Redeeming an iTunes Gift Card Without a Credit Card
December 25, 2007

I bought my wife a lovely iTunes Gift Card this Christmas to start downloading some extra music to her iPod and was greeted by a rather uncharacteristically difficult time. I had imagined being able to set her up with iTunes and the gift card and letting her go, but alas - this was not the case. In Apple's zeal to get your kids to over-spend they've hidden the option to sign up for an iTunes account without a credit card. Well, we were actually prepared to begin sending the gift card back to Apple when thanks to Yahoo Answers (whodu thunk) I located the Apple docs on how to redeem the card without inputting a credit card.

Without further ado, follow these instructions (jump to "I do not have an iTunes Store account") to get your gift card setup without having to tell Apple your credit card number. Useful for kids and those who believe that their credit card shouldn't be floating around out there without cause. I truthfully have no idea why they hide this under eighteen menus.