Bought music on iPhone - can I download it on my computer without connecting my phone?
I recently bought and downloaded some music from iTunes on my iPhone 4S. Now that I'm on my computer (Windows) I can't find it in my iTunes, not in my library and not in "recently purchased". When I select "Check for available downloads" it tells me that all purchases have been downloaded.
I'm using the same ID to sign in, and my computer is authorized (I checked). Do I really need to physically connect my phone to the computer and manually copy the songs? Isn't it possible to simply download the songs to my computer? When I look up the album in the iTunes store it says "purchased", so it obviously realizes I've bought it.
A long shot, but look in the Parental preferences and make sure that the option to restrict music with explicit content isn't checkmarked.
If that doesn't help, and you've done a search of your iTunes library for the tracks to confirm that they haven't downloaded, perhaps someone else will have a suggestion. If not, go here:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
and follow the instructions to report the issue to the iTunes Store.
Regards.
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