Deauthorize iPhone

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Deauthorize iPhone

I have a new Mac and want to use it to update my phone. I need to authorize my iPhone 3G on it and it says that I can not do that because it is already authorized to too many computers. Two of those computers do not turn on any more. Is there any other way to de-authorize my phone so that I can use it with my new computer?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Aug 8, 2010 6:22 PM

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gdgmacguy

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Aug 8, 2010 6:25 PM in response to Loveamanda

It's not phones that are authorized, it's computers. An iTunes account can only be authorized on 5 computers. You should be able to log into your iTunes account on your computer and deauthorize all your computers if you've reached your limit of 5. Then just reauthorize the computers you want.

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Loveamanda Author

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Aug 8, 2010 6:35 PM in response to gdgmacguy

Ok, so can you explain how to do that in any more detail?

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Loveamanda Author

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Aug 8, 2010 6:36 PM in response to Loveamanda

Nevermind!!! I figured it out. Thank you so so much.

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gdgmacguy

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Aug 8, 2010 6:37 PM in response to Loveamanda

Glad to have helped.

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Loveamanda Author

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Aug 8, 2010 7:26 PM in response to gdgmacguy

So now that I have my computer authorized, how do I get my music from my iPhone onto my Mac? So far I have only transferred my purchases but there are about 1,000 more songs to be moved!

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gdgmacguy

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Aug 8, 2010 8:41 PM in response to Loveamanda

Synching non-purchaed music via iTunes is a one way process, meaning you synch from your computer to iPhone, not the other way round.

There's not a way to transfer nonpurchased songs back to your computer natively. Not sure there's an app for that. You might want to search the app store or Google.

Sorry I don't know enough to help you further.

Good luck.

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