I’m not convinced this Apple Account tool actually does anything
Published on: 2025-07-08 00:19:38
Fifteen days ago, Apple released a tool for iPhone and iPad that allegedly allows you to migrate purchases from one Apple Account to another. The primary requirement is that you must be logged in with both Apple Accounts on the same iPhone or iPad.
The only problem is that there are also secondary, tertiary, quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, and denary requirements as well. There were so many requirements that I had to learn what comes after tertiary!
Best of all is that the tool doesn’t explain what went wrong when your two Apple Accounts don’t meet the very strict criteria. It just fails.
Some of you at home may be wondering how one could end up with two actively used Apple Accounts. My situation is like that of the others for whom Apple apparently made this Rube Goldberg migration tool.
I primarily use the Apple Account that is associated with iCloud. However, my iTunes and App Store purchases are associated with a different Apple Account that I used prio
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