On 04/10/2011, at 8:06 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: > Hi folks, > > My grand kids (aged 8 & 12) have been given iTunes Gift Cards. > I have tried starting an Apple ID for them but it fails because they are > under age. > I tried starting one for their mum (for them to use) but she has no credit > card so I cannot complete the application. > > How on earth do they make use of their Gift Cards ???
Hi Stephen, If you don't have an iTunes Store account: 1. Open iTunes. 2. In the Source pane (on the left side of the iTunes window), click iTunes Store. 3. In the upper-right corner of the iTunes Store window, verify that the button says "Sign In.” If this button displays an email address instead, click the button and then click Sign Out. 4. In the QUICK LINKS window in the right-hand column, click Redeem. 5. In the resulting screen, enter the 16-digit code printed on the back of the card (it starts with an "X"), then click Redeem. 6. In the resulting screen, create your new iTunes Store account. You will have the option to enter credit card information; if you do not wish to do so, click the None button on the Payment screen. 7. Once you've successfully redeemed your gift card, the credit amount will appear next to your account name in the upper-right corner. Each time you purchase items, iTunes will deduct funds from the credit until it's depleted. If a pending purchase exceeds the credit amount, iTunes will ask you to enter a credit card number. You do not need to re-enter your gift card number to make multiple purchases. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard OS X 10.7 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
