Once you get to 5 machines you can remove the "old" machines from the list. For some reason they did not make a way to do it otherwise.
Also, you can get around the DRM by saving the songs as MP3 songs - extra work but can be done. You can, also, import the songs into a new iTunes library and should be able to get the iPod to synchronize to that new iTunes library. there are usually ways around this stupidity. -- Edward Fultz (978) 807-4225 [email protected] -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "john.messeder" <[email protected]> > And iTunes compounds the problem with a restriction on the number of > computers "authorized" to play iTunes purchases. Clearly, purchasing an > album, for instance, does not make it mine; it still belongs to iTunes. > How I know (besides having read some of the fine print)I've had to > rebuild my computer twice, and each time iTunes detected it as a > different machine so that now three of my five-machine allotment have > been used. > Backups don't help. The albums are backed up. The problem is when > iTunes tries to update the iPod from the "new" machine, it discovers > that some purchased-from-iTunes stuff was authorized for a different > machine. > All of which is a sort of long-winded way of saying look out for who > owns the cloud. > > > From: [email protected] > > On 01/13/2009 at 1644 -0500 wrote: > > Actually, storage of music in the "cloud" is a flaw in iTunes - it is > > not easy to have multiple machines in my home access multiple iTunes > > libraries (my son see my daughter see mine, etc.). Might the Pre and > > others like it have a similar issue? > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
