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How to deauthorize computers in iTunes.

You can only have 5 computers authorized to listen to your purchased music at a time in iTunes. Eventually, you might have to deauthorize one or more of them so that you can add another computer. Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t give you a way to manage which computers to keep authorized once the computer doesn’t exist anymore. You have to deauthorize them all at once and then manually reauthorize them one by one.

Here’s how you deauthorize all of your computers in iTunes.

1. Open iTunes and enter the Music Store.

2. Click on the button in the right corner. This should have your email address on it.

3. Type in your username and password and click OK.

4. Click Deauthorize all.

5. Click Deauthorize all computers.

Now you can reauthorize the computers you wish to use one by one by selecting Store and Authorize Computer.

How to use iTunes to get ringtones for your iPhone.

OK, first thing you should know is that when you buy a song in iTunes, it may not be eligible to be a ringtone. Also, ringtones are separate and cost 99 cents extra, which I think is BS because you bought the song in iTunes, you should be able to use it as a ringtone on your iPhone. But anyway, lets enable the Ringtone column under View > View Options.

View Options

Check the Ringtone box. The will give you a nice little bell next to each song so that you know a ringtone is available for the song.

If you don’t have this option, you will have to upgrade iTunes.
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How to fix a problem in Windows Vista where the Aero feature is disabled when you install iTunes or QuickTime.

1. In Quicktime, click Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences… .

2. Select the Advanced tab.

3. Under the Video section, select Safe Mode (GDI Only).

QuickTime Safe Mode

4. Click OK and close QuickTime.

You should now be able to use Aero glass in Windows Vista.

Also see:
Why do some applications disable Windows Aero?

Play iTunes in Firefox

How you can play your iTunes or MP3 files in Firefox.

I listen to iTunes when I browse the web. It’s often a pain for me when iTunes decides to play a song I don’t feel like listening to, then I have to bring up iTunes (which often takes a while since it’s such a memory hog) to switch the song.

Luckily, the dudes over at TweakXpert discovered a Firefox add-on that allows you to play your MP3’s and iTunes from within Firefox.

Now I’m just a click away from selecting a new song while I’m browsing.

A solution for when iTunes doesn’t play your music after upgrading to Windows Vista.

iTunes doesn’t play songs properly under Windows Vista because of the way the software is written to access the registry. You must run iTunes as an administrator.

1. Right click on your iTunes shortcut and select Properties.

2. Click on the Compatibility tab.

3. Check the Run as an Administrator box and click OK.

You can also use the iTunes Repair Tool available at Apple.com

Users are experiencing problems connecting to the iTunes music store to download music. Here is the fix that worked for us.

Problem summary: When you go to purchase songs in the iTunes music store, your login comes up and you enter your username and password, but you get a message:

iTunes could not connect to the music store
Make sure your connection is active and try again

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