Changed computers and lost my library

i recently sold my computer and did not back up my library and now i cant find a way to recover al of my dowloaded music including my previous purchased music

If you did not make any backups, then the music files only exist on the original PC (if not erased by now).
Do you have an iPod that contains all/some of your music?
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=1869212
If not, then you are going to be re-downloading & re-importing all your music.
For your purchased iTMS songs, a well constructed email plea to the iTMS explaining your situation and promising that you have learned the value of backups and will do so from now on, may get you a second chance at a download. They may allow a second shot at downloading them - but they may not.
Above all. After recovering your music and starting a new Library, strongly consider a thorough backup strategy:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1822938#1822938

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I've changed computers and lost my music? What to do? I signed in and a blank library came up.

Your music is where it always has been, on the other computer. Music downloads to the computer via which you purchase the track; you don't see it just because you log into the iTunes Store on another computer. If you still have access to that other computer, you can copy the iTunes library from that computer to your new one.
If, however, you don't still have access to that old computer and you are in the US, make sure you have at least iTunes 10.3.1, then go to the iTunes Store, log into your account, and click the new Purchases link under the Quick Links. The new iTunes in the Cloud service, currently in beta as part of iCloud, may allow you to re-download your purchased content (music, videos and TV shows are only available to US users at this time). You can also do this from an iOS device.
For more information, see:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
If you are outside the US, then you normally get only one download per purchase. If you don't have access to the old computer, or have a backup or have the tracks on a iPod or other iOS device, then you'll have to contact the iTunes Store, request a second download, and hope they'll make an exception for you:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact.html
Regards.

Severa years ago I purchased online Adobe Creative Suite, I recently had to change computers, and lost the program, when i attempted to restore from a cd i received a notice that my serial number was incorrect??? I paid a lot of money for this program I w

severa years ago I purchased online Adobe Creative Suite, I recently had to change computers, and lost the program, when i attempted to restore from a cd i received a notice that my serial number was incorrect??? I paid a lot of money for this program I want this corrected.@

Hi gutturnio,
Kindly provide the below mentioned details in a "Private Message" so that we can assist you appropriately.
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OS version:
Order #:
Serial #:
Email Id on which you have registered the serial number:
There could also be an issue with the compatibility of the software and operating system you are using.
Kindly check system requirements:
CS 6: System requirements | Adobe Creative Suite 6
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Meanwhile, try:
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Invalid serial number error
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I recently changed computers and lost all my playlists from my itunes on my computer, i have them still on my phone. Is there a way i can get them back without making them all again?!

i recently changed computers and lost all my playlists from my itunes on my computer, i have them still on my phone. Is there a way i can get them back without making them all again?!

If the books were purchased at the iBookStore, you will be able to redownload, like the apps. Some other sellers, like O'Reilly, also allow multiple downloads.
If you have (or can install) iTunes on a computer (Mac preferable, not mandatory) and run it then plug the device in, does it show up? If the computer can detect it, you can and should do a complete backup onto local storage immediately. That can then be used to reconstruct the content of the device on a new or repaired replacement. If you enable encryption, even the passwords will get saved.

Changing computers and keeping my library

Help,
I recently changed computers and when I put the movie I bought at the itunes store all my songs were erased. Then I re downloded all my songs into my computer and then onto my ipod. It takes 7hours to download this movie and hours to download the songs again. I am having to get another computer. Is there a way to do this quicker or keep what I have when in my new computer? That is taking my Library of songs and movies and putting these in my ipod without hours of work or keeping what is on my ipod without erasing my current library of movies and songs?
In Christ
Steve Bledsoe

If you're transferring Mac to Mac, just get a Firewire cable and put the source computer into Target Disk Mode (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583). The other computer will see it as a hard drive, so you can just drag and drop your iTunes folder to the new computer.

I have a Nano, where I changed computers and moved my library. Now my nano doesn't recognize the location or the song on the nano. How do I update my library so the nano will recognize.

I have an IPOD Nano. I had it originally set up on another computer where I would down load my songs that I purchased from ITunes. My Nano would sync up with my PC when I would plug it in. I had to change computers, so I moved all my songs / library to my new PC. I downloaded the ITunes process to my new PC and then purchased a song. I saw the song in my download area of my PC under ITunes Media / downloads. However, my nano would not sync as it is still referencing the prior location, which was on my old PC. I moved the song directly to the Nano when it was plugged in. I see the song on the Nano directory when I have it plugged in to the PC via the USB cable. I even click on the song and I hear it play from the Nano on the PC. However, when I go to look for the song directly from my song listing from the Nano music screen, it doesn't list he song or the artist as being on the Nano.
I have tried to follow the online instructions for erase and sync the old library to the new, but that doesn't happen. Any suggestions on what I may be doing wrong in moving from one PC to another. Seems to me this should be a much simplier process. But I find working with Apple products they are all harder to deal with. I would appreciate your help.
Mel

I am not doing it in ITunes, but i did down load the song from ITunes. I loaded the song on to my Nano, but in my menu selections it doesn't show the song or the artist in any search format. However, when i plug in my nano to my PC I see the Nano library on my PC drive listings and that song and artist are there. I can click on the song and it will play in Windows media on my work PC. I did notice that the format for most all the songs in my library on my Nano are MPEG - 4 audio Files.
Thanks for your help, Mel

I changed computers and lost all mu itunes music

I recently bought a new computer and cannot find my itunes music and movies. Is this because of the new computer or something else? Thanks

Don't confuse what's on your computer and what's stored by the iTunes Store. The iTunes Store only keeps a list of what you have purchased. Most will be available for redownload but that is not guaranteed which is why you need to not rely upon the store as a backup for your media. The Store will not, of course, have information about media obtained from other sources such as CDs unless you also subscribe to Match. Even then that is only for music so if you have home movies in iTunes it will only be on your computer.
None of the above includes the structure you have given it in iTunes (which is the application on your computer, not your accuont at the Store) such as ratings, playlists, playcounts. That is only stored in the library file on your computer. If you do not transfer that then all you have is a potentially incomplete set of media files.

Changed computers and lost mail!

Hi,
I have recently updated from an Intel Imac to a Mac Pro . I used the Migration assistant app too move everything across, and mail on the Mac Pro shows that there are emails available (i.e. the red circle with the number appears on the Mail app icon) but there are no emails visible in mail.app itself.
Help!!!

Hi neals61.
What type of mail account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)? If IMAP or .Mac, try disabling any custom rules you may have and rebuilding the mailbox, i.e. select it in Mail and do Mailbox > Rebuild.

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Changed Computers and Lost songs

When I syncd my ipod to the new itunes account (upgraded to the latest version)on my new computer, it said that it found the old account with all my songs on it and asked if I wanted to replace it with the new account. I guess I didn't read it carefully enough and ended clicking 'yes' when I should have said 'no'. I'm not sure if there is anything I can do at this point to access the old account and transfer my lengthy libary collection. Please Help!

Pressing "Yes" when iTunes brings up the dialogue window asking whether you want to replace the songs on your iPod with the songs in this iTunes does exactly what it says. If you link to an iTunes with only a few or completely different songs it will erased your original iPod song list. There are some data recovery programs on the market. I've no personal experience of them so I can't say how effective they are, here's an example: iPod Data Recovery</a
None of the recovery programs are particularly cheap so you have to decide if in your particular circumstances it's worth it to get your songs back. It may be if you have a lot of purchased tracks which you will have to pay to download again. If they came primarily from your CDs then it's most likely not as you can re-rip them.

On my windows Itunes I changed computers and ended up with two of every song. How do I delete the duplicates without doing it one at a time?

I have duplicates of all the songs on my windows 7 computer. I changed computers and ended up with duplicates of all of my songs. How can I delete them all without having to do it one at a time? thanks!

Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
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I recently changed computers and would like to re-install Photoshop Elements 10, which I have previously purchased. where would I find that download?

I recently changed computers and would like to re-install Photoshop Elements 10, which I have previously purchased. where would I find that download?

Hi There,
Kindly check the below mentioned link to download PSE 10.
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I have changed computers and the new user of my old computer wants to use itunes. i deauthorised the computer and uninstalled itunes. when he reinstalled itunes all my songs and apps are still there. how do i get rid of them for him?

i have changed computers and the new user of my old computer wants to use itunes. i deauthorised the computer and uninstalled itunes. when he reinstalled itunes all my songs and apps are still there. how do i get rid of them for him?

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I changed computers and my serial number no longer works

I changed computers and my serial number no longer works

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changed computers and now cannot get into my I Tunes acct.. I have hundreds of songs on it and I want it back. Please help me.

Open iTunes, go to Store, Sign in to the Store, Authorize This Computer. You should then be able to access the music.

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