Create Apple ID Without a Credit Card
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Create Apple ID Without a Credit Card 1. Make sure that iTunes is installed on the computer you are using to create the Apple ID. 2. Open iTunes 3. Click on the App Store menu button. 4. Select the iPad button at the top of the window to see the iPad apps only. 5. Find a free app from the first row of displayed apps. The free ones will be the ones with no prices listed. You can choose any free app. It does not have to be the ones shown below. 6. Click on the app icon that you have chosen. 7. Click the Get button below the app icon. 8. A pop-up box will appear. Click the Create Apple ID button in the bottom left hand corner of the pop-up window. 9. A welcome screen will appear. Click on the Continue button in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. 10. The Apple Terms of Agreement and Privacy Policy page will appear. Click the checkbox in the lower right-hand corner to state that you have read and agree to the terms. 11. Click the Agree button below the terms. 12. Begin the process of creating your Apple ID by entering a personal email address that you plan to use for your student’s Apple ID Account. DO NOT use your LISD school gmail account. You may create a new personal gmail account to use for your iTunes account or use one that you already have. 13. Enter a password. You must follow the Apple password requirements that pop up in a box below the password box. 14. Verify your password by typing it again. If they do not match or you have not followed the rules, you will get error messages and will not be allowed to continue until you comply. 15. Select 3 different security questions and type the answers to these questions in the boxes to the right. For the sake of simplicity, do not capitalize your answers and use one-word answers. Make sure your answers are spelled correctly. You may need to remember them later if you forget your password. 16. OPTIONAL: You may enter a second email address as a backup in case you forget your security questions and answers. If you choose not to add this email during the Apple ID setup, you may access your account and add a second email at a later date. 17. Birthday: Parents of children under 13 must enter their own birth date here. 18. Two checkboxes appear. They are optional. You must uncheck them if you do not wish to receive these emails. Click the Continue button at the bottom of the screen. 19. Click NONE as the payment option. 20. You must fill out the billing information; however, nothing will be billed to your address. 21. Click Create Apple ID. 22. An email will be sent to your email account. 23. Login to your email account, open the email from Apple, and click the Verify now link to verify your Apple ID. 24. An Internet window will open telling you your email address has been verified. You may begin using your iTunes account. .