ITunes Authorization on Returned Machines?

Hey guys!
I was wondering, I recently exchanged my Macbook (without any idea what iTunes authorization is). So, guess what, I didn't de-authorize. Will the Apple Store de-authorize is eventually? Or do I have to manually do it somehow...
Cheers,
Qiming

Will the Apple Store de-authorize is eventually?
No.
Or do I have to manually do it somehow...
If you haven't run out of authorizations, leave it as is. Otherwise, click here and follow the instructions.
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CHANGING ITUNES AUTHORIZATION DETAILS

Hi
Forgive me if this has been answered elsewhere - I have looked but cant seem to find a solution.
I have a load of music that was purchased on our itunes business account by mistake.
I had logged in to the account to purchase some music for business and forgotten to change back to my personal account.
I then merrily went ahead buying music for personal use for a few months before realising it was all on the wrong account.
Now here's the issue -
I have now changed my personal Mac.
I can't play the music that was authorized on the other account.
I don't want to authorize my home machine as one of the 5 computers allowed on the business account.
I am very happy to remove access to these tracks from the business account so they only play on my home computer.
But I cant find any way to switch the track authorization to another account.
Please understand - this is NOT about authorizing my home machine on the business account. This is about allowing these tracks to play from my personal account.
Does anyone have a solution to this?
Many thanks
Casey

Hi Diane
Thanks for the reply.
Its all crazy to me - never had this problem with CD's
Problem I have now is - thousands of tracks - no idea which ones work.
So I have to go through manually and find out which ones work.....
What a pain
Glad apple relaxed the whole authorization issue - its a nightmare.
Thanks

Can't Resolve Issue via Phone/Genius Bar/iTunes E-mail-iTunes Authorization

Issue with iTunes authorization - Full Conversation with iTunes tech support. ( Top : Most Recent - Less confusing if you read bottom to top )
*This is still not working, I followed the instructions as well as called Apple Support on the Phone. I visited a Genius Bar today and they too could not fix my issue.*
*When i try to authorize the 'other email address' I get this : "your apple id or password was incorrect". I tried to recover the password and i get: "This apple id doesn't exist."*
On Jan 24, 2009, at 6:27 PM, iTunes Store wrote:
Hey Zach,
Liz here! I now see that you had already tried that. I am sorry about my initial misunderstanding. I have gathered some information, and I will be happy to further troubleshoot this with you!
I found an article for you on the iTunes support website. I am sending you a link to this article, which I believe may help. Please review the article using the link below to troubleshoot this authorization issue, and remove the SC folder from your computer.
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389
If you are still asked to authorize your computer after following the instructions in the article above, please let me know. I will be happy to help Zach!
I want to thank you once again for being such an extremely valuable member of the iTunes family. I really hope you will continue to be an active iTunes customer. Have a great weekend Zach!
With warm regards,
Elizabeth
iTunes Store customer Support
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to assist you. You may receive an AppleCare survey email; any feedback you provide would be greatly appreciated.
*I do not believe you answered my question correctly, I said in my*
*question how i tried to authorize my music when a differnt email*
*address was in the apple Id field. I changed it to my current apple id*
*and I get the responce from the system with this computer is already*
*althorized, yet the song is still locked*
On 24/01/2009, at 5:00 PM, iTunes Store <[email protected]>
wrote:
Hello Zach,
I understand that you have been unable to authorize the purchases on
your iTunes account "[email protected]" due to three previous
account names not authorizing for you. I am sorry to hear about this
Zach. I can certainly appreciate how eager you must be to have this
resolved. My name is Liz, and I will be more than happy to help you
with this today!
If your computer is not currently authorized to play your previous
account name's purchases, when you double-click an item you
purchased before you renamed the account, the authorization dialog
may show the old account name. If this happens, you will need to
remove the old account name from the account name field, type the
new account name, and click Authorize. This authorizes your computer
to play the account's purchases.
If you are unsure about which account was used to purchase a
particular item, follow these steps:
1) Control-click (or right-click) the item in your iTunes Library.
2) Choose Get Info from the menu that appears.
3) Click the Summary tab. The account name will be listed on the
right.
If you need further assistance in locating the current account name,
please reply with the account name listed in your items' Summary
tab. In addition, please include the order number for those items if
possible.
You can locate order numbers by following these instructions on
reviewing your purchase history:
Seeing your iTunes Store purchase history and order numbers
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2727
I sincerely hope that this helps. Please do not hesitate to let me
know if you have any further questions or concerns. I will be happy
to help. I appreciate your patience.
I want to thank you for being a valuable member of the iTunes
family. I hope you will continue to be an active iTunes customer.
Have a great weekend Zach!
With warm regards,
Elizabeth
iTunes Store customer Support
Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to assist you. You may
receive an AppleCare survey email; any feedback you provide would be
greatly appreciated.
*Customer First Name : Zach*
*Customer Last Name : xxxxx*
*email : [email protected]*
*Web Order # :*
*Support Subject : Authorization*
*Sub Issue : I can't authorize my system to play purchases*
*iTunes Account Name : [email protected]*
*Platform : Mac OS X 10.5*
*Country : United States (English)*
*Comments: I have contacted Apple's Phone Support and they could not*
*help me with my issue and referred me to this email address.*
*Problem : I currently have iTunes' Latest Version with a apple id*
*of : [email protected]*
*I've had iTunes for over 3-4 yrs. and over the time i've had changes*
*of email addresses and therefor I would update my itunes info to the*
*new current email address. I noticed how my Apple ID changed to my*
*new email address and proceeded thinking this was normal. Now when I*
*moved my iTunes with the migration assistance built in to Apple's OS*
*- Utilities, I can only play songs with my current apple ID - [email protected]*
*. If i were to play a song i purchased with :*
*"[email protected]" or even recover the password to this Apple*
*ID I get the response telling me "This apple ID does not exist." -*
*After reading online I tried replacing the field with "[email protected]*
*" with my current apple ID : "[email protected]". Once i click*
*'Authorize' the operation goes through and comes back with "This*
*computer is already authorized [ to that Apple ID*
*'[email protected] ]. I still try to play that song and it still*
*requires a authorization.*
*Previous E-mai; / Apple IDs :*
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
*Current Apple ID and E-mail Address :*
[email protected]
*TrackID: 7152211*
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Have multiple iTunes libraries on one machine?

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I want to have multiple iTunes libraries on one machine (with two different hard drives, internal fore mp3s and external for AAC files). One library is composed of mp3s for an iPod, I want the other library to have AAC audio files for burning CDs. I would rather the libraries not be mixed.
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I woud think that is fine in terms of the underlying license agreement refereing to re-download purchased movies, shows, apps, etc.
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[iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751]

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