Help removing content linked to other iTunes accounts

[Knowlege Bomb]

Every time I restore my phone I have four or five popups asking for passwords for iTunes accounts that aren't mine. I recognize one of the accounts as a friend who shared some music with me years ago. Is there any way I can identify the content in my library that is attached to these other accounts so I can get rid of it?

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Jessica Lares]

The "Purchased By" field in Get Info > File will show you that information. Would help to do a Smart Playlist with Purchased criteria set to "true" to narrow it down to iTunes purchases.

Or if you want to pay $1.99, this AppleScript will do it for you. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=trackdownpurchases

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

The "Purchased By" field in Get Info > File will show you that information. Would help to do a Smart Playlist with Purchased criteria set to "true" to narrow it down to iTunes purchases.

Or if you want to pay $1.99, this AppleScript will do it for you. http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=trackdownpurchases

Thanks! The first method worked perfectly!

Now that I've identified the culprits, is there any way to remove whatever is attaching them to those other accounts? Or do I need to delete them and repurchase?

 

[Jessica Lares]

Thanks! The first method worked perfectly!

Now that I've identified the culprits, is there any way to remove whatever is attaching them to those other accounts? Or do I need to delete them and repurchase?

You'd probably want to delete and repurchase.

 

[Shirasaki]

Thanks! The first method worked perfectly!

Now that I've identified the culprits, is there any way to remove whatever is attaching them to those other accounts? Or do I need to delete them and repurchase?

If they are songs, try to convert them into wave files and convert back into AAC. This could remove those metadata from files and erase purchase information from it. I haven't tried this before though.

 

[Knowlege Bomb]

If they are songs, try to convert them into wave files and convert back into AAC. This could remove those metadata from files and erase purchase information from it. I haven't tried this before though.

I'll give it a go. Thanks for the suggestion!