Change the country that makes you lose all your apps

I just moved from the Italy towards the France, I opened a bank account and intended to close my bank account in Italy.

What I discovered is when you change the region in the Apple Store (which you have to do, since the credit card must belong to a bank in the region) do you lose all your purchases made ahead. When I changed the region in the AppStore all my purchases are gone, none have been identified. Luckily when I went back to the former zone of all purchases were still there.

I thought Apple's Support that if you keep the applications on your computer, they will continue to operate. Unfortunately, I don't think it's quite true. What about updates? If the application is not among your purchases I doubt it will be updated. What happens if I do a clean install? Not all applications can be simply copied into the Applications folder, the system often said that the application is corrupted and I need to download it again from the app store, what will happen?

I spent a lot of money on the Pro apps, now I am forced to open a bank account in Italy just to keep a credit card for the App Store, I just cannot afford to change region and risk having to buy new applications.

Is it possible to keep your purchases when you change the region? I understand that different regions have different tax rules, but if I bought an application in one country, this is mine, I will not have to pay for it yet once just because I live elsewhere, it makes no sense.

I know not many people change of country of residence, then this might not be a priority, but please try to find a solution.

Hello and welcome to Apple Support communities,

Just to let you know that purchases made in-store a coutry are NOT carried over, as far as I know just make sure that you are logged into the store of the country when he made purchases, purchases made in store in this country should stay there.

For example:

If I purchase in the Australian store and moving to the United States, I have to keep my store in the Austrlian store to keep my purchases; If I change my store in the United States one my purchases will disappear.

Tags: Mac App Store

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