Computer's authorizations

Hello everybody.
I have a question. I have 4 authorizations out of 5 to play songs on my PC with my account. How can I buy/get for free more authorizations? I'm planning to buy a Mac and would like to play the sogns that I bought on my Mac.
Thanks

Not to worry.
tcvanp3570's post above explains that you can deauthorize all machines once you hit your 5 computer limit.
If you do hit that limit, just deauthorize all of your machines and then reauthorize your current one. You'd then only be using 1 of your 5 authorizations.

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