Can't manually manage music from my new computer :/

My previous laptop crashed recently, so I was unable to do any kind of deauthorization or anything. I can't manually manage my music, now, without erasing my entire library on my phone. Is there any way around this? Or do I just bite the bullet and watch all of my money disappear?

" I can't manually manage my music, now, without erasing my entire library on my phone. "
Correct.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Use your backup copy to put everything on your new computer.
If for some reason you have failed to backup your computer, not good, then transfer your itunes purchases to your new computer from your iphone. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

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Please disregard. I figured it out. Answer for anyone else running into this problem: You have to turn off iTunes Match on both devices. Apparently, if you activate iTunes Match it deactivates your abiltiy to direct sync.

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If you right mouse and select Get info it will show you the Apple ID used to purchase these songs.
Usually the name of an apple id is based on the email. So knowing that you may have forgotten the Apple ID password.
You can request a new password here http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/

HT5622 my husband and I share a home computer but have seperate devices how can I download my music from the home computer onto my ipad but it is under my husbands apple id?

my husband and I share a home computer but have seperate devices how can I download my music from the home computer onto my ipad but it is under my husbands apple id?

WoodFamily5 wrote:
... how can I download my music from the home computer onto my ipad but it is under my husbands apple id?
SHARING iTunes MUSIC
http://macmost.com/five-ways-to-share-music-in-itunes.html
WoodFamily5 wrote:
my husband and I share a home computer but have seperate devices ...
Have a read here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18409815?ac_cid=ha
And See Here...
How to Use Multiple iDevices with One Computer

Want to sync music from brand new computer as old one was damanged. says all my songs will be deleted. solution, please?

want to sync music from brand new computer as old one was damanged. says all my songs will be deleted. solution, please?

Do you have all of your content in that computer's iTunes library ? There are some instructions on this page for syncing to a new computer : Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive
And if you have music on your device that wasn't purchased from iTunes and you don't have a copy of it on your new computer's iTunes then there are some programs listed half-way down this page which should be able to copy it back (iTunes will only copy iTunes downloads back from a device) : Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device

HT1727 can I re download music to a new computer if the old computers disk is broken?

can I re download music to a new computer if the old computers disk is broken?

You can backup your iTunes library to an external drive and onto a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
You can also reload purchased music
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519

How can I back up and restore my manually managed music from an old iphone to a new one?

At present, when I go to restore from a previous back up, my music is never transferred to the new device. I assume this is because I have the manually manage music option selected.
Is there a way to back up and add the same music and playlists etc from old iPhone to new iPhone without selecting the box that transfers everything from itunes?
As I have far more music than my iphone could ever take and I only want a selection. So if there is no way of doing this then I have to do it manually everytime? A very long winded task to go through entire itunes library picking it all out again!?!
Any help would be appriciated!?

Thanks very much!
Although I had to add everything again to the playlist, at least I can just copy it over in future!

Can i transfer music from my new computer to my ipod nano?

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The latest iTunes may hide the sidebar. To show the sidebar, from the menu bar, under View, select Show Sidebar.
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My MacBook broke with all of my music still on it, so now I'm using my dad's old one. If I buy iTunes Match will it be able to retrieve ALL of my music from the broken computer or will it only play what's on the computer that you activated iTunes Match with?

If the computer is dead and you didn't have Match while it was active then the only place the files were located are on the dead computer which is now history. Match doesn't rescue files. It stores them when you transfer them from a working computer, but even then it isn't a substitute for a real backup.
For iTunes purchases:
Downloading (using iOS or computer) past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not available in all countries; apps, books (not audiobooks), music, t.v. shows, and movies (some - not all studios have permitted this). Movies currently available in the USA only. Downloading previously purchased movies and TV shows requires iTunes 10.6 or later. Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list (e.g., ringtones), or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple notes it is your responsibility to back up your purchases.
Select the store on the left side of iTunes.
Click on Purchased on the right side under Quick Links.
You can re-download your available previous purchases.

HT201303 How do I buy itunes music from my new computer?

How do I buy itunes from a new computer?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Just log into iTunes using your account details.

Replaced hard drive on Mac, now I can't manually manage music on Itunes. Itunes prompted me to erase everything on Iphone.

I changed my mac hard drive, but when I plugged my Iphone in, Itunes will not let me manually manage my music anymore. It says the iphone can only be synced to one library at a time and I must delete everything on the Iphone to let me manage music. How can I find a workaround to this?

> Transfer your itunes library from your backup external disc.<
How do ya do that? I might give that a shot for a similar issue. (I'm trying to put iTunes music onto her iPhone 4S and have checked the 'manually manage' box, but when I click apply, I get the 'Erase & Sync' prompt ... and she's not willing to let me do that. So she's got no music on her iPhone. Don't have that problem when I go to add music on her iPad, though.)

I have music that I downloaded from iTunes, but I have a new computer. Now I can't download the music to my new computer. Is there anyway to recover the music I have paid for?

I had music purchased that was on my old PC computer. I now have a mac computer and I want to redownload my music that I purchased but it won't let me. How do I recover previously purchase music?

Copy it from your old computer or your backup copy of your old computer.
You can also redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Download past purchases - Support - Apple

If I get a new computer, can I download my music to that new computer from the cloud via iTunes match?

I just bought a new computer and was wondering if i authorize it, will it be able to download the songs I own if they're uploaded on itunes match. Thanks all.

If you call around, you might be able to find an apple authorized repair shop in your area that can offer to put pull the hard dive out of the old computer and put it into an external hard drive.

If I plug my iPhone into a computer, and just want to play non-manually managed music, why does that computer have to be authorized?

My home base computer has been authorized to play music my friend has downloaded from iTunes. I can upload that music to my iPhone and play it on the phone without any issue. When I am at work, I plug my iPhone into my computer and play music through my work computer. But the music is not manually managed, nothing is being stored on that computer, it simply streams through to the headphone jack, allowing me to use iTunes as a control panel for the phone's music library.
I can play my own music just fine (because my work computer is authorized for my account). But I can't play my friend's music, because my work computer isn't authorized for HIS account. Nor should I expect him to waste one of his 5 authorizations on my work computer.
But why does it need to be so? If I'm already authorized to play his songs on my iPhone, then what difference does it make if it's streaming through my work computer or not? Why does Apple care, and why are my music playing rights being unnecessarily infringed? I am currently a very unhappy iTunes customer because of this.
We don't have to buy music from iTunes you know. If I buy the CD, I can upload it without any of these play rights issues. I can give my friend my CDs while he gives me his and all of this goes away. The harder and more user unfriendly playing music from the iTunes Store becomes, the less likely we'll be to buy it. This is a very simple fix. If my home base computer is authorized and I can put music on my iPhone, I should be able to play that music off the phone anywhere at any time, so long as I'm not making a copy. And I am not making copies. Fix this or we shop elsewhere.

I spent an hour on the phone w/ apple support this morning. I went through all the trouble shooting and it appears everything is working fine...until you plug the phone in and try to use itunes. Then they put me on hold for 20 min. While they did this i had a guy at work who had an older version of itunes on his cpu plug my phone in. Voila! It popped right up in iTunes. Their product specialist told me to uninstall and reinstall iTunes 8.2. Didn't work. Then they told me to uninstall and reinstall an older version of iTunes. That way I could get music on my phone, but I would not be able to update to the newest version of the iPhone OS. That's great and all, but it really hasn't solved any problems. I'm giving apple the benefit of the doubt due to the fact they just released the newest version of itunes, a new iphone, and a new iphone OS; so there's bound to be bugs and fixes. But that goodwill probably won't last to long. So if they won't fess up to the fact there's a problem w/ the new iTunes soon and fix it I guess they're going to have to give me a new phone.

Can't manually manage music from my new computer :/

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