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Q: How can I download previous iTunes purchases onto a new iPod using someone else's computer?

Hi,

 

I've brought an ipod shuffle and need to download my itunes purchases but I don't have access to my own computer for another couple weeks.  How can I download from itunes?  I'm getting a message that the friend's computer I'm using can't use a different apple ID for 90 days - I'll be long gone by then and back with my own computer!!!

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks!

iPod shuffle (4th generation late 2012), iOS 7.1

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 5:58 AM

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Q: How can I download previous iTunes purchases onto a new iPod using someone else's computer?

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  • by fromsouth,Helpful

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 10, 2014 6:07 AM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 10, 2014 6:07 AM in response to gadget_girl_101

    the safest way would be to create new user account on that computer and download and sync your stuff. Account can be deleted after that.

  • by gadget_girl_101,

    gadget_girl_101 gadget_girl_101 Apr 10, 2014 6:17 AM in response to fromsouth
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    Apr 10, 2014 6:17 AM in response to fromsouth

    Thx Fromsouth but wouldn't that mean I would need to buy everything again?  I just want to download stuff I've already purchased onto the new ipod after the last one met with an untimely end.

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 10, 2014 6:36 AM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 10, 2014 6:36 AM in response to gadget_girl_101

    You never need to buy stuff you already paid for from Apple. Once you paid you are authorized to have it on up to 5 computers and 10 devices at the same time. Just open itunes, sign in to your account and use instructions here.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

  • by Michael Allbritton,

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Apr 10, 2014 10:46 AM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 10, 2014 10:46 AM in response to gadget_girl_101

    As has been pointed out, if you live in a country that allows access to iTunes in the Cloud, you can redownload most of your pas purchases. However, if you do this on someone else's computer will you lock them out of thier Apple ID (iTunes Account) for 90 days. So I advise against it. I suggest you just wait until you have access to your own computer again to sync the iPod.

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 10, 2014 11:05 AM in response to fromsouth
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    Apr 10, 2014 11:05 AM in response to fromsouth

    That is why another user account.

  • by Michael Allbritton,Helpful

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Apr 10, 2014 11:15 AM in response to fromsouth
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    Apr 10, 2014 11:15 AM in response to fromsouth

    It doesn't matter: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627.


    Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days.

    A computer is associated to an Apple ID by MAC Address, not account. So if the OP associates their friend's computer to their Apple ID and downloads past purchases that computer (MAC Address) will then be locked to that Apple ID for 90 days and the friend will have to wait to associate it back to their Apple ID.

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 10, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Michael Allbritton
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    Apr 10, 2014 12:57 PM in response to Michael Allbritton

    Not by Mac address, but by UDID, but does not matter. Remember the times when family had to use the same computer, but multiple apple id's. They could do that with multiple accounts and every account would stay with it's own apple id. Same situation, but I am not going to argue - have it your way.

  • by Michael Allbritton,

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Apr 10, 2014 8:05 PM in response to fromsouth
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    Apr 10, 2014 8:05 PM in response to fromsouth

    Multiple people can indeed use multiple Apple IDs on the same computer in multiple user accounts as long as they do not use iTunes Match, automatic downloads or re-download any past purchases. However, if you'll read the KB article I posted a link to you'll see that for the purposes of those services a computer can only be associated with one Apple ID every 90 days. If the OP associates their friend's computer with their Apple ID and downloads purchases from the purchase history the owner of the computer will be locked out from using iTunes Match, automatic downloads or re-downloading any past purchases.

     

    It's not that the friend will be unable to use iTunes at all, but what the OP wants to do will associate their friend's computer to thier Apple ID for 90 days which may cause the friend some inconvinence.

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 10, 2014 8:39 PM in response to Michael Allbritton
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    Apr 10, 2014 8:39 PM in response to Michael Allbritton

    Did you even read original post? OP already gets the message that she can't change id. All she needs to do create another account and try. She will see the same message if you are correct and she will succeed if you are not. And once again you can have it your way.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1495

  • by gadget_girl_101,

    gadget_girl_101 gadget_girl_101 Apr 10, 2014 9:48 PM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 10, 2014 9:48 PM in response to gadget_girl_101

    Thank everyone.  Creating a new user account did not work (sorry Fromsouth- was a bit slow to pick up you meant new user account on the mac not a new account in itunes!) - I still got the 90 day warning.  So we pulled out an old lap top that's hardly ever used and repeated the process there .... hopefully that won't affect my friends account! 

  • by Michael Allbritton,

    Michael Allbritton Michael Allbritton Apr 11, 2014 3:44 AM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 11, 2014 3:44 AM in response to gadget_girl_101

    Glad you got it sorted out.

  • by fromsouth,

    fromsouth fromsouth Apr 11, 2014 5:39 AM in response to gadget_girl_101
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    Apr 11, 2014 5:39 AM in response to gadget_girl_101

    No worries, even if it does affect him/her, one call to Apple will get your friend a relieve of that 90 days rule.