Comments for Danny Thomson – Multidisciplinary Designer

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by Peter Gordon

Peter Gordon — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 01:39:10 +0000

Well, I deleted the song from iTunes and my hard drive, followed your instructions about going to purchases under features, but there is no record of the song I previously purchased. I have been stuck in the authorization loop (same computer and same Apple ID) for several months, Apple won’t deal with people who still have an original iPod, and now I will have to purchase the song again.

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by Shari

Shari — Sun, 03 Apr 2022 06:28:16 +0000

In reply to John B. You Sir, are a legend! Thanks dude! I was going outta my mind!

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by John B

John B — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:48:35 +0000

Just in case someone needs this later. There is a kind of shortcut from the above methods. I assume it will work with a single song or one from an album (It worked on an album for me).
Right click the song in question and click “delete from library”. On the pop-up window click “delete song”. On the next pop-up window click the “keep file” option. After that the iCloud download icon should appear to the right of the song. Click it to download the song again.

Hope this helps

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by Gregory White

Gregory White — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:42:28 +0000

This did the trick! I’ve run into situations where I purchased an album but a song latter goes missing, from iTunes and album folder in the Files folder. I learned through trial and error to search for the song in the iTunes store by song title. (If you search by album, the song will show as “downloaded” while the other songs show “play.” Clicking on the “downloaded” button does nothing. ) The trick is when going to the iTunes store, don’t search by artist album rather search for the song title. With more obscure artists, you may have to enter the song title and the artist name. When song appears within the search results, it appears as if you have not purchased it. Click on the amount, as if to purchase, and you should receive a response to the effect of “you have already purchased this song; would you like to download?” Problem solved. NOTE , if the album you purchased is not the current version, you’re screwed and it will sell it to you again; so do this at your own risk. Sigh. BUT, thank you for this post as it will usually work. The directions from Apple or Microsoft are tripe. The path you have provided is MOST helpful. Thanks again!

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by sammm

sammm — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:50:33 +0000

Thanks for the tip! It actually worked after so many tries following the Support from Apple.

Comment on Songs bought in iTunes “not authorized to play” – FIX!!!! by Greg

Greg — Sun, 30 May 2021 22:41:19 +0000

Sounds like a great idea only mine wont open when I hit the ‘purchased’ option at the bottom of the Store screen.Yes,I’m logged in. It’s like the whole itunes site is fried.