Authorize with your Adobe ID username and password.ĮReader devices themselves are tied to an authorization once they are used with ADE, So once I have used a device in ADE authorized with my Adobe ID, no other ID's will recognize it.Click the "library" tab in ADE and select "Authorize computer.".Use Ctrl-Shift-D to deactivate the last user of ADE.Sign up for an Adobe ID if you don't have one.Check the list to make sure your device and its software is supported by ADE and that is has the reader software specified (if applicable).So if you can't get a copy of ADE to recognize your device: To download the same ebooks to additional computers or devices, be sure to authorize each one with the same OverDrive account or Adobe ID.
In short, eReader devices themselves are tied to an authorization once they are used with ADE, So once I have used a device in ADE authorized with my Adobe ID, ADE authorized with other ID's will recognize it. To download DRM-protected ebooks to your computer and transfer them to compatible ereaders, you'll need to install and authorize Adobe Digital Editions (ADE). Note that if you plug a device you have authorized to your copy of ADE into a copy of ADE that is authorized with another Adobe ID, it will not recognize your device unless you unauthorize and reauthorize with your Adobe ID. Then you can authorize that copy as a different user. When you click the Library dropdown in ADE and select "Authorize user" The Command CTRL-SHIFT-D while in ADE lets you deauthorize it.
So with Adobe Digital Editions open, you can deauthorize it and then re-authorize it as a different user. So when ADE is first downloaded, it is authorized to whomever downloaded it.Īgain, once ADE is downloaded, it isn't technically that copy that is tied to that computer, but that authorization Adobe ID. But it isn't the copy that is authorized, it is the Adobe user ID it is authorized to, so you can change users but unauthorizing and re-authorizing with a different Adobe ID and the maximum 6 devices are synced to the Adobe ID, not to the copy of Adobe Digital Editions. When you download ADE to a computer, you authorize it for that computer through an Adobe ID that you set up for your account.