Can I get purchased music back??
So my Mac HD crashed a week ago and I have since installed a new HD. Of course I didn't back up any of my music... why would I? I have a Mac!!!
I have read on multiple sites that Apple will give you one "free pass" so that if you lose everything, they will let you re-download your purchased music once only. I contacted Apple and that was not the case. As itunes policy states, which I am aware of, "it is not our responsibility to back up your files". Needless to say I will not be purchasing any more music from itunes.
Has any one else had any luck with getting a "free pass" from Apple?
Same answer as your other post asking the same question.
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If you bought this music from iTunes you can download it again from within your Purchases in the iTunes App.
Otherwise, razmee is right. you can only sync to one itunes library. If you sync to another one whatever does not exist on the new library will get removed from the phone.
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FAQ: Why iTunes Match Can Not Be Used as a Backup - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4112
Using Match as a backup for iTunes - https://discussions.apple.com/message/17039436#17039436
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Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself properly backed up against loss. Syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
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Grayed out whee? Computer? On iPod?
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Buy the songs that your friend put on the iPod that you liked. They had no right to give you the copyrighted music when they sold you the device.
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If you want help you’ll need to give us more information. There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 8 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Include things like:
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Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
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