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Set up an Apple ID to use in the iTunes Store, App Store, or iBooks Store, and with Apple Music and Apple News

Your Apple ID is the account you use to access Apple services such as the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, Apple Music, or Apple News. You can sign in to all Apple services with a single Apple ID and password.

Learn how to create an Apple ID

Manage your Apple ID

Learn how to manage your Apple ID and make changes to your account.

Learn about managing your Apple ID

Sign in to the iTunes Store on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV

After you sign in to the iTunes Store with your Apple ID, you can browse and buy music, movies, and TV shows.

Authorize your computer in iTunes

Authorizing your computer lets you sync or play content that you download from the iTunes Store.

Authorize your computer

Deauthorize your computer using iTunes

Make sure that you deauthorize your Mac or PC before you sell it, give it away, send it in for service, or make major hardware upgrades.

Deauthorize your computer

If iTunes prompts you to authorize your computer when you try to play iTunes Store purchases

If you're asked to authorize your computer when you try to play iTunes Store purchases, log in to your computer with an administrator account or make sure that you're signed in to iTunes with the Apple ID that you used to make the purchase.

Learn what to do

Access your music collection on all of your devices with Apple Music

To access all of your music across your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, and Apple TV, first sign in to Apple Music with your Apple ID.

Sync your media

Transfer content from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Set up your new iOS device from a backup of your previous iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Transfer content

Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes on your computer using USB

With iTunes, you can sync your music, movies, TV shows, photos and more. After you sync, the content on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch matches the content in your iTunes Library on your computer.

Sync with iTunes using USB

Change or remove your Apple ID payment information

Learn how you can update or remove payment information for your Apple ID.

Change or remove your Apple ID payment information

See your purchase history in the iTunes Store on a Mac or PC

Find what apps, songs, movies, TV shows, or books you ordered from the iTunes Store, iBooks Store, and App Store.

See your iTunes Store purchase history

If you see an unfamiliar iTunes Store or App Store charge on your bank, credit card, or debit statement

Learn how to view your purchase history to investigate your charges.

Get info on iTunes Store charges

About Family Sharing

Family Sharing makes it easy for up to six people in your family to share each other's iTunes Store purchases and pay with a single credit card.

Learn about Family Sharing

Share purchased content with Family Sharing

Learn how to share your iTunes Store purchases.

Share purchased content

Use Home Sharing to share iTunes content with other devices

Share and stream content from your computer’s iTunes library to other computers, iOS devices, and Apple TVs. Use Home Sharing with up to five computers on your home network.

Share iTunes content with other devices