Ipod Touch account question

[torinsmom]

My DS15 asked me to put a credit card on his ipod touch, because he said even free aps will not download without a CC on there. Needless to say, I now have about $40 worth of ap charges on my card If you buy an itunes gift card and add it to your account, do you still need a CC on the account or does that replace the CC info? I have deleted my CC from his account and will not make that mistake again.

Marsha

 

[MulanUSAF]

You don't need a credit card with the account. Just get an iTunes gift card and enter the code, the amount will be shown in the account and works like a debit card. When the balance goes to zero, your son can't buy any more apps with it unless you add another gift card into the account.

 

[torinsmom]

Can he do free apps without a CC or gift card or was he telling the truth about that? I am more than mad for him running my bill up! I guess I should have known better....

Marsha

 

[Scurvy]

I've never linked a credit card with my account, and I've gotten tons of free apps. I've gotten several free apps when my account was at $0.00 - or only a few cents, at least. I use itunes cards when I actually want to buy something. I don't trust myself to stick to my music budget if I use a credit card.

 

[ElizK]

Can he do free apps without a CC or gift card or was he telling the truth about that? I am more than mad for him running my bill up! I guess I should have known better....

Marsha

He's right... it has to have either a CC or a GC to download.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

I don't have a CC or gift card (and never have) linked to my touch and have a ton of free apps downloaded. He's fibbing.

 

[ElizK]

I don't have a CC or gift card (and never have) linked to my touch and have a ton of free apps downloaded. He's fibbing.

Are you sure? When I set up my account and when I helped my dad set up his, it required a CC (or gift card) to continue.

 

[BellePrincessBelle]

Are you sure? When I set up my account and when I helped my dad set up his, it required a CC (or gift card) to continue.

I'm positive. I don't have credit cards and have never had a itunes gift card.

 

[MulanUSAF]

Just to see what the process is like now, I just set up a new account using a different email address. It doesn't ask for credit card or gift card, so I don't see why you would have any problems downloading free apps. You only need these info if you want to turn on the "1-click purchasing" function.

 

[Jeanne B]

I'm positive. I don't have credit cards and have never had a itunes gift card.

Same here.

 

[torinsmom]

Are you sure? When I set up my account and when I helped my dad set up his, it required a CC (or gift card) to continue.

Hmmm..... I'm wondering if it asks for one, but doesn't require one? I think I was actually there when he signed up and there was a page for one. Maybe you can decline. I just told him to check with me before he did anything he would be charged for. Obviously, that didn't work! After he pays me back for his mistake, we will just do Itunes gift cards for future purchases.

Marsha

 

[JerseyJanice]

In any event, now his account is established, he's all set. It's his forever with or without a CC or GC.

All the apps and music he bought stay in that account forever. Even if you buy a new PC, he'll still have access to everything he's ever purchased.

If I had realized this when we bought my DS an Ipod last year, I would have bought one with lesser memory. You can load apps/music on and off your Ipod anytime so you really don't need a huge amount of memory.

 

[traviesojmt]

I have never added a credit card to my DS12's account. He downloads free apps all the time. When he gets them as gifts, he will add the gift card but the credit card is never happening.

 

[3boymthr]

You can also link your iTunes account to your paypal account. I do this so DS doesn't charge music to the CC.

 

[OK!]

In any event, now his account is established, he's all set. It's his forever with or without a CC or GC.

All the apps and music he bought stay in that account forever. Even if you buy a new PC, he'll still have access to everything he's ever purchased.

If I had realized this when we bought my DS an Ipod last year, I would have bought one with lesser memory. You can load apps/music on and off your Ipod anytime so you really don't need a huge amount of memory.

Actually, that works with free apps, but if, say, your hard drive dies (thanks a bunch for that, Seagate! ) and you had items on it that you purchased from iTunes, you will need to re-purchase them in order to have them on the new computer. If you have an iPod that is accessible as a hard drive (e.g. iPod Classic, older nanos, etc.) that happened to have had the purchased items synched to it at that time, you can transfer the purchases off of the device onto your new PC, but it takes a bit of work. And if you have an iPod that's not accessible as a hard drive (newer iPod Touches, iPhones), you'll need to purchase software to access the files and download them back to the PC. If you didn't have a purchased item synched to the iPod at the time the PC's hard drive died, you're SOL unless you re-purchase the item through iTunes.

Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way in August when I lost probably $200+ worth of movies, TV episodes, etc., (not to mention a couple hundred GB of photos I'd shot myself that are completely irreplaceable) when my stupid hunk of $#@#@#&**$#$#@#$ 1.5 TB Seagate external hard drive opted to cease functioning. Not that I'm still bitter about that or anything.

/hijack

 

[MelanieC]

Never needed a CC for my son's and he was able to download free apps.

 

[JerseyJanice]

Actually, that works with free apps, but if, say, your hard drive dies (thanks a bunch for that, Seagate! ) and you had items on it that you purchased from iTunes, you will need to re-purchase them in order to have them on the new computer. If you have an iPod that is accessible as a hard drive (e.g. iPod Classic, older nanos, etc.) that happened to have had the purchased items synched to it at that time, you can transfer the purchases off of the device onto your new PC, but it takes a bit of work. And if you have an iPod that's not accessible as a hard drive (newer iPod Touches, iPhones), you'll need to purchase software to access the files and download them back to the PC. If you didn't have a purchased item synched to the iPod at the time the PC's hard drive died, you're SOL unless you re-purchase the item through iTunes.

Unfortunately, I learned that the hard way in August when I lost probably $200+ worth of movies, TV episodes, etc., (not to mention a couple hundred GB of photos I'd shot myself that are completely irreplaceable) when my stupid hunk of $#@#@#&**$#$#@#$ 1.5 TB Seagate external hard drive opted to cease functioning. Not that I'm still bitter about that or anything.

/hijack

I'm no ITunes expert by any means, but I was under the impression that your ITunes purchases exist in your internet account.

For a while, we had a couple of computers in my house, and DS was able to access his account and everything in it from either PC.