It says my computer is already assosiated with an apple id

how do i 1. find out which apple i.d. it is. and 2. use the real apple i.d. i need to get my purchased music off of itunes?

You do what it says.

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I purchased a tv series and downloaded the first episode, when I went to download the next episode a message popped up saying "this computer is already associated with an apple id" and won't let me download the rest of the shows

I purchased a tv series and downloaded the first episode, when I went to download the next episode a message popped up saying "this computer is already associated with an apple id.....You can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days. You cannot associate this computer with a different Apple ID for 41 days" and won't let me download the rest of the shows even though I haven't changed accounts and I'm using the same account I purchased the shows with.

It's been months, so you may not care anymore, but you can't download songs from multiple Apple IDs over a 90 days period. Sorry, it's not allowed for legal reasons.

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You do what it says.

My recent purchases show up in the iTunes store but not in my library and when I try to transfer it, it says "This Computer is already associated with an Apple ID"

I just got a new iPhone 4S to replace my old iPhone 4S. There were some songs I purchased on my iPhone that were not on my iTunes library on the Mac. Now I lost them. The thing is, if I open the iTunes store on my Mac and go to "Purchased", the songs I bought on my old iPhone show up. They are also in my library, but there is an exclamation point next to them and they will not download onto my new iPhone! Help!!!!

I'm having the exact same problem and I am the only person who has ever been logged on to this computer to use iTunes Match. Only my wife also uses this computer, and she has never used or signed up for Match.
Interestingly, I have the same number of days listed on my error, 82 days.
Obviously, Apple has screwed up somewhere. I've put a help request in. If we cannot find a solution, we'll have to let everybody know that Match is a ripoff and that all should avoid this fraud like the plague...
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My TV shows won't download. It keeps saying error 3050 and this computer is already associated with an Apple ID. I really don't want to spend eight dollars on two episodes again. What do I do to fix this dilemma?

A couple oe f days ago, I started downloading the BBC's version of Sherlock. I have the entire first season completely downloaded. The second season (and unaired pilot) is a different story. It was downloading, but my internet kept crashing so I couldn't finish the downloading process. I shut down iTunes for the night and thought to myself "I finish it in the morning." This morning, I attempted to finish the downloading process, but it would only let me download two of the four episodes. The other two just say "This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. You can download past purchases with just one Apple ID every 90 days. This computer can be used with a different Apple ID after 90 days." I used one account to download the TV shows and nothing else.
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This is a somewhat recent change, but frankly there is no reason to constantly be logging out of one Apple ID and logging in with a different Apple ID.
If multiple people with different Apple ID's are regularly using the same computer, either authorize the computer for each of the Apple IDs or created unique logins on the computer for each user and have each sign in with their appropriate Apple ID.

How can i download purchases when 'this computer is already associated with an apple iD'

This has happened many times when using iTunes.
My iTunes is authorised with this computer, and i can make purchases off the iMac I'm using and
have the music be in my iTunes library.
BUT, I also have an iPad, and I've downloaded a few songs off iTunes on my iPad, and I'm having trouble
re-downloading them to my Mac.
I went into my user>purchases>download all
but it came up with a notice saying:
'This computer is already associated with an apple ID,
You can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days.
You cannot associate this computer with a different Apple ID for 64 days.'
Please help? Ive seen this notice before, and I think i just hit 'Okay' but I can't download my songs to my mac now.
Thanks a lot xx
-Olivia M

To move the purchases to your computer, click here and follow the instructions. If desired, click here and ask the iTunes Store staff if they'll waive the waiting period.
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HT4913 i am trying to get my computer and my wifes computer on my itunes match. i did the add a computer function and it says that this computer is already associated with an apple id...if you use itunes match with your apple id etc for 90 days...please

i did the add a computer function and it says that this computer is already associated with an apple id...if you use itunes match with your apple id etc for 90 days...please explain. is this going to screw my wifes account up?

If you both have seperate iTunes Store accounts then basically, yes, it is going "screw up" your wife's account.
iTunes Match is designed as a single-user service which is associated with one and only one iTunes Store account ID. If you have subscribed on your account and want to activate the service on another computer that is already signed in with an account the present account must be signed out and then iTunes signed into your account. This means the other computer will have complete access to your account and will only be able to make purchases on your account. iTM is not designed to be signed in and out at will. If she has apps purchased with her iTunes Store account they will not be able to be updated.

HT201272 it says my computer is already associated with an AppleID?

it says my computer is already associated with an AppleID and i cant download for 90 days but the music i was trying to add is not even on my computer yet?

You do what it says.

How can I set up my Mac Pro so that my wife and I can use our separate iTunes accounts? I keep getting an error message that the computer is already associated with an Apple ID even though the two accounts are associated with separate log ins!

I'm getting very confused with setting up multiple user accounts on my Mac Pro for my wife and I. We each have a separate iTunes account, and we want to keep our music libraries seaprate. I've set up two user accounts on the Mac Pro and I have my iTunes authorised and logged into my user account on my user account. Under my wifes user account (i.e. a separate log in on the computer) I'm trying to set up her iTunes account, but I can't download or play anything from the cloud - it just says "This computer is already associated with another iTunes Account" and tells me that if I 'transfer' then I won't be able to use the other one for 90 days! This is really annoying as my wife can't access music she has purchased on her iTunes account on the home machine. We're not trying to do anything dodgy, just access our music on our own accounts on separate log ins on the same machine. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks!

Hi Allan, thanks for that. I've already set up a log in for my wife and that is all working fine. The problem is that when she logs in and opens iTunes and trys to associate her library with her iTunes account she gets the error message "This computer is already associated with another iTunes account". Whilst this is true, the computer is associated with my iTunes account under my separate log in, which should have nothing to do with hers. If she transfers the association to her account it will lock me out of my content on my log in for 90 days - I'm trying to work out how to associate each of the log in accounts with a separate iTunes account so we can access our music independently of one another without locking each other out. Hope that makes sense!

I purchased a television series and halfway through downloading, it stopped and iTunes told me that my computer is already associated with an apple ID, but I bought the show using my apple ID, the same one I'm using to try to download. Help?

Okay, so I purchased the first season of American Horror Story, and began to download the season from the cloud. It started great, and I managed to download the first seven episodes, before having a message box pop up and say that my cloud session has been expired. Now, every time I click the little cloud button on the TV cover, or beside the episode titles, iTunes tells me "This computer is already associated with an Apple ID." But I bought the season using my own Apple ID, and it's telling me that my computer can use a Apple ID within 77 days. But I don't want to use another Apple ID, I want to use my own. I have no idea why this is happening and I would like to download and watch the items I have bought with my own money. Thank you for your help.

Just to be clear - I just bought a new song and can't download it into the library because of this error message.

HT5731 I bought a full season of a TV show. I downloaded all episodes. When I go into my iTunes library, select the episodes I get a message of: This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. I can't for the life of me get the TV show to play.

I bought a full season of a TV show. I downloaded all episodes, I went to my iTunes library, selected the episode I wanted to watch. I got this message: This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. I can't for the life of me get the TV shows to play. I went on iTunes and when to my purchases. Clicked on the episodes and the same message popped up. How do I get these to play? I also see my download box with an error message saying it has paused the download. I click unpause and it just pauses again. I have been able to get one of the episodes to play once through, but now it gives me the same message.

It's been months, so you may not care anymore, but you can't download songs from multiple Apple IDs over a 90 days period. Sorry, it's not allowed for legal reasons.

This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. fault box comes up when attempting to download purchases made on the same account.

This computer is already associated with an Apple ID fault box comes up when attempting to download purchases made on the same account (signed in on an authorized computer). Why?

You do what it says.

What does this mean? "This computer is already associated with an apple ID"

I just subscribed to Music Match on my laptop.
Now I am trying to add my main computer that has the majority of my music to Music Match as well but I get an error:
"This computer is already associated with an apple ID"
What does that even mean? Of course it is associated with an apple ID. Isn't the whole point that I can add up to 10 devices under the same ID?
I don't get it.

I set up a call with Apple Support to talk to a live person.
It was a terrible experience but I got it fixed.
Set it up to call me at a specific time.
First call - After explaining about 5 times and transfered the same amount of times, the final person I talked to got very combative and hung up.
Setup another call back and being transfered around 3-4 times, I got to Audrey, who I was told was a "Senior Advisor". All I can say is... it's the support employee I wish I got first. She wasn't with the iTunes team, but chatted them, tried some stuff.
Finally it came down to that there was "another ID" attached to my mac. I have multiple User Accounts on my mac, but they said it shouldn't matter. I had never used another account within iTunes (though my iCloud account is separate, it has never been used in iTunes).
She said they removed that account, and told me to wait 15 minutes. She setup a callback. I waited 15 minutes, and it worked.
Audrey called me back, gave me her email address and callback number in case further issues come up with this.
The first 7-8 people I talked to made me feel like I was calling just about every other support line (and I expect more from Apple), but Audrey, singlehandedly, restored my faith that support means helping the customer (and not simply saying they are sorry over and over without doing a thing).

This computer is already associated with an Apple ID (when trying to download family purchases)

On my iMac I have five user accounts: 1 master family, father (me), wife, daughter and son. For iTunes, the family is used for family sharing and as is the organizer for family purchases.
My son's iCloud account is maintain through the Family account as he is under 13. I recently set up his user on the family computer and today started to build up his iTunes library so he can sync his iPod. iTunes was not logged into his iCloud account and had no music (it had not been used before). I entered his iCloud account and annoyingly it would not recognize the password I had recorded for him so I had to go through iForgot, Once in I went to family purchases to download a song that I had just purchased on the family account. It stated that this computer was not authorized to I authorized it using my son's iCloud account. When I went to download it stated:
This computer is already associated with an Apple ID.
You can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days. This computer can be used with a different Apple ID in 72 days.
What? It's a new set up....
I deauthorized the computer and reauthorized it using the family account, as the computer is registered to the family account. Why I tried to download again I did not get the error about but this time it said the computer was not authorized (even though I just did it). I appear to be stuck in a cycle of Apple ID association or authorization denial. I'm a little PO'd.
In the end I did it the old fashioned way and simply dragged in the music using family sharing (as this is switched on).
Beyond having to wait 72 days for the Apple ID to resolve itself is there any other options? Can I delete the entire user account of the computer and try again? I'd be willing to do that if I thought it would work...

Not from your end. Click here and ask the iTunes Store staff for assistance.
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HT5625 My daughter and I were both on same Apple ID. We are trying to change hers but when we do, it says her email is already associated with an Apple ID but when we try to get the password, it says that it could not be verified. How do we correct this?

My daughter and I were both on same Apple ID. We are trying to change hers but when we do, it says her email is already associated with an Apple ID but when we try to get the password, it says that it could not be verified. How do we correct this?

Not from your end. Click here and ask the iTunes Store staff for assistance.
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