HT1296 How to transfer an itune license from a computer that is dead?
My computer (windows) crashed and cannot be salvaged so I purchased a new one. When I went to sync my ipad after installing itunes it wanted to wipe the ipad clean of any music that was not purchased through itunes. It said I didn't have a license on this computer. Since I cannot access my old computer to get the license number how do I switch to the new computer and not lose everything. I also have an iphone.
I don't know about transferring a license as I have never seen that. What you need to do is authorize the new computer in iTunes. Start iTunes on the PC and go to Store>Authorize this computer - from the iTunes menu at the top.
If you only have the old computer authorized for iTunes, you really don't need to deauthorize it yet. You can have up to 5 computers authorized at a time with the same Apple ID.
Next, you need to Transfer purchases from the iPad to the new PC, backup the iPad, restore from the backup and then sync with iTunes. Any content that was not purchased from iTunes will have to be transferred to the iTunes library by using a third party app. TouchCopy is supposed to be a very reliable app for that purpose.
Read this discussion for detailed instructions on how to sync to a new computer. You need to do it this way since you can't copy the old iTunes library to the new computer.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3305461
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