User Guide
An alert appears if you’ve previously purchased one or more songs from an album.
Tap Buy if you want to purchase the entire album including the songs you’ve already
purchased, or tap Cancel if you want to purchase any remaining songs individually.
Some albums include bonus content, which is downloaded to your iTunes library on
your computer. Not all bonus content is downloaded directly to iPhone.
Once you purchase an item, it begins downloading and appears on the Downloads
screen. See “Checking Download Status” on page 166.
Purchased songs are added to a Purchased playlist on iPhone. If you delete the Purchased
playlist, iTunes creates a new one when you buy an item from the iTunes Store.
You can redeem iTunes Store gift cards, gift certicates, or other promotional codes to
make purchases. When you’re signed in to your account, your remaining store credit
appears with your account information at the bottom of most iTunes Store screens.
Enter a redemption code: Tap Music (tap More rst, if Music isn’t visible), then tap
Redeem at the bottom of the screen and follow the onscreen instructions.
Purchasing or Renting Videos
The iTunes Store lets you purchase and download movies, TV shows, and music videos
(may not be available in all countries or regions). Some movies and TV shows can also
be rented for a limited time. Video content may be available in standard-denition (SD,
or 480p) format, high-denition (HD, or 720p) format, or both.
Preview a video: Tap Preview.
Purchase or rent a video:
1 Tap Buy or Rent.
2 Sign in to your account as requested, then tap OK.
If you don’t have an Apple account, tap Create New Account to set one up.
Your purchase is charged to your Apple account. For additional purchases made within
the next fteen minutes, you don’t have to enter your password again.
Once you purchase an item, it begins downloading and appears on the Downloads
screen. See “Checking Download Status” on page 166.
Rented movies and TV shows don’t begin playing until the download completes.
See “Watching Rented Movies and TV Shows” on page 99.
When the download is complete, purchased videos are added to the Purchased
playlist on iPhone. Purchased content is synced to the Purchased playlist for your
iPhone in iTunes the next time you connect iPhone to your computer. See “Syncing
Purchased Content.”
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