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Originally Posted by HarryT
Deactivating a device doesn't free up an activation slot, so there's no point in doing so if you're simply rebuilding a system. The only time you'd really ever need to deactivate a device would be if you were selling or giving it to someone else.
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Deactivating a PC does free up a slot for iTunes or for Audible, I'm quite sure. I have no idea if it does for ADE, since I haven't run into an activation issue with it yet. But for both iTunes and Audible, it very much DOES make a difference. I have personally verified this with both, when I hit the limit and was able to find a machine that I could deactivate on. The issue comes when the machine that you want to deactivate no longer exists. The activation limit for iTunes is 5 PCs (notice I'm not saying devices here), and for Audible it's 4 PCs, I believe. But the difference is that Audible is very open to resetting your activations. Apple far less so. (You can do it once a year.)