[X4U] iTunes authorization

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Dec 4, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Simon Forster wrote:

>>> I was an early adopter of iTunes and bought a couple of tracks  
>>> from the store almost as soon as it was launched. Quite quickly I  
>>> lost the tracks (laptop replacement, dying hard drives etc) and  
>>> so I decided not to buy DRMed tracks. More recently I bought an  
>>> album from iTunes - which has gone too as I swapped machines around.
>>
>> In other words, you didn't back up your files...? :-)
>
> Actually, no. It's simply that I tend to use the move from one  
> machine to another (or a hard drive upgrade) as an excuse to do  
> some spring cleaning. I copy across the stuff I need and then make  
> some form of archive copy of the old data so that if I need  
> something in the future, I can go get it. But think garage storage.  
> After you've not needed something for a few months - maybe a year -  
> it's chucked in the garage. A couple of years down the line, you  
> know it's in the garage but there's got to be a pretty compelling  
> reason to go dig it out. (Compressed disk archives on DVDs anyone?)

I would think you would copy your home folder, which is where your  
iTunes music files are stored...
>
> Now think tracks I can't access. Why keep them? They don't get  
> copied across.

You mean you don't copy them.
>
> If I can manage my track authorisation list, great. Tell me how.  
> (As an administrator for at least a dozen Mac servers of various  
> flavours I should be able to cope - but I want to manage from a  
> centralised point, remotely, with administrator privileges). Show  
> me how to do this and I may use iTunes store a bit more.

 From the iTunes Store, check your account info; it tells you how  
many computers are authorized.
>
> Anyway, as it stands, some of the tracks I've purchased are  
> authorised to five computers long since gone. How do I de-authorise  
> them? (Ah. OK. Found the de-authorise all button in the "View my  
> account..." menu item).

Yep.
>
> Ah. Sod it. I've wasted more time tippety tapping out these emails  
> than it would have taken to go and buy the CDs from Amazon. At GBP  
> 15 per album, to replace all my iTunes tracks would cost GBP 45 -  
> and then no more of this faffing about. Realistically, it'll cost  
> me less than that.
>
> Now tell me, why do I want to use the iTunes store?

You obviously don't. :-)


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