Authorizing account on a second computer

Got a second dell laptop and want to authoize my account on the second computer-but dont want to start a second account. What is the process?

At the top of the iTunes window, use the command Store > Authorize Computer... and follow the steps to enter your ID and password.

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As you have not stated what type of mail account you are using - I've given info on both:
'''POP mail accounts:'''
by default POP mail accounts can only get access to the webmail Inbox and download from that Inbox to the pop mail account in Thunderbird.
Usually, it downloads and deletes off the server, so if you want to create POP mail account for the new user, you would need to mke sure the settings are to 'leave messages on server' on both your computer and the new user.
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The main issue here is that the Inbox should not be used as a general store, so you create folders to store emails. Unfortunately, this would mean constant monitoring to make sure both computers actually were using the same folders, as the user can manually create folders, you could end up with emails stored differently on each computer.
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see a remote view of the folders on the server.
So, you could enable IMAP forwarding via the webmail account and then in Thunderbird create IMAP mail account.
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Move all emails from POP mail account into Local Folders first.
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Then remove the POP mail account.
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click on 'Account Actions'
Select ' Remove account'
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Then create an IMAP mail account.
Subscribe to see folders. Synchronise subscribed folders to get a copy of folders in your Profile folder.
Make sure you create regular backups regardless of whether POP or IMAP mail account.
Info on Backups:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_backup
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/IMAP_backup

Two Accounts Merging to One Computer?

Hi there - hope this is the right forum for this:
My significant other and I will be "merging households" in a few months, we are both avid Mac users, and we both have purchased a very huge chunk of our music via the iTunes store. Once we move in together, we are going to want a solution where we can have our music within a single iTunes library (on a single computer), so that we can have, say, the AppleTV access this one library. We also want to be able to sync the music from both of our iTunes accounts to both of our iPods. Basically, we're trying to avoid having to buy two copies of an album for our one household.
So far, I've been able to authorize his iTunes music store account on my computer (while maintaining the authorization of my own account), and he's sent me one of his purchased songs to test, and it plays. So multiple accounts on one Library seems to work at this point. If I were to sync my iPod, would this file download onto it and playback alright?
iBook G3 800MHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iBook G3 800MHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You can merge all the files from one computer to another. All the protected songs purchased via the iTunes store will need authorization (which it appears you already tested), but a single iTunes library can be authorized to play songs puchased from multiple users.
Each iTunes account can be authorized on up to 5 separate computers, and as far as I know there is no apparent limit on the number of authorized accounts on a single computer.
Any song in your iTunes library that you have authorization to play will (by default) sync with your iPod automatically (assuming your iPod's sync settings grabs your whole library) and play fine on your iPod.
To merge the two libraries simply copy the music from one computer to the other, then import all the songs either via Import in the File menu or more simply by draging and droping the whole folder into the iTunes window. All the songs will be listed in iTunes and stored inside the library along with all your previous songs.
To use the same library between the two separate computers is a bit different. You have to first move the iTunes library to an external networked hard drive, then point both of your iTunes to the library in iTunes->Preferences->Advanced. This is an imperfect solution as when one person adds a song it will not nessisarily show up in the other person's library (despite the fact they are stored in the same place).

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Let me ask: is your home PC the main computer you use to synchronize your iPhone? The reason I ask is that your main sync computer must use the same iTunes account that you want to use on your iPhone, to download music, apps, etc.
If it is not, then do the following on your iPhone's main computer:
Open iTunes. On the menu bar, select the "Store" menu, and select "Authorize Computer..." This will open a dialog box asking you to enter your Apple ID and password - in this case, enter the Apple ID that you normally use on your home PC. That will authorize the second computer to use the account, provided that the particular Apple ID has not been previously authorized on five computers.
If you DO use your home PC to sync your iPhone, I think a little more information would be needed. What specifically is preventing you from accessing that particular account on your iPhone?

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Copy everything from the old computer or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

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I would advise that you not set up a second Apple ID. It's really not necessary - having two Apple IDs won't affect how iTunes works with your iPads - and will just complicate matters. Each iPad will be treated independently and can be set to sync only the items you want on that particular iPad. If you really want to keep the two iPads separate, set up different iTunes libraries and have only those items you want on the related iPad in that library, rather than a different Apple ID. If you plan not to use a computer and just download directly to the iPads, you can again choose what apps and content each iPad gets.
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As far as using the two machines at the same time goes, the jury is currently out on that - I had the question in for clarification but did not get a response yet. They recently rewrote the license agreement and the portion that explicitly stated you cannot use the two at the same time was either removed or relocated somewhere else that I have yet to find.
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Hi nprguy,
It sounds like an earlier version of the BlackBerry® Desktop Software installed on your PC may be conflicting with this installation.
I would advise uninstalling both versions of the BlackBerry Desktop Software then reinstalling the latest version.
The following KB articles should provide more information on the issue.
"The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable" when uninstalling BlackBerry Desktop Manager www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB10220
"Error 1316" InstallShield error is encountered when uninstalling or upgrading the BlackBerry Desktop Software
www.blackberry.com/btsc/KB04272
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Authorizing account on a second computer

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