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MindStormPhoto

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 2, 2020
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Under Catalina on my iMac Pro, I am now forced to use the new TV app (iTunes was SO much better...!). It is an absolute PITA.

I bought several TV seasons and Movies. Yes, I paid full Apple price and downloaded them. Until just last month, my internet here in the Hinterlands was way too slow for streaming (downloading a single episode of NCIS took 10 hours...)

OK, so I have a large library of fully paid shows. I bring up TV app and try to play them.

EACH AND EVERY DAY it complains that i am not authorized to watch any of the shows. Every time I put in my Apple ID, and every time it then says "this computer was already authorized and is being re-authorized."

And when our internet goes completely dark (which it does often down here in South America), TV cannot "reauthorize" and therefore refused to play for days at a time.

How can I fix this so that the TV app remembers that this computer has been authorized, and not require this dance every day???
 

cardfan

macrumors 601
Mar 23, 2012
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I’d suggest (I’m using iTunes still) go to view account in iTunes. Computers authorized. Reset it. Try again.
 

MindStormPhoto

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 2, 2020
5
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I did do that (several times...) in TV app under Catalina.

I don't believe iTunes runs under Catalina, does it? That app disappeared from my system with the OS upgrade...
 
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