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bluedino on Oct 23, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: OS X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review

It's possible to make an iTunes store account without a credit card:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534?viewlocale=en_US&locale=e...

PeterWhittaker on Oct 23, 2013 [–]

OK, thanks, I'll try the "free app" approach.

(But, man, do I hate such kludgey workarounds.)

EDIT: Seems to have worked fine - download in progress, and I didn't actually complete installation of the free app (AFAIK; I did have to enter tombstone info, but I can live with that).

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