
Authorizing a computer to play iTunes Store purchases
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.
Each iTunes Store account can be associated with up to five computers. For example, if each member of your household has an individual iTunes Store account and you share one computer, each person can choose whether to authorize the computer (and four others) to play his or her iTunes Store purchases.
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.
Go to
iTunes Store Customer Service website
