iTunes Store Authorization / Deauthorization

Recently I have received from an email from one of the iPod users and she had questions about iTunes Store Account Authorization and Deauthorization.

"I have a 5th gen iPod classic. I've had it about 3 years and in that time, apparently, I've used up all 5 authorizations. At least 2 of the computers were old home computers that didn't get deauthorized. 1 was stolen. 1 was wiped. And 1 is my current laptop. Yesterday I got my OS changed from Vista to Win7 and my IT assured me that my iTunes would be reinstalled, intact. It was, but when I plugged in my iPod, I got a message that said I was already authorized on 5 machines, therefore could not load music onto my iPod until I deauthorized another machine. So, iTunes recognizes my OS change as being a new machine. What do I do now? I don't have another machine to deauthorize."

So what to do if you are done with all the 5 authorization limit provided to you? How would you be able to play all the purchased musics ?

We do have solution to get this issue fixed. Just follow the steps given below.

iTunes has got a pretty easy solution for deauthorizing machines to which you still have access, but in case you are done with all the 5 authorization and dont have access to any of these machines, iTunes has got an option to deauthorize all of your machines at once.

1. The first step to solve your problem is to head to the iTunes Store section of iTunes, click the "sign in" button in the upper right corner, and log in to your account.

2.After you've signed in, we need to head to your account information page.Click on your username, again in the same spot in the upper right corner, and you'll see your account settings. or you can click on "Store" from the top main menu and there in the drop down you will have an option called "view account info". You'll also see the number of authorizations you've completed, and a big button that says "deauthorize all." If you're sure you're ready, go ahead and click the button.

Note: You may only use this feature once per year. The Deauthorize All button will not appear if you have fewer than 5 authorized computers, or if you have used this option within the last 12 months.

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Manage Multiple Libraries in Windows Computer

You got a taste for Jazz while your kids like Rock. All the music is being managed under the same iTunes library and all of these just gets into your iPod every-time you plug the iPod to computer? Are you in search of a solution to get this issue fixed?

There's a wonderful solution to this and that is to Manage Multiple iTunes Library on the same windows account.

Follow the steps below to create multiple iTunes Library in windows computer.

1. Make sure you have got a iTunes icon in your desktop.

2.Hold down the shift key and then without letting the shit key, double click on iTunes icon from desktop.

3.Yo will get a Library Pop-up

4.This pop up box will have options, "Choose Library" and "Create Library"

5. We already have a default iTunes Library in wich all our music is in there and its name is "iTunes".
We are here to create a new library for our kids. Lets name it "Kids Library". Cool

6. So from the pop up box click on "Create Library"

7.It will pull up another pop-up box as shown below and would wait for you to give the name to this new library. Say "Kids Library" and save it.

8. After you click on save , iTune will open up and it will be all empty. A fresh new Library exclusively for your Kids.

Similarly you can create as many libraries as you want.

Now that we have created library for our kids(Kids Library) and we already have a default library(iTunes), So every-time you or your kids want to open the iTunes , you need to choose the appropriate library.

So everytime you open iTunes, Just make sure to hold down the shift key and keep holding it, then double click on iTunes and keep holding the shift key until the library pop-up window comes. And this time, you just have to click on Choose Library option and then get in the appropriate Library. And that will pull up the respective libraries.

The key to the whole process is to hold Shift when clicking the iTunes icon. That will cause the Choose Library box to pop up. From there you can create libraries or select specific libraries you already have.


I hope this article will help you in managing multiple itunes library.

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