Previously purchased songs "not authorized".

I recently got a new computer. When I tried to sync my iPod, it said I was not authorized to transfer songs. The iTunes store does recognize song purchases made before 6/2011. I have over 100 songs I purchased that I can't get on my iPod. Please help

Authorization and Deauthorization
Macs: iTunes Store- About authorization and deauthorization.
Windows: How to Authorize or Deauthorize iTunes | PCWorld.
In iTunes you use the Authorize This Computer or De-authorize This Computer option under the Store menu in iTunes' menubar. For Windows use the ALT-S keys to access it. Or turn on Windows 7 and 8 iTunes menus: iTunes- Turning on iTunes menus in Windows 8 and 7.
More On De-authorizing Computers (contributed by user John Galt)
You can de-authorize individual computers, but only by using those computers. The only other option is to "de-authorize all" from your iTunes account.
1. Open iTunes on a computer
2. From the Store menu, select "View my Account..."
3. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
4. Under "Computer Authorizations" select "De-authorize All".
5. Authorize each computer you still have, as you may require.
You may only do this once per year.
After you "de-authorize all" your authorized computers, re-authorize each one as required.
If you have de-authorized all computers and need to do it again, but your year has not elapsed, then contact: Apple - Support - iTunes - Contact Us.

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All purchased songs not authorized, error = -3253

Hi,
I just purchased a full album off iTunes and it can't seem to download. It just comes up with the error message = -3253. Anyone knows what this means?
At the same time, all of my purchased songs from itunes can't play! It says that my computer is not authorized to play these songs. So, I authorize them, one by one. After all that, it still says my computer is not authorized to play the songs. I have re-authorized them twice already and I now have 3 times remaining!
I hope someone can help me out. Thanks.

Change the iPod's drive letter. That has helped several folks.
Directions: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
I know your symptom isn't in that article's list, but try it.
I assume the songs will play in itunes, correct? If you get the evil authorization loop while just trying to play songs in iTunes, there are other things to try. If they just won't go to the ipod, the drive letter change should work.

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For some reason a pop up comes up that says this computer is not authorized to play purchased songs on ipod. And I choose the option to authorize. It says it is authorized already. After clicking ok it closes then it pops up again. I authorize it again but it keeps popping up. Not sure why since all the songs are purchased through the store.

Change the iPod's drive letter. That has helped several folks.
Directions: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1493
I know your symptom isn't in that article's list, but try it.
I assume the songs will play in itunes, correct? If you get the evil authorization loop while just trying to play songs in iTunes, there are other things to try. If they just won't go to the ipod, the drive letter change should work.

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I'm sure I'm late to this problem, but perhaps someone can explain or link me to an explanation.
I just updated to 7.0.2, and now much of my previously purchased music is not authorized. What up?
Bill

Try a Restart.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider. Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button until the Apple logo appears.
Resetting your settings
You can also try resetting all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset All Settings. You will have to enter all of your device settings again.... All of the settings in the settings app will have to be re-entered. You won't lose any data, but it takes time to enter all of the settings again.
Resetting your device
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. Apple recommends this only if you are unable to restart it.
Or if this doesn't work and nobody else on the blog doesn't have a better idea you can contact Apple.
Here is a link to their contacts with most of the information below.
http://www.apple.com/contact/

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I bought a song. I can't play on my Macbook pro, iPad and it didn't even transer to my phone.
I get an alert of 'This computer is not authorized to play songs purchased on this account.'
I sign in to authorize and then it says that 'This computer is already authorized'.
My iMessage just got screwed up in the last week as well and I think they might be related.
Apple has made a mess of helping people with iTunes issues. It is almost impossible to get
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Delete and redownload it. If you're in the USA, this is free.
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Of course, when I enter info for authorization, I get 'This computer is already authorized for playback.' ***? Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks Niel! That was easy, I should have browsed this topic a little better, answers were right there.
Anyway, I completely removed the corrupt song and clicked to re-purchase. iTunes allowed a repeat download for free. Success.

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Go to song view, add iCloud status. To do this, go to menu > view > view options and tick box. This will tell you what has been matched, uploaded, purchased, duplicate, ineligible or waiting. As the scan is stalling with one track remaining, find this track - it is likely to have a icloud status of waiting.
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God knows that I love my music, so someone please help!!!
I was prompted to upgrade to ITunes 7.0.1 so I did. After doing so I connected my IPOD to update it and got a message that several (16 of 24) songs were not authorized to play on this machine - same machine I've used from day 1. I went in to authorize the songs (one by one) and they still won't play.
The dialogue box (to authorize) is trying to match my password with my e-mail address, and not with the Apple ID associated with my account. So I change it to my ID and it appears to accept it, but the problem just repeats when trying to play it. This is all new since upgrading.
Anybody know what happened and how to fix it? I can't play some of my favorite songs. Ouch!!
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Oh, I authorized one song and now they are all
authorizing and seem to be fine. Phew.
Well Sandy, I feel dumb. Mine was simply that I had evidently registered originally with my e-mail address and the password was slightly different than what I use now. So, once I figured that out, all of my songs are authorized.
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I agree. I don't rely on iCloud as a backup, that is what I have my portable hard drive for. Its 500 GB so I can hold my entire iTunes library several times over on it. I have all my movies on my hard drive, but somehow "The Mist" got deleted off of my hard drive, so I figured "Well, the option to redownload an already purchased movie is available through iCloud, I'll just do that!"
And permissions and download availability have nothing to do with it, the movie's still there, it still allows me to redownload it. The only problem is when I click download, I get that message.
And nobody else uses my computer, but I do have multiple accounts authorized on it. Even still though, I am attepmpting to download it through the account I purchased it under. :/

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Hi, I purchased itunes match in order to convert the previously purchased songs that reflected copyright and would not copy to other device. Ran itunes match however, I can not find a way to obtain my 62 matched songs to place on hard drive to copy.

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In iTunes, click Store > Deauthorize Computer until it says you're not authorized. Then, choose Store > Authorize Computer.
You can also take a look at the steps in this document:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1389?viewlocale=en_US
Even if you do end up with 2 authorizations on one computer, once you reach 5 iTunes gives you the option to Deauthorize All computers, once per year. So, it's not like you'll never recapture that authorization.
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