

Your iTunes account provides a way to deauthorize iTunes on all computers.

In this situation, you're not stuck with one of your authorizations being used on a non-functional computer. There may also be a time when you hit those 5 authorization limit but the old computers are dead or sold before you deauthorize it. Click Deauthorize to deauthorize the computer. Enter your Apple ID and password in the prompt window. Click Store menu, and then select Deauthorize This Computer. Here's how to get it done on the computer you want to deauthorize iTunes from. And in most other cases, you may also need to deauthorize your Mac or PC before you sell it, give it away, send it in for service, or make major hardware upgrades in order to prevent others from accessing your purchased iTunes content. You must deauthorize one of your computers when you ran out of the five iTunes authorizations in order to authorize iTunes on another computer. How to Deauthorize Your Computer in iTunes Part 1. Note: If iTunes asks you to authorize your computer again next time, it won't use a new authorization but the same authorization for the same computer. Full in the prompt windows with your Apple ID and password and click Authorize.

Click the Store menu, and then select Authorize This Computer. Download the latest version of iTunes that's appropriate for your computer. Otherwise it won't allow you play the purchased media content properly if you don't authorize your computer with your iTunes account. How to Authorize Your Computer in iTunesīefore you authorize your Mac or PC, you should know that you're giving it permission to access your movies, TV shows, apps, books, music, and other content download from iTunes Store. Thankfully, there are some useful tricks and tips on authorizing and deauthorizing iTunes on Mac and PC that you can find from the following article. In this case, for people who have multiple computers, it would be difficult in managing iTunes authorizations at the same time. In order to prevent unlicensed sharing in iTunes, Apple has added a licensing system with Digital Rights Management (DRM) requires users to authorize and play their purchased content on up to five computers at a time with their iTunes-linked Apple ID. As a full-fledged marketplace for almost all kinds of digital entertainment, including music, movies, TV shows, applications, and books, iTunes has already grown into one of the most popular online media stores in the world.
