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Merging previously purchased music with 2 different apple id’s

I spoke with a tech support person this morning and told him I wanted to get back the apple music purchases I lost when I changed my Apple ID ... without losing anything from my new account. In other words, I want to merge all my music onto my new iPhone. He said he would send me a link explaining how to do that and the link does not explain it. When I tried to sign out from my new Apple ID, it said I would lose all my stuff on this phone. How can I merge previous purchases onto my new iPhone without losing anything? Please help

iPhone 8, iOS 12

Posted on Jun 30, 2019 8:45 AM

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User profile for user: IdrisSeabright
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Posted on Jun 30, 2019 9:03 AM

I think there must have been some confusion between you and the Apple Support person. You can't merge Apple IDs. You can't transfer purchases from one Apple ID to another.


Generally, you shouldn't are creating new Apple IDs. When you change email addresses, you should update the current ID. However, that mistake seems to have already been made. Your option now is to use Family Sharing to access both sets of purchases. This assumes that you have access to the old Apple ID. Note: the email address you use as an Apple ID doesn't still have to be active.


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IdrisSeabright
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Jun 30, 2019 9:03 AM in response to Isis_tee

I think there must have been some confusion between you and the Apple Support person. You can't merge Apple IDs. You can't transfer purchases from one Apple ID to another.


Generally, you shouldn't are creating new Apple IDs. When you change email addresses, you should update the current ID. However, that mistake seems to have already been made. Your option now is to use Family Sharing to access both sets of purchases. This assumes that you have access to the old Apple ID. Note: the email address you use as an Apple ID doesn't still have to be active.


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