You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

My Mac desktop died and I'm now trying to access my itunes music on my husband's Mac laptop. Need help to deauthorize as there are 5 devices that I had authorized over the years

My Mac desktop died and now I'm trying to access my itunes music library on my husband's Mac laptop. It appears that I have shared my account over the years on 4 other computers (I'm not sure if my old ipod qualifies) but now I need to deactivate all so that I can focus on activating on the one computer - my husband's mac laptop. Can I please have help with this? I no longer have access to the 5 computers that were originally granted access to my iTunes account

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.6

Posted on Dec 20, 2021 2:27 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Dec 20, 2021 3:26 PM

See the Deauthorize All button in the second screenshot below from Authorize or deauthorize your computer for iTunes Store purchases - Apple Support


See your authorized computers

To automatically sign in to your Account Information page from your computer, click here. Or follow these steps:

  1. On a Mac, open the Music app, Apple TV app, or Apple Books app. On a PC, open iTunes for Windows.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID.
  3. In the menu bar on your Mac or PC, choose Account > View My Account.

  4. Sign in with your Apple ID.
  5. On the Account Information page, scroll to the Apple ID Summary section. You'll see the number of computers that you've authorized with your Apple ID. You can’t see the names of those computers. If you haven't authorized 2 or more computers, you won't see this section.

If the number of authorized computers listed is more than what you expect, you might not have deauthorized the computers that you no longer use, gave away, or sold. You need to deauthorize all of your computers and then authorize each one that you still use.

Similar questions

1 reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Dec 20, 2021 3:26 PM in response to BevTornberg-Aylesworth

See the Deauthorize All button in the second screenshot below from Authorize or deauthorize your computer for iTunes Store purchases - Apple Support


See your authorized computers

To automatically sign in to your Account Information page from your computer, click here. Or follow these steps:

  1. On a Mac, open the Music app, Apple TV app, or Apple Books app. On a PC, open iTunes for Windows.
  2. Sign in with your Apple ID.
  3. In the menu bar on your Mac or PC, choose Account > View My Account.

  4. Sign in with your Apple ID.
  5. On the Account Information page, scroll to the Apple ID Summary section. You'll see the number of computers that you've authorized with your Apple ID. You can’t see the names of those computers. If you haven't authorized 2 or more computers, you won't see this section.

If the number of authorized computers listed is more than what you expect, you might not have deauthorized the computers that you no longer use, gave away, or sold. You need to deauthorize all of your computers and then authorize each one that you still use.

My Mac desktop died and I'm now trying to access my itunes music on my husband's Mac laptop. Need help to deauthorize as there are 5 devices that I had authorized over the years

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.