So I'm listening to my itunes library of songs when I get a message that I must authorize my computer to play a particular song. I have not had this happen before, but tonight it's happened on about every tenth song. The help message says this:
"To play purchases from the iTunes Store, you must authorize your computer using your iTunes Store account and password.
You can authorize up to five computers (Macintosh, Windows, or both) at a time. To play a purchased item on a sixth computer, you need to deauthorize another one. (Authorization helps protect the copyrights of the purchased items.) An iPod doesn't count as a computer.
You can authorize or deauthorize a computer at any time. Be sure to deauthorize a computer before you sell it or give it away.
Here are ways to authorize or deauthorize a computer:
To authorize a computer to play iTunes Store purchases, choose Store > Authorize Computer.
To deauthorize a computer, choose Store > Deauthorize Computer.
To deauthorize a computer to play spoken programs purchased from the Audible website, choose Advanced > Deauthorize Audible Account.
Tip: If you forgot to deauthorize a computer you no longer own, you can deauthorize all of your authorized computers at once. Choose Store > View My Account. You can use this method once a year.
If you have trouble deauthorizing the computer, visit the website below.
Related Topics
Usage rights for iTunes Store purchases
Changing your iTunes Store account information
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iTunes Store Customer Service website
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