iTunes Store Authorization : User Email

Message:
hi,
my itunes account is apparently authorized on 5 computers, however it should only be 2. doesn't really matter until now i have a new computer which i want to authorize my account for. However i am concerned that i deauthorize my account from the shared family computer that will deauthorize other family members as well, thereby taking one of their authorizing chances when  they have to reauthorize, this may have been what happened to me, taking me up for 5 authorized machines.
any help would be hugely appreciated

Reply:

Hi

Thankyou for contacting me regarding your iPod/iTunes issue.
As I understand from your mail, your iTunes account is done with the 5 authorizations that is being allowed. And now you have got a new computer, which you want to authorize, but you are unable to do so, as you have no more authorization chances left.

Now the option infront of you is to make use of the onetime/year deauthorization feature that is allowed to you in your account which will remove all the 5 authorizations and hence you can begin authorization. And doing this deauthorization will not affect any other iTunes account. So you need not worry about if it will take away the authorizations of other iTunes acount in your shared family computer.

Plese check the link below to follow the step by step instruction  how to deauthorize all the five authorizations:
http://ipod-genius.blogspot.com/2010/01/recently-i-have-received-from-email.html

NOTE: You have one computer, but this one computer has 5 user accounts. Now if u authorize your account on the same computer on five differnt user accounts, it means you are done with the allowed 5 authorizations. It doesnt just mean that you have to use 5 different computers

 

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.

If you have any doubts regarding iTunes/iPod, feel free to leave a comment below.

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