RE: should I unauthorize my iTunes account

2012-12-10 Thread Martin Brown
t: Re: should I unauthorize my iTunes account I'm not sure what this is based on, if it's hardware of software specific. I prefer to deauthorize the computer and authorize it again after the install, this certainly won't hurt anything. On Dec 9, 2012, at 10:59 AM, "Martin Brown&q

Re: should I unauthorize my iTunes account

2012-12-09 Thread Mike Arrigo
I'm not sure what this is based on, if it's hardware of software specific. I prefer to deauthorize the computer and authorize it again after the install, this certainly won't hurt anything. On Dec 9, 2012, at 10:59 AM, "Martin Brown" wrote: > Hello everyone again. > I am giving serious consider

Re: should I unauthorize my iTunes account

2012-12-09 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, No need to deauthorize your computer at all. The iTunes store does not care what the name is or even what version of MacOS you're running. The Store uses a unique hardware identifier like your MAC address so software changes are immaterial. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada

Re: should I unauthorize my iTunes account

2012-12-09 Thread Daniel C
There's no need honestly to deauthorize just for a clean reinstall of an OS, unless you are planning to change computers, like from Mac to Windows or Windows to Mac, or maybe if you're changing computer names. As long as the computer is the same computer you're reinstalling an OS to, or if the c

RE: should I unauthorize my iTunes account

2012-12-09 Thread Daniel Miller
I would, since it will ask you to reauthorize your account, and if you do that, you'll lose one out of your 5 authorizations. If you deauthorize, you'll get that number back in case you ever need to authorize up to 5 computers in the future. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisi