ITunes will not transfer purchases

I installed Vista x64, which does not work with iTunes. So, I use an old XP box, and now iTunes will not let me transfer my purchases. It says something like "This does not belong to this computer," even though I just wiped my iPod. It still does not work. Does anybody have the answer?

Actually, it just works so nevermind

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Problem still exists. Have tried all suggestions that I have found so far on the web.
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Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Try downloading this album by accessing your previous purchases.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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I had to restore my computer just to get itunes working on my new computer, and while i did this, I lost over 300 songs that i had purchased from itunes. Some songs were from my moms account, and some were from mine. but it says only 300 and something songs were on her account and i KNOW for a **** fact that i had 1252 songs on her account for me alone. And when i go to transfer purchases from my phone to my computer it will not transfer. Please fix this or else i will never use itunes again and i will bash this companys name. Never in my life have i had such a **** experiance with this company. you should be ashamed of all of these problems. I cant uninstall itunes unless i want to restore my computer again. so DO NOT offer me that suggestion because i WILL NOT restore this computer a 6th time because of your screw ups

We are fellow users here on these user-to-user forums, you're not talking to iTunes Support nor Apple.
You should be able to copy them back onto your computer from your backup of your library that you've been keeping. Both accounts are authorised on your computer's iTunes and the music was purchased from iTunes, and File > Devices > Transfer Purchases doesn't copy them ? That won't copy music bought from other sources and/or copied from CDs.
Depending upon what country that you are in and if they are still in your country's store, then you might be able to redownload your purchases on your computer via the Purchased link under Quicklinks on the store home page on your computer's iTunes, though redownloading an account's purchases may tie the computer to that account for 90 days : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627

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Thanks for the response WC. I will do what you suggested when I get home. So was I NOT supposed to buy those videos on ATV? And going forward, am I supposed to buy from iTunes only and stream it to watch it? Seems to be an inconvenient way of buying, if you're using ATV and you see something you like and you want to buy it and watch it immediately.

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Please Help! Itunes will not transfer to ipod!

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The first time my ipod was loaded, someone else did it for me. Now I am doing it myself, and because i am computer illiterate, it will not work. I plug everything into my computer correctly, itunes opens, pulls up my playlist. My ipod symbol shows up on the left side of itunes, (does not flash red) says that I can disconnect it, but nothing has been put on my ipod (all of my previous songs are deleted too... which I know would happen)... what am I doing wrong???
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IPhone will not Transfer Purchases, iTunes will not download apps.

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My iPhone 3G S and/or copy of iTunes is behaving strangely. I'm able to download apps directly onto my iPhone, but when I attempt to transfer my purchases back to iTunes it begins the transfer and then just stops without any kind of warning or error message. When I try to download copies of my apps directly from iTunes I get the following message:
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my apps purchased do sync or download to ipod touch ??

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I'm currently syncing my Apple TV with iTunes on my iMac but the purchases I make on the Apple TV are really eating into the memory of my computer. I would like to sync my iTunes library and photos with my Apple TV without transferring the purchases I make on my Apple TV to iTunes to try and save some space. Is this possible?
It seems that if I choose not to sync my Apple TV with iTunes the content that has already been synced will be removed. Is this the case?
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Causey100 wrote:
I would like to sync my iTunes library and photos with my Apple TV without transferring the purchases I make on my Apple TV to iTunes to try and save some space. Is this possible?
The 'reverse sync' is necessary because:
1 - There's no way to get purchases off AppleTV, say to transfer to another one or ipod etc, without it copying back to iTunes
2 - It allows you to make a backup copy on optical disc or external drive
3 - You need to back the stuff up as if AppleTV failed you'd lose the purchases which could be costly
4 - it's the way it's designed to work, AppleTV is designed to be 'synced' with iTunes media - we don't all agree with this but it's the way it is.
It seems that if I choose not to sync my Apple TV with iTunes the content that has already been synced will be removed. Is this the case?
Yes in essence. If you are configured to sync, you can choose not to have the item that synced back on AppleTV by deselecting it from any custom lists.
What you need to be wary of is deleting the stuff that reverse synced from iTunes - if you do it'll delete from AppleTV, poof, gone!
Thanks for your help.
The best option is to keep some of your stuff on an external drive - it doesn't need to be connected all the time.
Ensure you have backups of purchases.
That done, copy those titles into a folder (say 'AppleTV purchases' on an external drive. Change iTunes Preferences Advanced tab not to copy file to the library.
Next (be sure you've backed up!), delete the things in iTunes that are on your computer to free up internal drive space, then drag teh external drive folder containing copies of those items to iTunes - they may need to sync across to AppleTV again, but once there they'll stay even if the external drive is not connected provided you have not excluded them from syncing.
Bottom line, backup, backup, backup....

ITunes will not transfer songs and podcasts to iPod

Whenever I try to synch, or manually transfer a song/podcast, I get an error message saying that the is "not enough room". But when I open the device through iTunes, it shows that there are only two songs on it. I tried restoring iTunes and I ran the iPod reset utility (it did nothing). when I look in the manual, it tells me to go to places (ie: the settings tab) which do not show up on my iTunes. How do I get this device to start accepting downloads again?

Try it again... It works! New iTunes version 10.0.1.22.
I have had the same problems, for years it seems. Shuffle Gen2 (I have 2) would tie up iTunes for hours. Restore, utility, reset--nothing would let me update songs on the shuffle (except using a Mac). The swarmy Apple genius workers did not know the answer; they would only say that it works on Macs (which was true, it did work on my Mac notebook BUT my library is on a Windows desktop).
Anyway, I decided to try this again today. Success! Using iTunes 10.0.1.22. I guess they fixed the bug.

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