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On 07/08/2025 07:14, Nige Danton wrote:
> John <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:
>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 06:21:06 -0000 (UTC), Nige Danton
>> <nige.danton@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I read books on my iphone and very occasionally on my MacBook. I’m logged
>>> in with Apple ID on both. Recently bought a book in the iphone and wanted
>>> to read it on the Mac. Opened Books on the Mac and could see the book (and
>>> others) but when I tried to open was informed my computer not authorized.
>>>
>>> Went to account settings which showed me as logged in. Nevertheless clicked
>>> authorize this computer in usual way.
>>>
>>> Did that (several times including rebooting the Mac) but it still tells me
>>> Mac not authorised.
>>>
>>> Help please? What am I doing wrong?
>>
>>   Quick question: do you have five other things "authorised" under this
>> Apple account? I think that's the limit. I think that  there *is* a
>> limit. :)
>>
>>   If you do, even if some are old and dead and were lost in the
>> Devonian Era, you need to de-authorise at least one before Apple will
>> add another one.
>>
>>   Apologies if you've already thought of this
> 
> Thanks for the reply. Yes, I did have a fair number of legacy devices
> authorised. Initially I just deauthorized the Mac’s no longer in use. That
> didn’t help so I deauthorized everything. No change. Books shows me as
> signed in and when I sign out it goes through the usual process but then
> still shows me as signed in. I’m at a loss what to do next.


Hi Nige,

You're not alone — this is a known issue with Apple Books' authorisation 
process. Even if your Mac shows you as signed in with the correct Apple 
ID, you may still get that "not authorised" error due to a DRM hiccup. 
Try the following:

     Re-authorise via Books app (not just iTunes/Music):
     In the Books app on your Mac, go to:
     Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer
     (Use the same Apple ID you used on your iPhone.)

     Also authorise via Music app:
     Weirdly, some Apple DRM bits still rely on the old iTunes framework.
     So open the Music app and also do:
     Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer

     Sign out/in of Books:
     In the Books app, go to Preferences and sign out of your Apple ID, 
then sign back in.

     De-authorise and re-authorise:
     If it still misbehaves, de-authorise the Mac completely (via 
Music), then re-authorise it.

     macOS version:
     Make sure you're running an up-to-date macOS, as some versions had 
bugs affecting Books syncing.

Let me know how you get on — this one’s a bit fiddly but usually fixable!

Cheers,

-- 
David

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apple books Nige Danton <nige.danton@nospam.com> - 2025-08-06 06:21 +0000
  Re: apple books John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-08-06 19:40 +0100
    Re: apple books Nige Danton <nige.danton@nospam.com> - 2025-08-07 06:14 +0000
      Re: apple books "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-07 09:26 +0100
      Re: apple books "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-07 10:46 +0100
      Re: apple books John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2025-08-07 18:50 +0100
      Re: apple books Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-08-08 05:42 +0000
  Re: apple books Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-08-09 17:21 +0000

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