Hi, if you go to iTunes on the computer and under your or in this case her account you can change your apple ID and password as well as other things and this should not make any difference as you are not creating a new one but modifying the old ones. But to be sure I would call or write Apple support. I sure they would be willing to help. HTH
Bubba [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoff Waaler Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 11:06 PM To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility Subject: Changing AppleID while migrating from a 3GS to a 4S. Greetings all, My Mother has a 3GS running IOS 4.3.5 and just received her 4S, and keeping in mind that she is one of the least tech sabby people I know, I'm trying to make the migration process as painless as humanly possible, and save as many steps as possible for when I can tend to them in person. Actually this will benefit me as well because if I dared admonish her to press any key she really is one of those people who will hunt and peck around for that specific item!!! Another complication is that since she can no longer receive email at the address linked to her Apple ID I want to switch that without screwing up her access to the apps she previously purchased. Her machine is vista, but I doubt this will affect the order of events that will need to take place? My goal is to take the absolute minimum of steps, so as not to want to kill her from 1000 miles away. I had her install the latest version of iTunes, and back up her 3GS. Now, would it be necessary for her to change her Apple ID, or can this wait? I realize that she won't receive receipts from the app store, but my real concern is that there does not seem to be a way to change this on the phone once its set. If the change would take affect later painlessly I'd rather not have her worry about that now. Same goes for iCloud and upgrading the firmware on her 3GS. I wonder if I could just have her attach her 4S via usb and restore from her older firmware 3GS backup so as to recover her old environment and save iCloud and AppleID migration for later? TIA for any/all suggestions and best regards. Geoff <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
