else having troubles with purchases from the iTunes Store? I've browsed, sampled music, accessed my account all without any problem. It even processed my purchase and charged me for it, complete with receipt. However, the purchase stays in my "Downloads Available" iTunes Store folder.
It shows I have 12 downloads, but won't list the names of tracks to process. Whenever I click the arrow at the bottom to begin downloads, I get a message that says "Unable to check for available downloads. The iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
It obviously IS available since I can shop and be billed just fine. The problem is in product delivery! I've even tried downloading the tracks to other machines with authorization on my account, planning on transferring them through shared libraries later. It makes no difference. They won't download on any of my machines regardless of the operating system Windows XP, Vista, or 7. I still get the same message.
I just purchased other music 4 days ago without difficulty. I can't find anything online about the status of the iTunes Store functionality. I've yet to receive a response from Apple support.
Anyone else having similar problems? Anyone with a solution? I've checked all my firewall settings, even though nothing has changed since my last purchase and it obviously isn't machine specific since it is affecting all laptops and desk tops that I own.I have had a similar problem, and I have done an internet search to see if anyone else had the problem. It seems that Apple Discussions has the most up-to-date information.
I found that this link also was somewhat helpful for people with a bit more computer experience: http://mhenders.posterous.com/fixed-itunes-9-error-unable-to-check-for-avai (but you need to do the search for the "itunes 9 error" because it's been awhile on that blog).
I had about 58 purchases stuck in my download queue, including TV series, pre-purchased content, and iPhone/iTouch applications that just wouldn't download even if I deleted them from my Mobile Applications folder (but I could download them on my iTouch - weird). The download weirdness started with one download being stuck in iTunes 8, and I hoped that it would get better once iTunes 9 came out. But it only got worse. I was becoming desperate.
I had a lot of things happen in my life, so I didn't take action until last week. I was armed with my references to the Apple Discussions, the copy of the above-mentioned blog, and my previous e-mails from the iTunes Store. I went to the iTunes Support site and asked to chat with Support.
I chatted with a really nice fellow, Tito T., who took a look at my situation and was really helpful. He was able to clear up the problem. It was interesting because the technicians ran into the "Unable to check for available downloads...." dialog box themselves, so they had to investigate further. I told Tito T. that you guys and others in Apple Discussions were having similar problems, and that I wasn't and isolated incident. I suggested that iTunes needed to look into the problem because it was fairly widespread. He said that iTunes would look into it because they were concerned about problems with the software.
So, I'm hoping that this helps you guys out. -
**Help** My movies play for me but not other viewers
I posted some videos on my site and for some reason even if they install Quicktime they wont play. does anyone have any suggestions.
Your movies are playing OK for me in Safari.
Try using this free player so that your movies can be seen in all browsers on PC and Mac and iPhone/iPad too....
http://www.iwebformusicians.com/Website-Music-Movies/JW-Video-Player.html -
Recently I have noticed my iTune purchased concert movies after being put back in the cloud are currently missing.
I have never had purchased content from iTunes vanish from my iCloud library and also not be available for purchase on iTunes.
When I had Apple personnel attempt to push the content back to me, they could not find Coldplay's Live 2012.
Even more strange considering their new album just went on sale and renewed interest must be prompting fans to review their collections.
A beautifully shot concert film is missing, a sad situation to be sure!
Thanks for any iCloud wisdom and other fans noticing the same thing.Hi kevs place,
If you have issues with missing content in iTunes you may want to follow the steps in this article to try to recover it -
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L -
I currently have OS X Snow Leopard and want to Update to OS X Lion, but it says that it is no longer available for purchase. Do I have to go straight to Mountain Lion?
If you need to purchase Lion call 1-800-692-7753 or 1-800-676-2775. Ask for a Sales Representative. They will check your Apple ID, and email you a code and instructions. The cost is $29.99 (as it was before) plus tax. It's a download.
Apple - OS X Mountain Lion - Read the technical specifications.
Macs that can be upgraded to OS X Mountain Lion
iMac (Mid 2007 or newer)
MacBook (Late 2008 Aluminum, or Early 2009 or newer)
MacBook Pro (Mid/Late 2007 or newer)
MacBook Air (Late 2008 or newer)
Mac mini (Early 2009 or newer)
Mac Pro (Early 2008 or newer)
Xserve (Early 2009)
Are my applications compatible?
See App Compatibility Table - RoaringApps - App compatibility and feature support for OS X & iOS.
For a complete How-To introduction from Apple see Apple - Upgrade your Mac to OS X Mountain Lion. -
will final cut pro X 10.0.8 still be available for purchase after the new final cut pro release for mavericks/new macpro in december?
10.0.8 is no longer available, except in the trial version. The current sale version is 10.0.9. Apple has never sold older versions of their software, only the current version. That's not going to change in the near future.
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Is the new pod touch available for purchase in india as of today?
i was wondering if the ipod touch 5th gen is available for purchase instores in india , cuz the site sure says so. i wanted to confirm just to be sure , dont want to be disappointed
turns out that it isnt out in stores yet , called every single istore and maple store but got the same ol disappointing reply , and now i get this mail from apple saying welcome the new pods to the family . its annoying having to wait.
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A constant problem today. I have tried to purchase 10 songs and of the 10 eight have come back that they are no longer available for purchase or can be found elsewhere on the store - whats going on?
My experience with iTunes is that this occurred occasionally, not 8 out of 10 times across many albumns, artists and types of music.
Is there an iTunes issue? I don't have the time to spend going back and forth to get one song.
Please advise.
ThanksThe same thing was happening to me and my dad! What I would do (and I have done) is contact apple (http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/download/). Be sure to give them what the error box said!
By the way: I wouldn't be supprised if the store was just down because they were adding some new stuff to it (like redesigning it, updating it, ect).
-David -
I had purchased Imovie today I can find the icon movie it click it but it will not open. Its shows up in docs and purchased but not apps? how do i add it to my bar and open it?!
Exactly where are you clicking, you need to be specific. For example, are you using the Dock, the Applications folder, Launchpad, etc. to attempt to start teh app? Also IOS 7.1.2 does not run on a Mac, what version of OS X is installed on your computer?
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Not very user friendly! Where is the place to report a problem!? I have been billed for an in-app purchase but not had the goods - I received an error message telling my I hadn't been charged at the time and now it is on my bill! What can I do?
You can try contact iTunes support via this page : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption
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My kids now each have an itouch, should we all have different apple ids even if I am paying for all itunes and app store purchases? what about icloud? I would like to share itunes and app purchases, but not necessarily photos...help please!
The recommended solution for most families is to share the same Apple ID for iTunes and App Store purchases, so you can share your purchases, but us different IDs for iMessage, FaceTime and iCloud. With this arrangement, each person can automatically download purchases made on the shared ID (by turning this feature on in Settings>iTunes & App Stores), while keeping their FaceTime calls, text messages and iCloud data (including photo stream) separated. There is no requirement that the ID you use for purchasing be the same as the ID you use for these other services.
This article: http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/. -
Rented a movie, watched it download, now I can't find how to play it. It shows in my purchases, but not my library. How do I find it to play?
I have looked in the sidebar, and don't see a "rented" tab at all, and my movies section is still empty. Am I looking in the wrong place? Big blue sidebar on the left? Thanks!
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Can I use the same plan that I have for my iphone 4s with my new ipad? or do I have to buy a new data plan for my new ipad? I would love to use my new ipad away from home but not sure how to use it? I am on Telus mobility with my iphone 4s.
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