Deauthorize all iTunes machines at once

Chilly: Actually the limit used to be 3 computers and is now 5, so Apple's bumped it up. The 7 figure you're thinking of is the number of times you can burn a single playlist to CD. It used to be 10.

The limit used to be 7, now it's 5. And trust me, 5 is very easy to get to. The hard part is remembering how many computers iTunes was installed on and if I remembered to deauthorize before I reinstalled.

This is also the main reason I'm still at iTunes 5. I don't like how a purchase under iTunes 6 forces you to move all of your other iTunes installs to iTunes 6.

Still trying to figure out a way to purchase under iTunes 5 when I get my new iPod video 30gb next month.

Just wish all of this DRM B.S. would go away. I have to admit that Apple has one of the best out there, but it's still too limiting.

Fuck iTUNES! Who the hell downloads from there anyway?!??!?!

All of MP3 isn't illegal any more than the iTunes music store is. Sure it wouldn't be legal here but we're not talking about here, we're talking about Russia where copyright law is different. It's legal in Russia and the police won't knock on your door for downloading from there. And the artists DO get royalties.

This is a great tip. Very handy. It's all about compromise, and Apple's licensing model always felt fair to me. It's not like it's that much money for a song, and this really does cover *most* reasonable uses. Sure there are some people who this won't work for, but heck I've already bought almost every tape I owned as a CD, so it's not like I've never had to repurchase a song...

Brilliant. Is there a way to do this before you max out your authorizations? I know there are some computers at my old job that are authorized under my name, and I'd like to remedy that.

You should know that allofmp3 does not give a penny of it's profits to the artists, and is illegal under US and European law. You might as well download your music instead of handing over your money to the thugs who run allofmp3.

I was a hard core iTunes music store fan, but I come from a large family (7), and well all have our own Macs and iPods, plus the computer I use at work. So I was always running into this limitation, until recently when I discovered this music store ... http://allofmp3.com

They let you choose your own encoding codec and bitrate, which is very cool and there are no limitations on how many computers you can play your files on AND it's way cheap. Check it out.

Very handy! I had to authorize my old PC four times because of Windows dying on me. It was really annoying to have 4 authorizations stuck on one computer.

Why can it only be done once per year. I don't understand the logic to that.