To authorize your Windows computer, open the iTunes app and click Account in the menu bar. Then click Sign In and enter your Apple ID and password. Next, click Account again and hover over Authorizations and select Authorize This Computer.
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How do I Authorise my Macbook?
To authorise a Mac, sign into any ‘Authorize This Computer’ dialog, using your Apple ID and password. This can be the aforementioned dialog, displayed when you try to play content with DRM, or the one accessed via Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer.
The most common problem with not being able to authorize a computer is that you have too many of them already authorized. Due to licensing agreements, you can only have a maximum of five computers authorized under your iTunes account at the same time.
Go to iTunes on a computer and select your Account (on the right hand side of the window towards the top once you are signed in). Select Manage Devices under iTunes in the Cloud. All computers in this list count against the 5 total computer authorizations each Apple ID can have.
Authorize a computer to play purchases
An iPhone, iPad, iPod, or Apple TV device doesn’t count as a computer. In the Apple TV app on your Mac, choose Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer. If requested, enter your Apple ID password to confirm.
To authorize your Mac computer, open the iTunes or Apple Music app and click Account in the menu bar. Then click Sign In and enter your Apple ID and password. Next, click Account again and hover over Authorizations and select Authorize This Computer.
To play many purchases from the iTunes Store, you must authorize your computer using your Apple ID and password. (Authorization helps protect the copyrights of the purchased items.) You can authorize or deauthorize a computer at any time.
How to authorize a Mac or PC
- On a Mac, open the Music app, Apple TV app, or Apple Books app. On a PC, open iTunes for Windows.
- Sign in with your Apple ID.
- In the menu bar on your Mac or PC, choose Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer.
From the Account menu in the iTunes/Music app, select Authorizations > Authorize This Computer and then enter your Apple ID and password. This fix should solve most problems related to media authorization. Manage your authorized devices.
Use a Mac or PC to see or remove your associated devices
- On your Mac, open the Apple Music app. Or on your PC, open iTunes for Windows.
- From the menu bar, choose Account > View My Account. You might need to sign in with your Apple ID.
- Click Manage Devices.
- If you want to remove a device, click Remove.
To revoke permission, sanction
To revoke permission, sanction or consent.
How do I access my Apple TV from my Mac?
Use your Apple ID to sign in to the Apple TV app on Mac
- In the Apple TV app on your Mac, choose Account > Sign In.
- Click Create New Apple ID and follow the onscreen instructions.
How do I login to my Apple account?
Sign in on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Open the Settings app.
- Tap Sign in to your [device].
- Enter your Apple ID and password.
- If prompted, enter the six-digit verification code sent to your trusted device or phone number and complete sign in.
What does it mean when iTunes says this computer is already associated with an Apple ID?
Question: Q: This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. it keep saying This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. Your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Android phone automatically associate with your Apple ID and iTunes when you: Sign in to Apple Music with your Apple ID.
How do I add music to my iMovie?
Add songs from your music library
- With your project open in the iMovie timeline, tap the Add Media button .
- Tap Audio, tap My Music, then tap a category to browse songs.
- Tap a song to preview it.
- To add the song to your project, tap the Add Audio button next to a song.
Where is account in Apple Music?
On your Mac or PC
Open the Apple Music app or iTunes. In the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Account > Sign In. Sign in with your Apple ID and password.
How do I turn off firmware password on Mac?
How to turn off a firmware password
- Start up from macOS Recovery.
- When the utilities window appears, click Utilities in the menu bar, then choose Startup Security Utility or Firmware Password Utility.
- Click Turn Off Firmware Password.
- Enter the firmware password again when prompted.
How do I Authorise my computer?
How to authorise a Mac or PC
- On a Mac, open the Music app, Apple TV app or Apple Books app. On a PC, open iTunes for Windows.
- Sign in with your Apple ID.
- In the menu bar on your Mac or PC, choose Account > Authorisations > Authorise This Computer.
How do you reset your Macbook Pro?
Shut down your Mac, then turn it on and immediately press and hold these four keys together: Option, Command, P and R. Release the keys after about 20 seconds. This clears user settings from the memory and restores certain security features that may have been altered.
How do I delete my Apple ID from my Macbook Pro?
How to remove your Apple ID from your Macbook
- Open iTunes on the Mac.
- Choose Store > View Account.
- Enter your password.
- Click Manage Devices under iTunes in the Cloud.
- Click Remove next to each device associated with your account.
- Click Done.
- Choose Store > Deauthorize This Computer.
What happens if I use the same Apple ID on two devices?
If you use all the same information, same Apple ID and don’t use the cloud, you will have all of each other’s information on both phones. The phones will mirror any information synced with Apple ID. You can use your phone number to use FaceTime on the iPhone. IMessage is also the texting application.