De-authorizing computers

How can I de-authorize computers that I no longer own? I have discarded or sold old Macs without first de-authorizing them, and now I am at my limit of five. I just installed Snow Leopard and now I can't update my iPad files without deleting a ton of apps!

Use the Deauthorize All command documented in this article.
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    On the "Active" machine, File-->Library-->Export. Save the file as "Library.xml" on the shared drive of the other machine.
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    Do the same for Movies, Music Videos.
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    iTunes isn't an editor. You need an app that's intended for editing audio files, like Adobe Audition (http://www.adobe.com/products/audition.html) or Audacity (free in the App Store).

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    My computer was stolen so I deauthorized all computers that had iTunes on them on 10/28/2011.  I have a new computer and it was authorized for iTunes.  When I checked my account it says I have 2 authorized computers, but this new computer should be the only one. How can I deauthorize whatever the other computer is?  I don't want whoever stole my old computer to be able to use my iTunes account.

    Get all that music back in itunes and sync again.

  • HT1349 help  I would like to authorize my new laptop for my itunes library  I had 5 authorized computers on my account not sure which ones they were one of the autorized computers has crashed so i want to transfer all of my account history onto my compute

    my acct. shows that I have 5 authorized computers for my itunes acct.  not sure which 5 but I do know it is not my new laptop.  our main home computer that I use for managing and adding to my music library may have crashed .  so  I deauthorized all 5 computers (that was my only choice).  I was then hoping to authorize just one computer (my new lap top),  I was then hoping that my entire music library would then show up via my itunes/apple account   where is it ?
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    You can deauthorise all 5 at once, then reauthorize the one you want.
    Learn how to authorize or deauthorize your computer with your Apple ID.
      http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
    You need to log into iTunes on the computer you want to deauthorise. Otherwise, contact contact iTunes Store support to see if they can help.

  • HT1420 I have used up the amout of authorized computers for one account, however two of them have crashed. How can I deauthorize those two without having to deauthorize the other three?

    I have completed my list of 5 computers authorized. I am trying to authorize another one but I need to get rid of two authorized computers which hard disks have crashed. How can I deauthorize those two without affecting the other three?

    Individual computers can only be deauthorised directly on them, but if you've reached the 5 computer limit then you can log into your account and 'deauthorise all' (which you can do once every 12 months) and you can then authorise/reauthorise the computers that you still have and need : authorising and deauthorising.

  • How many authorized computers can you authorize on an itunes account?

    How many authorized computers can you authorize on an itunes account? and where is the option to deauthorize all computers on the itunes account screen in the new itunes 9? i cant find it? its to deauthorize all the comps on your account at once. thank you!

    How many authorized computers can you authorize on an itunes account?
    Five.
    where is the option to deauthorize all computers on the itunes account screen in the new itunes 9?
    Click here for information.
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  • HT1420 Help I've hit the limit of my authorized computers to use iTunes.

    Can someone help me with the following questions to help me free up some computers for my 5 computer authorized computer limit to iTunes.
    Is it possible to get a list of which computers are authorized? This would be helpful so I can find the computers I want to deauthorize.
    Is there any way to remote deauthorize computers? I've had a number of computers over they years which I have used iTunes on and most of them have died so I am unable to deauthorize them (I'm probably not the only one with this problem). This would so help those with stolen computers.
    Does "authorized computer" include iPads and iPods? I would know the answer to this if I could get a list of authorized computers. I hope not, because between my family there are currently 2 Mac PCs, 3 Windows Laptops, 3 iPods, 2 iPads (which adds up to more than 5) all of which access my iTunes account.

    1)  No.
    2)  Deauthorize all.
    3)  No, ONLY computers.
    iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization

  • HT1420 Error: 5 Authorized computers when I have only one.

    I did not have 5 computers authorized, only 2. But the miserable pop up message kept appearing so I deauthorized all computers, rebooted and followed insturctions to authorize the one computer I have so I can sync my itouch and new iphone.
    However, I am still getting the error message and cannot prevent the message from coming up, despite my account showing I have no authorized computers now.
    What can I do? Apple is useless as far as any support on this.

    Authorization applies ONLY to computers.
    ipads/ipods/iphones/apple tvs are NOT authorized at all.

  • Why can't I download a purchased iTunes movie on to one of my authorized computers

    Why can't I download a purchased movie from iTunes onto one of my authorized computers? I keep getting a request to purchase the movie.
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    What did you try?
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store ... - Apple - Support

  • How can I increase the number of authorized computers?*

    I have itunes on my company computer.  My company gives me a new computer about every 2 years.  I have already used 4 out of my 5 available authorized computers for synching my phone.  In another year or so, I'll have exhausted my 5th computer.  How can I increase the number of authorized devices?Thanks.

    You can Deauthorize all the Computers and authorize the Computer you are using now.
    Read here - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420 (scroll down to Deauthorize all Computers section)
    Cheers

  • According to my account info, I have 4 authorized computers and 3 associated devices: ar

    According to my account info, I have 4 authorized computers and 3 associated devices: are "authorized computers" and "associated devices" the same thing? I don't think so, but want to be sure.

    enrique m. wrote:
    ... can I deauthorize them individually?
    Only if you physically have the computers in your possession... Then...
    Open itunes on the computer you want to deactivate. Make sure you are logged in.  Under the "Store" menu, pull down top "De-authorize this computer"
    If you no longer have, or access to, the computer(s) you want to deauthorise,
    Log in to iTunes,  go to "view your account info" on the itunes store,  deauthorise all five, (Please Note: this can only be done Once every 12 months)  and then re-authorize your current Computer(s) one at a time.
    Authorise / Deauthorise About
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

  • Problem with authorized computers

    I currently have 2 computers and my iTunes account says I have 4 authorized computers. Is there any way to reset the authorization number, and then just re-authorize each computer? Because even if I deauthorize both computers, it says I have 2 computers authorized.
    Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

    Try to deauthorize the computers again. They may have multiple authorizations, due to HD exchange, RAM upgrade or formatting the HD.
    One computer using multiple iTunes Music Store authorizations
    About iTunes Music Store authorization and deauthorization
    Hope this helps.
    M
    17' iMac fp 800 MHz 768 MB RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Several ext. HD (backup and data)

  • How to go beyond 5 authorized computers?

    I currently have a desktop, a laptop, an old laptop with a crashed hard drive that was authorized, an IPad2, and Ipod, and an IPhone and a desktop at work--all of this I want to authorize to share information across iTunes and the Cloud. This is 7 computers, and I'm planning on purchasing a Mac Pro laptop. How do you get past the limit of 5 authorized computers?  Is there something you can purchase to go beyond the limit of 5 or what?  And...why is there a limit of 5 in the first place?  My father has 7 computers (1 PC, and the rest are Macs).
    1)  Why is there a limit of 5? and
    2) how do you get past the limit of 5 if you have more than 5 computers you want to link together?

    As John has already said, it's an agreement with the record companies. At some stage, someone has decided that five is sufficient.
    There is an obvious question here though.
    Why do you need to put the same content onto all these different devices? What, for example, is the point of having the same music (or whatever) on a work computer as you have at home? Since Apps cannot be used on a computer, you don't need them on two different ones. Since you have an iPod - and an iPad, you have your iTunes Library with you, don't you? So why the desperate need to keep putting it somewhere else? You cannot Sync an iDevice with two different Libraries.
    One thing you do appear to have missed; you can deauthorise the laptop with the crashed hard drive. That will save you one device. (Actually of course, you need to deauthorise all and then re-authorise just the devices you want, up to five.)
    You may have noticed that I do not sympathise with your point of view. Personally, I don't see the need to ask Apple about this. If anyone needs to be asked anything (in my opinion), it's the record companies and the music business.
    Why don't they devise a replacement for the outdated concept of copyright?
    Why don't they allow us to pass our purchased music on to our family when we pass away?
    Why did a certain musician (drummer) believe he was entitled to accuse his fans of theft while he was sitting in luxury next to his swimming pool in front of his very large house?

  • What recourse do you have when a music purchase does not download to your authorized computers?  ("All purchases have been downloaded for this account.")  No they haven't!

    On May 5th I purchased a song on iTunes on my phone, which downloaded to my iPhone succesfully.  When checking the next day on all of my authorized computers, none of them woudl download a copy of it, with the message upon checking for available downloads being that all purchases had already been downloaded.  I have the receipt cited in the iTune store history pane, but no copy of this tune has ever been downloaded to any computer in my account.
    What can I do at this point to get a copy to download onto my computers?  Does it require that I purchase the tune twice?  (Can I even do so?)
    Thanks
    Windgod

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
    Regards.

  • IPhoto Slideshow set to Music - Music Played Only on "Authorized Computers"

    MacBook Pro, Mac OS X, v 10.5.8, iPhoto '08 v 7.1.5 (378). I made a slideshow picture presentation set to music and exported from iPhoto to a folder on my desktop in .mov format. iPhoto notified me that the three songs set to the picture slideshow would only be able to be played on "authorized computers."  This slideshow needs to be distro'd to my entire class, none of which are authorized users of my iTunes account. How do I bypass this so they will all have access to the music I set to the slideshow presentation?

    Use music that doesn't have a DRM on it.
    The problem arises because the these three tracks were purchased on the iTuns store and they are limited by the (then) licence on the store.
    Regards
    TD

  • Number of authorized computers

    Hi,
    I'm trying to authorize a new computer but iTunes says "You cannot authorize more than 5 computers. You have already authorized 5 computers ... bla bla bla...".
    So I tried to go and see the list of authorized devices: three computers an one iphone.. In fact in the account page it says "4 authorized devices"...
    Just to try, I've removed one of them. Now in my account it says "3 authorized devices" (one iphone and two computers).
    Then I went back to iTunes to authorize the new pc. It still says that I've authorized 5 computers..
    What's going on???

    iphones are not authorized at all.  Authorization applies ONLY to computers.
    Try deauthorize all, then authorize the active computers.
    You are probably looking at associated devices which is not the same as authorized computers.

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