cannot play music purchased under old apple id after new hard drive installed

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cannot play music purchased under old apple id after new hard drive installed

Replaced crashed HD and used Time Machine to restore to 10.7.5. Had changed my Apple ID a while backe (couple months). Now music purchased with old ID will not play, asking me to authorize under old ID, have no idea what the password was and the email address is no longer valid, so...how do I rgain access to those albums purchased under old ID? It plays on my iphone fine.

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Sep 28, 2012 9:40 AM

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turingtest2

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Sep 28, 2012 10:32 AM in response to davidsgrafix

You may still be able to reset the password to your old Apple ID via iforgot.apple.com.

The old tracks will continue to play on the iPhone as long as they are on it but you may find they get deleted if you try to sync with your library while it isn't authorized for your old ID.

See also Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

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