What if itunes won't authorize your computer?

what if itunes wont authorize your computer?

Hi,
You could try deauthorizing and re-authorizing your computer, this worked for me in the past. You can also unauthorize all devices on your account, but I *think* you can only unauthorize all computers on your account once a year.
Good luck!

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    1. Open Computer from the Start menu.
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  • Can you download all of your iTunes match account onto your computer?  I screwed up my iPod that had the entire library on it and the computer that had the hard copies of the files on it blew a hard drive.  I need to get the files back from iTunes Match.

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