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Moving iTunes music to new computer
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Join Date: Aug 2002
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I've done a search and haven't found anything on this topic. I just got a new computer and when I moved my iTunes music over, it's now telling me that I have to authorize this machine.
Will this count against the 3 computer authorization limit? Is there any way to make this computer simply replace my previous one?
Thanks in advance.
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Thats a good question.
The quick answer is that it will count against the 3 Mac limit - so you can "replace" the old Mac by de-authorizing it and authorizing the new one. Everything will work just fine and you will still have 2 Macs remaining.
The harder question is what happens if your Mac dies and you never got a chance to de-authorize it. Can you tell iTunes that a Mac it thinks is authorized (and is counted against you) is actually gone? Or will you just lose that spot?
I don't know, not having had a Mac die recently, but I'd like to know what to do if one ever does.
Bill Reising
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You have to contact iTMS support if you no longer have access to an old Mac to deauthorize it. There was a KB article not long ago detailing the process.
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Thanks for the help. At first I thought I was screwed, because I had already deleted most of the music off my old computer. However, after checking again, I realized that the music doesn't appear to have to be present in order to deauthorize the machine.
So my old machine is deauthorized, and my new one is authorized. Thanks again.
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I frequently clone my desktop onto my laptop. Once I did this without deauthorizing my laptop first. When I started up, I had to reauthorize the laptop, but I apparently didn't "lose" a computer.
Basically, my laptop forgot it was authorized but Apple knew it was the same machine. I don't know what would happen if my Tibook was run over by a truck, but I suspect in that case you could talk to Apple and they would graciously handle it.
I still wish I knew more about how authorization/deauthorization works. I'm surprised no one has done a detailed analysis of it.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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Originally posted by nickm:
I frequently clone my desktop onto my laptop. Once I did this without deauthorizing my laptop first. When I started up, I had to reauthorize the laptop, but I apparently didn't "lose" a computer.
Basically, my laptop forgot it was authorized but Apple knew it was the same machine. I don't know what would happen if my Tibook was run over by a truck, but I suspect in that case you could talk to Apple and they would graciously handle it.
I still wish I knew more about how authorization/deauthorization works. I'm surprised no one has done a detailed analysis of it.
They track your MAC thingy on your ethernet card. If you email iTunes support, this is roughly what they'll tell you.
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What if you burn iTMS files onto a CD, and then reimport that CD into iTunes? Are you now dealing with MP3s and no authozing, limits, and other things?
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Join Date: Sep 2002
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Okay, I have this problem.
I forgot to deauthorize a computer that I have sold. Is there anyway to deauthorize it now?
Is there a email I could reach them at?
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What if you burn iTMS files onto a CD, and then reimport that CD into iTunes? Are you now dealing with MP3s and no authozing, limits?
Great question. Anybody? 
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2002
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I heard re-importing them lowers the sound quality.
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally posted by rocheb:
What if you burn iTMS files onto a CD, and then reimport that CD into iTunes? Are you now dealing with MP3s and no authozing, limits, and other things?
Yes. Burning the files onto a regular audio CD turns them into plain, unprotected AIFF files. Re-encoding those will result in a loss of quality, similar to making a copy of a copy of a cassette tape.
But there will be no limits or authorization to deal with.
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Just for grins I'm gonna poke my nose in here... 
I presume you're talking only about tracks purchased from iTMS, a service I haven't used.
Regarding MAC addresses...what if I (some day) made some pruchases while wired to my router and others while using Airport (distinct MAC addys).
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Regarding MAC addresses...what if I (some day) made some pruchases while wired to my router and others while using Airport (distinct MAC addys).
The MAC address is just a convenient machine specific number that your Mac can use to identify itself. Apple's DRM doesn't care how you connect to the internet--they just care what machine you are using.
Chris
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