How to get a US iTunes account - for free! (with no credit card)

Delroy666

Thanks OP! That was super easy, and I've been meaning to create a US account for a while.

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mikeinmontreal

Awesome!

I now have those great apps that were missing from the Canadian store. Great contribution from a new ehMac member.

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Chealion

Coincidentally there is now an official way to create an account without a credit card without resorting to work arounds that are specific to only one store.

Create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card

Of note: This doesn't allow you to use an existing Apple ID and use it with iTunes without entering billing information.

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Quicksilver G4

Nice! Thanks for pointing that out!

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bob99

Thanks for the tip, just set up an account for my new AppleTV (and plan on downloading a few apps for my 16GB iPhone too)

Where is everyone here buying their iTunes gift cards? Is there a trusted US seller on eBay or some other forum? Is there anyone who will just send the number, so you don't need to mess around with shipping?

Bob

azrail

muchas gracias muchacha

g.c.87

Hmm... not sure who the seller was, but that's what I did. I bought the card on eBay, I was sent the code in an email and I was good to go.

kloan

Cool tip!!

THANKS!

cap10subtext

excellent, thanks!

Trevor Robertson

I have been doing this for years, the one catch is that before you sync your iPhone make sure that you are logged into the Canadian store if you want to be able to use the itunes or App store on your iPhone, as the iPhone (unlike the Apple TV) will use the store that you are currently logged into.

One other thing of note is that if you buy/download some app's from the CDN store and some from the US store, when updates come out you will need to do two rounds of updates one for CDN Apps and one for US apps not a big deal but it through me for a loop the first time iTunes told me I had 4 updates I clicked update and it said I have no updates???? I switched stores and the updates downloaded with out any issues.

I set it up as in the first place as I was at MacWorld and I missed LOST so I ran out bought a gift card and was happy to pay $1.99 for LOST, BTW I used my Hotel's address.

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