I noticed (!) that you said you don't know the ID. If you click one of the songs that won't play in iTunes and select File > Get Info you will see the Apple ID and date of purchase but not the password, of the ID used. Apple may relent and do some sneaky stuff for you - they did for me by assigning me a new Apple ID and transferring the music.
Stephen On 27 Feb 2014, at 14:31, Phil Ward <[email protected]> wrote: > All, > > It's a long time since I've set off iTunes to play my entire music library > with "shuffle" engaged. There's so many tracks I'd forgotten about, which is > nice, but I'm also finding quite a few that were bought when my Apple ID was > associated with a different email address (long since unused and password > long since forgotten). iTunes of course says that the computer isn't > authorised to play them. So how do I transfer them to the "new" Apple ID. Is > there any way or do I just have to accept that it's one of those occasions > where Apple shrugs its corporate shoulders and I take the hit? > > Phil > > -- > Phil Ward "We're still basing that economic activity on fossil fuels. You know, the metabolism of that economy is now on a collision course, clearly, with the metabolism of our planet," - Tim Flannery, a world recognized climate change scientist and Australian of the Year in 2007 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
