For years I have been the like the shoemaker’s kid who never had shoes. I’ve used Macs at my job since the mid-1980’s, but never had a new one for home. I typically inherited old Macs when we no longer needed them at work, so I am always behind the 8-ball with my personal Mac use and working with older technology. I just got my first shiny new laptop of my very own and am trying to get things moved over to this computer. I want to get my iTunes library, etc. set up but I received a message saying that too many devices are authorized so I can’t add this Mac.
I have an iPhone and iPad, but have never downloaded my music to either. I have an older 2nd or 3rd generation iPod and it is authorized. When I tried to check for managed devices in iTunes it only listed the iPhone and nothing else. It does show that there are 5 computers authorized to use my library. I’m assuming those are all the older Macs laying around here, but at least one of them doesn’t even work any more. I see there is a a Deauthorize All button. Will this deauthorize a computer I can’t even boot and is there a place to see a list of which computers these are? I may want some to stay authorized at this point. Most of these devices will be OS X Lion or older. (Told you I used some old equipment.) If I need to reauthorize one at some point, to work on an older project for example, would I be able to do that given that it will be on such an old OS? Will Deauthorizing all deauthorize my older iPod? This is what happens when you are a tightwad and don’t keep up with the latest technology. Thanks for any help! Beth Phillips IT Associate PHONE | 800-626-6409 x8385 DIRECT | 502-222-8385 EMAIL | [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> WEBSITE | www.FastlineMediaGroup.com<http://www.FastlineMediaGroup.com> ADDRESS | PO Box 248 Buckner, KY 40010 ________________________________ [http://static.fastline.com/assets/email/signatures/fmglogo.png] _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: [email protected] Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
