Apple's usage agreement lets you play Store purchases on up to five computers: PCs, Macs, or any combination. Although iTunes Plus songs and people sold after April 2009 don't have password-demanding copy-restrictions built in, music tracks purchased before 2009 and many videos still do.
For protected content, you must type in your Apple user name and password on each computer to authorize it to play any songs, videos, or audiobooks purchased with that account. Each computer should have an Internet connection to relay the info back to Store headquarters.
You authorized your first machine when you signed up for an Apple Account. To authorize another computer, choose Store?Authorize Computer. You can also share media one of the computers on your home network, while using Home Sharing feature included in iTunes 9 and later.
In the iTunes Source list, click the Home Sharing icon. On the screen that appears, type in an iTunes account name and password. Click the Create Home Share button. Repeat these steps for every computer you need to share with on the network. Once you set up all the computers, each of their iTunes libraries appears in everyone's Source list. Click the triangle near the House icon for the library you want to explore. Click on a file to stream it to your own machine within the network.
If you must have this file on your computer, select it and click the Import button in the bottom right corner of the iTunes Window. Click the Settings button alongside it if you want to automatically share certain kinds of files, like Music, among they - and your iPad.
Unless they are iTunes Plus tracks, you won't be able to play protected purchased books or video on a sixth computer if you try to authorize it. Apple's authorization system might find five other computers already on its list and deny your request. This is a drag, but copy protection is copy protection.
To play protected files on Computer Number 6, you have to deauthorize another computer. Choose Store, then Deauthorize Computer in the computer about to get the boot, and then type in your Apple Account user name and password. The updated information zips back to Apple.
Are you thinking of putting that older computer up for sale? Before wiping the drive neat and sending it on its way, be sure to deauthorize it, so your new machine will be able to play copy-protected files. Erasing a tough drive, by itself, doesn't de-authorize a computer.
If you forget to deauthorize a piece of equipment before getting rid of it, you can still knock them back your List of Five, but you have to reauthorize every machine in your iTunes arsenal all over again. To make it so, in the iTunes window, click the triangle alongside your account name and choose Account. Type in your password. On the username and passwords page where it lists the amount of computers you've authorized, click the Deauthorize All button. On the Apple Account Information page, click the Deauthorize All button.
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