Hello, and thanks for your reply, Ed.
Files are indeed AAC Audio files, but are also listed as “Protected…”.
Trying to convert any of them fails because of this.
The Apple page for iTunes Password/Security issues input/question
( after [Continue…] ) freezes seemingly forever with the spinning
gear. No direct info within the [Help] or {FAQ] pages on this.
TIA,
-russ
On Mar 25, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> Those file are linked to the old Apple ID. So if played in iTunes the current
> account is not allowed to play the files.
> One possible way around this is to run the files thru a converter program.
> Say changing them from ACC file to MP3.
> Don't know if you have Toast but you can use it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Mar 25, 2014, at 7:03 AM, "R. D. Preston" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I’m encountering a block on older music purchases from iTunes.
>> Most (if not all) of the items are iTunes “free” songs that were
>> offered, and first authorized many years ago, as well as many
>> updated systems ago.
>> * My system is Mac OS X, ver. 10.9.2 (Mavericks)
>> * My Apple ID and iTunes app are up-to-date
>> * The username originally used to authorize them is an old eMail
>> account that has long-since been cancelled. so a ‘forgot password’
>> return eMail is not a possibility.
>>
>> An error dialog tells me that my computer isn’t authorized to play
>> the selected song(s). I (re-)authorize the songs on this computer,
>> but am then told the computer [is] authorized, and try to play the
>> songs again, getting the same block.
>>
>> Help from Apple is linked to a [product] purchase, and I couldn’t
>> find anything in the FAQ that might help, but I may have missed
>> something. <sigh>
>>
>> Does anyone know what is happening, and/or what I need to do
>> to correct the blockage problem?
>>
>> Please and thanks,
>> - russ preston
>>
>>
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