How can I access my old iTunes account?
I had an iTunes account on my old windows computer. I now have an iPad and want to access my old iTunes account. How do I do this?
mamabobbette wrote:
I'm trying to find out how to access my old i-tunes library if I'm unsure of what my log-in and password were from that time.
Please explain further.
You don't need an AppleID to access an iTunes library. An iTunes library is stored on your computer.
Default location is /Music/iTunes/ folder.
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How can I access my old iTunes account I I don't remember apple ID and password?
mamabobbette wrote:
I'm trying to find out how to access my old i-tunes library if I'm unsure of what my log-in and password were from that time.
Please explain further.
You don't need an AppleID to access an iTunes library. An iTunes library is stored on your computer.
Default location is /Music/iTunes/ folder. -
I had an itune account and library with lots of my music and purchased music. I had it under another email address using Windows. I purchased a MacBook pro and in my learning how to use it, being so different, I created another apple id and now I can't access my old account or purchases... Is there anything I can do to fix this... Ann
If you have purchases on your iPod Shuffle that you want to sync back to iTunes, but are under the Apple ID you no longer have access to, you'll need to reset that account information. You can use this link to reset your password.
https://iforgot.apple.com/
If that doesn' work or help, you'll need to contact iTunes support and have them walk you through the process of resetting the older account information. Once you know the email and password again, you can authorize your new computer and transfer any purchases from this account back to iTunes.
For all non-iTunes purchased content, you'll need to the assistance of some sort of third party software that is not supported by Apple. See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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Can't access an old itunes account
I reinstalled itunes but some of my songs won't play. They are associated with an old account. I don't remember the password. Since that email address no longer exists, I can't receive the password hint and my bday isn't accepted. How can I access old accounts that I no longer have the email address or passwords for via my new account? There's a lot of money tied up in those accounts!
You don't need a contact email address to be able to change the password. You should be able to go to https://iforgot.apple.com/ and enter your birthday and answer a personal question, then you can enter a new password (and you should give add a valid email address).
If you can't get this to work you will need to contact Support: go to http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/ - click on 'Other iTunes Store Features' in the list and then on 'Podcasts'. You will see a link to 'Express Lane', which will guide you eventually to some contact options. -
How do i access my old itunes account if i can't remember my log-in and password?
I'm trying to find out how to access my old i-tunes library if I'm unsure of what my log-in and password were from that time.
mamabobbette wrote:
I'm trying to find out how to access my old i-tunes library if I'm unsure of what my log-in and password were from that time.
Please explain further.
You don't need an AppleID to access an iTunes library. An iTunes library is stored on your computer.
Default location is /Music/iTunes/ folder. -
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. -
How can I delete an old Itunes account?
How can I delete an Itunes account that is an old email address that is no longer accessible I cannot play some tunes on itunes that were autorizes with that email account ?
You cannot delete an account. Even if you did, you cannot move the items bought with an account to another. The e-mail address used for the account name is just an identifier. If you changed the contact e-mail address in the account settings it would send e-mail to the new address.
If the account is truly inaccessible, contact service to see if they can help you with this.
iTunes Customer Service Contact - http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html > Get iTunes support via Express Lane > iTunes > iTunes Store -
HT2731 How can I restore my old itunes account on my new computer?
Our old computer crashed and we now have a new one. Am I able to find all of my itunes songs and get them on this computer if I never backed them up?
Yep. If iTunes in the Cloud is available in your country, you should be able to retrieve most, those that are available at least, of your purchases. Check this article on how to download past purchases and all other articles related:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519 -
How can I activate an old Itunes account?
I have purchased tunes years ago with a prior account which I now need to authorize. Trouble is the email address I used for this account no longer exists and I have no idea what the password is or any of the security questions. Is their anything I can do to retrieve these tunes. I bought about 100 using this account but now cannot play them.
send an email to the iTS customer service using this form and ask the folks there if they can help.
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How do I access my original iTunes account on new MacBook?
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro. I have my original iTunes account set up on my old laptop, which I am unable to even turn on because it needs to be repaired (which I really have no intention of doing now). How do I access my old iTunes account/downloads to be on my new Mac? There was a message that read something to the effect of "cannot have your iTunes account set up on more than one computer," I think. I'm not even able to sync my iPod to my new Mac without risking losing all of the content that is on my iPod. I have iTunes open on my Mac, am able to send downloads there, but I do not think I am signed in (they are all NEW downloads, nothing old from old laptop). PLEASE HELP!! Thanks in advance.
In other words, how can I access my iTunes library/content from iTunes on my other computer?
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Can I access my old ITunes account or must I wait 90 days ??
Sure, you can buy new things. You just can't re-download past purchases for 90 days after changing the AppleID used with a computer, as the link provided by ChitlinsCC discusses. To avoid this problem make sure you always have backups of all purchases you make which is a good idea in any case in case a distributor pulls an item from the store whereby you won't be able to redownload it.
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Hi there.
I did a factory restore and then restored it with iCloud back-up. I have been using lots of Apple products and i have used three different email adresses. Almost all apps restored perfectly but everytime i try to play a song in the Music app, i asks me for a Apple-ID i had no idea i have used.
Hence:
I lost my password for my original iTunes account
I can't recover it because the email address it is registered under is not longer valid
How can I access my old account?
Can't find a place to change the email address to my new one without the password which I no longer remember.
There is no way to just erase Apple-ID's on my device either.
What to do? Should i ju give up and start from scratch and delete 2 years of stuf?
Cheers!If you can remember the answers to the security questions when you set up that account - I think that you can reset the password without needing email authentication. You can try it here. Read it and see if it's possible. But if you can't remember the answers to the questions it will not work.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1911 -
How can I get my old iTunes music onto my new computer without access to my old computer? I left my previous job and forgot to transfer my music. I bought iTunes match and it shows my old Mac as a device, but I cannot access any of the old music. All I can find are what was on my iPhone, but that's not what I want. I need all my old music from my old Mac, which has been wiped clean by IT at my old job. BUT, I did have iCloud at that time and I thought all my music would be accessible through it. I don't understand the Cloud! And I'm thinking spending $24.99 on iTunes Match was a waste of money because I still can't access my old music.
When you are done with this issue, consider the computer back at the office may still
have access to your iTunes account, and it should be de-auhorized. You can do that
remotely, but be sure you carefully do not mess up your other computer iTunes libraries.
Good luck & happy computing! -
how can I get my entire itunes account music, apps, etc accessible on my new mac book from my old pc?!!!!! shouldn't this be easy?
If you still have the old PC, look at this article: Move iTunes from PC to MAC, http://www.macworld.com/article/146958/2010/03/move_itunes_windows_mac.html
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My iCoud storage space is being used up by old data from a 1st generation iPad I traded in nearly 2 yrs ago for an iPad Mini. The people at the sprint store where I made my trade were supposed to transfer everything over from my old iPad to the new Mini once they backed up the old device to iCloud. Well, long story short, none of the data ever got transferred to the new iPad, but it all got backed to iCloud, eating up all my storage space. Here I am almost 2 years later, and I've never been able to back-up my iPad mini. What's worse, My iPhone 4 wasn't backed up that whole time, and now I can't back-up my data from my new iPhone 6 Plus to iCloud either. Trying to find creative ways to store and save my information and data between all my devices is getting to be ridiculous. I don't want to upgrade my storage space though...just want to clear out a great deal of what is already being stored. How can I access this old data to clear it out?
The only way to access data from an iCloud backup is to restore it to your device. You could, for example, back up your iPad mini to your computer using iTunes (by connecting it, opening iTunes, then going to File>Devices>Back Up and choosing to back up apps and transfer purchases when prompted), then erase it and restore the old iPad backup (as explained here: iCloud: Restore or set up your iOS device from iCloud), save any recovered data you want to keep, then restore your iTunes backup back to your iPad mini (by connecting it to your computer, opening iTunes, then going to File>Devices>Restore from Backup).
Once you're done with the old backup, delete it from your account to free up the space.
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