@yoyo__AI: Just learned a crazy little trick. Add your foreign Apple ID to Settings > Notes, then you can update apps directly without switching accounts in the App Store.
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A little trick: Add foreign Apple ID to Settings > Notes, then you can update apps directly without repeatedly switching accounts in the App Store.
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Just found a crazy trick.
Add an Apple ID for another region to Settings > Notes,
and then you can update apps directly from there —
no need to switch accounts in the App Store back and forth.
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