Accessing iTunes account from multiple computers

I added iTunes gift cards to my account from one competer but cannot see the balance when logging in from another computer - any help appreciated

You can access your account, but the music will only be where you put it.
It doesn't just magically appear on any computer that you log into. You would have to copy the music and put it on the computer.
You can use home share, your backup copy, cds, dvds, external drives,etc to copy and move music if you like.

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Can I access my itunes account from multiple computers?

Can I access my itunes account on multiple computers?

What do you mean access?
You can certainly sign into your account from any computer with itunes.
Your content will only be where you put it. You can put it/copy it wherever you like.
In some countries you can redownload some itunes purchased content:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

Accessing iTunes Account from Multiple PC's

Am I able to access my iTunes account (and my entire library of music) from more than one PC? If yes, are there risks or important things to know before doing so? thanks WFGP

You can access your account, but the music will only be where you put it.
It doesn't just magically appear on any computer that you log into. You would have to copy the music and put it on the computer.
You can use home share, your backup copy, cds, dvds, external drives,etc to copy and move music if you like.

Accessing iTunes music from multiple computers, platforms?

Please accept my apologies in advance if this is a dumb question, but I'm a newbie and I need help.
I have a PC that I have been using as a storage drive for a (33GB +) collection of iTunes (recently upgraded to iTunes 8.02.20). I play those tunes on a 1st generation 4GB Nano, as well as at home on the computer. That PC is one of several that runs on a peer-to-peer wired and and wireless network in my house, the wireless part through several different access points.
All of my music was loaded into iTunes from recordings I own, either on CD or digitized from vinyl. None was bought on the iTunes store or downloaded from the web, so I don't think there should be any DRM issues, but I don't know if there are any limitations imposed by iTunes as a default.
I have two questions:
1 - I recently got a MacBook Pro, and I'd like to be able to duplicate a portion of my music onto its hard drive (but nowhere near all, as it would clutter up the hard drive unacceptably).
2 - I'd also like to be able to get at the iTunes files from all of the machines on the network, without duplicating the files themselves, if that's possible (to be able to include them in creating slideshows, movies, etc.)
Is there any way to make this possible? Are there any DRM issues that attend doing something like this? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Here is the background article on that - if you look at the network share as the "publicly accessible music folder" while reading it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203
So basically you have the network share. All the users drag files from it into their itunes library, so the database ITL file knows where to go to play it.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
And make sure each user has the option for copying files turned OFF, or you'll get duplicate files on the share.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26579

Itunes account on multiple computers

I created an itunes account on the computer I was renting. Everything on that computer was wiped out, and now I am no longer renting that computer. I want to know if there is a way I can get my songs back, and if I can access my itunes account from any compter, or do I basically have to own my own computer? Is there any way I can access my itunes via any computer, just like I can access my gmail from any computer?

Sorry, but I'm not clear on what it is you're asking. You can have up to five computers authorized to play tracks purchased through any given iTunes Music Store account, so yes, you can play your purchased tracks on both your work and home systems. You'll have to copy them to your home computer - you can't download them more than once - but once there, you just have to authorize the system (which will require it to be able to connect to the Internet) and you'll be able to play your purchased tracks.
If that doesn't answer your question, please clarify what it is you want to accomplish.
Regards.

Syncing devices to multiple iTunes accounts on multiple computers.

I have 3 computers in my house, 2 belong to my sister, 1 is mine. Mine is very old and failing so I am probably going to get a new one. Before I do that I would like to preform a complete system restore, I hear that sometimes helps fix the bugs computers accumulate as they age. The problem is I've never done this before and I worry that I might loose valuable information. I keep everything I own on a 500GB external harddrive, so the only things that are really at risk are my Google Chrome bookmarks and my iTunes Library. Everything else I can just recover from the E-HD, but those two... I am still not sure how I can back them up. For this thread I will focus specifically on my iTunes Library though, and leave the Chrome dilema for another day (and another discussion forum).
I figured that if my old comp does go belly up I could always sync my stuff to one of my sister's computers. She mainly uses her laptop and she has told me I could use her tower to sync my iPod Touch and my iPad if I need to. I would be able to use her tower at least until I get myself a new one.
I've found several guides on how to backup the iTunes Library and metadata, and I have tried to do so. I transfer my songs and the backed up library onto a flash drive and then plug them into the new computer (my sister's comp). I drag and drop it onto the desktop, and then plug in the Touch. Oh yea, I feel I should mention something here, I'm going to try and preform a transfer of the iTouche's data first, then continue with my iPad depending on how that goes. My iPad has become my agenda, I use it for everything. And accidentally loosing all my contact/agenda info because of a botched attempt at backing up it's library is NOT an option.
So yea... I try first with the touch.
All the files are there, but when I logged into iTunes he still asked me "You need to reset this device to it's factory parameters before you can sync into this computer." Basically he needs to nuke everything on it so I can't be synced on two computers at once...
I declined the sync and tried to load up the Library I had brought over from my old comp. Problem is... he doesn't offer any option of importing a Library, in the usual spot there's only an option for exporting. Which is idiotic because this iTunes has nothing in it, it's a blank slate.
Then I tried something else, not sure what prompted it, I went on the iTunes store and downloaded a free App. And he was able to put it on the Touch... he asked me for my iTunes account info and password, and then he seemed to indicate my Touch was synced on both computers (and that I had a total of 5 computers I could sync to). The Library still hadn't transfered, since the iTunes on this comp still had no songs, but my Touch still had all 250 songs. So it didn't get wiped...
Basically my question is this. Can my devices (a 2G iPod Touch and a WiFi only 64GB iPad) be synced up to multiple computers, with my main library placed on each of these computers.
And if so, can these Libraries be continually updated with regards to one another through the internet (or at least through my home network). By this I mean, if I make a purchase on one of them, will the other Libraries be updated and get this purchase.

PTNLemay wrote:
I keep everything I own on a 500GB external harddrive, so the only things that are really at risk are my Google Chrome bookmarks and my iTunes Library.
What if that 500Gb drive fails? You need at least two copies on different drives of anything that matters, one just isn't enough.
I use SyncToy 2.1 (free) to keep my backup copies of my iTunes library and other important folders up-to-date. If there's room for the library on the internal then a single external backup is fine, but if your external holds the only copy then you should look to getting a second external drive as backup.
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Accessing Itunes account from a new computer

My computer has crashed, so I cannot access my itunes. How can I access it from another computer?

Depends on what you mean.
You can access your account ( buy new music,etc.) by signing into your account.
If you mean accessing the music, then use your backup copy to move the music to the new computer.
You get ONE download, then it is up to you to backup your music ( incase of loss). If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup ( terrible idea), then you could transfer itunes purchases from an ipod:
File>Transfer Purchases

Uploading songs to iCloud via iTunes Match from multiple computers?

I've already setup match on my Windows 7 Desktop, and have uploaded iTunes match and everything worked out well there.
The problem I have arises when I connect my second device (OS X Lion laptop) to the same iTunes match account. The library appears and I can download songs from iCloud just fine, but iTunes match does not try to upload music from the 2nd library that did not exist on the first.
Is this a known feature limitation? Was iTunes match only designed to upload from one and deposit on many? or is it upload from all download to all?

Thanks Mike.
I also called Apple support and got the same answer. Theoretically it should work, but if it isn't a few things might help:
1. try re-associating the iTunes account to the 2nd source
2. try updating the icloud via: Store -> Update iTunes Match
3. try removing the songs from your iLibrary (you may or may not get a "Delete from iCloud", even if the songs are not showing up in iCloud, and then re-add to your library by finding the files via Finder and dragging them into the library.
The 3rd step solved my problem. Apple support said this may be an issue but the manual re-addition is what fixed it for me.
Also, there is a 25,000 song cap and 250mb/file cap on any uploads.
Good luck others,

How to manage one iTunes folder from multiple computers via a network?

Hi there,
The Setup: I have a macbook air, my partner has a macbook pro, we both have iPhones with our own iCloud accounts. There is an apple TV and an Airport Extreme with an external USB HDD in there too (which could potentially be plugged into the ATV via ethernet if need be).
What I want to be able to do:
     1 - NOT have to store the music on my MBA
     2 - Still be able to add music to/alter playlists and movies in the iTunes library that my MBA uses, from my MBA (ie if I end up with new music or movies on           the MBA I need a way to transfer it easily, -keeping in mind that not all the video will fit on the MBP HDD)
     3 - Use the one iTunes music folder for both the MBA and the MBP (to avoid having to update both)
     4 - Sync my iPhone with my iCloud email and contacts etc...
     5 - Sync my partners iCloud with her own email and contacts etc...
     6 - Sync music from the 'common' iTunes folder to either iPhone
     7 - Use apps from my iTunesstore account on my both iPhones
     8 - Stream video from the 'common' iTunes folder to the ATV in HD
Can someone please tell me how I make ALL of the above possible?
Things i'm not sure of are:
     A- Where do I put my iTunes music folder? -Locally on the MBP, or on the External HDD in the airport Extreme?
     B- Which of the above would iTunes match help with?
     C- Would homesharing be used?
     D- What usernames/accounts do I have to put into the iPhones adn where? (itunes or icloud etc...)
For some reason I just can't get my head around how this setup will work.
Thanks in advance!

I'm sort of in the same boat. We've got an iMac with separate User Accounts set up and are currently sharing the same iTunes and iPhoto libraries along with streaming them to our Apple TV.
Right now I'm the only one with an iPod, however she'll be getting one in a couple of weeks.
We also just picked up a MacBook yesterday and I'd like to be able to sync certain libraries like iTunes and iPhoto so that no content gets duplicated on either the iMac or MacBook and so that we both have access to the current libraries for each program on our iPods and AppleTV.
I have an external hard drive that I back up the iMac on and I assume I could manually keep things current with that but there's got to be an easier way...that's why these are Macs right?
Bill

How do you unauthorize your itunes account on multiple computers?

Over the years i have collected music. I started on one computer and when that broke I open my itunes on another computer. Recently my hard drive failed and now since it is fix I opened it up again. But in my account setting it is say it is active on 4 computers. How do I change this?

There is a way to deauthorize all of your machines, however, you personally will not be able to do it yet.
To reset your number of authorizations back to zero, you must have all 5 of 5 authorizations used up. If not, then you can still add another computer, so there is no need to do this quite yet, therefore iTunes does not give you the option. Does this make sense?
However, for future reference, when you DO have 5 authorizations and need to add a new one, you can reset your authorizations by logging into your iTunes Store Account Info, when you do this, you will see a "deauthorize all" button next to the message that says "5 of 5 authorized" that you saw recently. Remember once you do this, you cannot perform this action for another year.
Once this is done, authorize all of the computers you wish to use again.
EDIT: One more thing I left out is, if you want, you can remove authorizations individually if that computer/hard drive is still accessible. You can do this as often as you like. To do this, load up a computer's iTunes, select Store from the Menu Bar up top, and select Deauthorize Account. Then login with the account you wish to deauthorize.
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HT1751 Is it possible to use single external iTunes Library from multiple computers (my mac book, pc, mac mini)

Hi,
I recently decided to maintain my itunes libraries distrubuted onto different computers. (such as mac mini, mac book, pc)
I am planning to consolidate one of my iTunes library, move it to external source and configure external hard drive to be used by my iTunes library permanently.
For this purpose, I bought 5big NAS pro network storage hardware. I completed all basic setup and now I need help on designing access methodology.
Question is : Does external iTunes library supports to be used by more than one iTunes application? if not what will be the closest solution to save storage and ease of library management?
Thanks in advance
Serhan

Hi,
I recently decided to maintain my itunes libraries distrubuted onto different computers. (such as mac mini, mac book, pc)
I am planning to consolidate one of my iTunes library, move it to external source and configure external hard drive to be used by my iTunes library permanently.
For this purpose, I bought 5big NAS pro network storage hardware. I completed all basic setup and now I need help on designing access methodology.
Question is : Does external iTunes library supports to be used by more than one iTunes application? if not what will be the closest solution to save storage and ease of library management?
Thanks in advance
Serhan

How do I put all of my iTunes music from multiple computers / devices onto one external hard drive?

I have two desktop macs, a macbook air, two iPads, and two iPhones. I have one Apple account that I use for all music - including music my college aged kids download. My problem is that I would like to get all the music into one library, delete the duplicates, then have the external drive store all the music. Is there a practical way to do this? This way I can set up my devices so that they all have the same music and playlists. Is this the best way to handle this situation?

The cheap and easy way is to just add all the media files as new items to a new library configured to store all on the external drive (start iTunes with the option key held down and tell it to create a new library on the external). There won't be any automated way to prevent duplicates. You're doing manual spring cleaning. Of course if you add all the items as new items you will lose things such as playlists, date added, last played, etc.
I got these off the web so cannot rate them for you:
PowerTunes - http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/powertunes/ (commercial software)
syncOtunes - http://homepage.mac.com/oligrob/syncOtunes/syncOtunes.html

How do i access an old itunes account from a closed email, how do i access an old itunes account from a closed email

I have a itunes account from an old email address that I can't access. How do I access this itunes account without the old email as my apple id?

If you want to sync your iPhone with a new computer, take a look at this Apple doc -> Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
iTunes will let you sync some stuff from multiple computers, but it'll only let you sync music, videos or apps from one iTunes library.

Administrating iTunes Library by from multiple computers pc/osx

Hello.
I need to find a way to administrate same Library from multiple computers. What I need is a opportunity not only to listen my media (that's why original iTunes sharing suit me), but to Add, organize, create playlists e.t.c.
I want my Playlists be available and editable ( ! ) for all my computers.
I want to add music from any of my computers and to have all the rest app to date.
All the data will be stored on a Server computer. So what the OS is needed for the solution?
In addition I have both PC and OSX computers at home and It'll be bettor if the solution will suit this.
Thanks.

iTunes doesn't support this much syncing. Yes you can have all machines saving media files to same location (server) but each machine/account will have different iTunes libraries. Changes made on on will not be reflected on others. This is intentional so that different people would not interfere with libraries of other users.
This is especially needed for podcasts. Each account downloads/deletes podcast episodes independent of other accounts. This allows one to delete an episode without making making another account lose the file.
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How can I access my iTunes account from my iPhone.

1- I can't access my iTunes account from my iPhone.
Do I have to sync them or can I download the songs I bought without connecting with my macbook?
Last time i connected the two, all my music got deleted. Must have done something wrong, but have no idea how to prevent that from happening again.
2- My "preferences" panel in iTunes, only shows apps and books, not music- Why?
3- I can't save any music on iClod.

hello.
i followed your link on how to delete content from all things Apple, and nothing removes books, movies, music... it just gives said device(s) the iCloud/download icon on top of the book, movie... not sure what the 'hide' purchase actually does - after X'ing/hide, everything STILL appears across all devices using that account. could you clarify this any further?
if i am understanding iTunes correctly, then EVERYTHING we download (free or purchased) will be FOREVER accessible with zero way for us to control what is filling up this mysterious vault called the cloud? (creepy- apple is keeping EVERYTHING, what happens when the cloud gets full?)
since we have iCloud.com and it shows our "stuff" that we iCloud sync from our devices such as notes, contacts, calendar... then why doesn't apple provide an iCloud.com tab that shows ALL of our purchases so we as CONSUMERS control/delete what is in our account?
we download ALOT of apps to try and then delete them off our devices. that works fine, but movies and books are always there. maybe a glitch?

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