department of help -- SOLVED

[rm]

So I bought a mac.
I've authorized my ipod on it, and the things I've purchased from the iTunes store that are currently on it have downloaded to the new Mac. But I have more purchases than things on the iPod. Waaaaaaay more. How do I get those things to download from the iTunes store onto the Mac without repurchase?

Comments

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

Any DRM-encumbered music files from your old computer should be able to play on your new computer's iTunes, assuming you've "authorized" that iTunes with your Apple store password. IIRC you can't re-download them from iTunes without talking to them about it (it's possible, in cases of "omg old computer died") but you can use a USB drive or something to just copy the files over and then import them into iTunes on the mac.

[rm.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. that will be slow and sucky, but less sucky than dealing with people, which is one of those things I hate. And it can wait til I get home from ATL. Groovy.

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

I said music files, but it will work for video files too.

Don't forget to "de-authorize" your old computer before you get rid of it. Apple gives you 5 authorization tokens, and at least at one point it was a pain to revoke one if you weren't in the iTunes of the deauthorizing computer.

[ckd]

This. I think Apple will let you de-authorize everything, once, if you reach a point where you have run out of your 5 and can't deauthorize machines because they were wiped/died/whatever...but it's better not to get into that situation in the first place.

[resonance-and-d.livejournal.com]

Actually, you can de-authorize everything once every 12 months. (I just checked their website to be sure). If it was just once ever, I would be in serious trouble. :)