How to Authorize/Deauthorize Your Computer for Apple Music

Part 1. How to Authorize/Deauthorize a Macbook for Apple Music

You can authorize your Mac in the Apple Music app, Apple TV app, or Apple Books app, depending on the platform you're using. Here we introduce how you can authorize or deauthorize your Macbook in the Apple Music app.

Authorize a Computer for Apple Music:

1. On your macOS Catalina or later, open the Music app.
2. Choose Account in the Apple menu, and check to see if you're signed in with your Apple ID.
3. Click Account > Authorizations, and click Authorize This Computer.



4. Sign in to the Music app with your Apple ID and password.

Deauthorize a Computer from Apple Music:

1. In the Music app on your Mac, click Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize This Computer.



2. Still, use your Apple ID and password to continue.
3. Click Deauthorize.
4. Now your Mac has been deauthorized from Apple Music.

Part 2. How to Authorize/Deauthorize a Computer for iTunes

If you are using the iTunes app on your PC or Mac computer, you can authorize or deauthorize your device easily within several clicks.

Authorize a Computer for iTunes:

1. On your PC or macOS Mojave or earlier, open the iTunes app.
2. Choose Account from the top menu, and make sure you're already signed in with your Apple ID. If you haven't signed in to iTunes, click Sign in, and use your account credentials to sign in.
3. After you are signed in to iTunes, click Authorizations > Authorize This Computer.



4. You'll be prompted to enter your Apple ID and password to continue.



5. Click Authorize. Now your computer has been authorized for iTunes to play music.

Deauthorize a Computer from iTunes:

1. In the iTunes app on your computer that you want to deauthorize, click Account > Authorizations > Deauthorize This Computer.



2. Enter your Apple ID and password.



3. Click Deauthorize.

Part 3. How to See How Many Computers Are Authorized

It's always a great idea to see how many computers are authorized with your Apple Music account so as to make room for your new devices. If you need to deauthorize computers that you don't have access to, you should go the Account Information page there to deauthorize all your computers.

For Music:

1. Open the Music app, go to Account > Account Settings.



2. Sign in to your Apple ID and password.
3. At the top of your Account Information page, look next to Computer Authorizations and check to see the number of computer authorizations.



4. To authorize all your computers, click the Deauthorize All button there.

For iTunes:

1. Open the iTunes app, go to Account > View My Account. This will open the Account Information page. If you're asked to sign in to iTunes, enter your password to continue.



2. At the top of your Account Information page, check the Apple ID Summary section and the Computer Authorizations tab.
3. Look next to Computer Authorizations to see how many computers are authorized.
4. If you want to authorize all your computers from iTunes, click Deauthorize All to the right of the Computer Authorizations tab.

Part 4. How to Download Apple Music to Computers

Without the computer authorizations, you won't be able to play music on the Apple Music platform. If you want to listen to Apple Music unlimitedly, you can try downloading your favorite Apple Music directly to your computer. Even without the computer authorization in iTunes or Apple Music, you can listen to Apple Music on even the most media player, such as Windows Media Player.

With an Apple Music downloader called ViWizard Audio Converter, you can download any music tracks from your music library to transferrable music files. No matter on Windows PC or Mac computer, you can use the ViWizard app to download Apple Music, iTunes Music, podcasts, audiobooks, and even Audible audiobooks. For the audio format, you can choose MP3, M4A, M4B, WAV, AAC, and FLAC. The lossless audio and full ID3 tags will be kept all the downloaded music. At the same time, you've created a permanent backup of your music library on your device.

Key Features of ViWizard Audio Converter

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• Convert songs, albums, and playlists from Apple Music to MP3
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• Support the conversion of up to 100 audio formats to others

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