Downloading Purchased Songs onto New computer

I had switch computers and bought songs on it. It is a very old computer and can not download or burn cds. Also I have downloaded songs onto my iPod using my new computer. And the question is, How do I get the purchased songs from my old computer to my new one?

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JustMeAndYou,
For what it's worth ...
Apple's policy is clear: iTS purchases can be downloaded only once. It is your responsibility to make back-ups . (For most people, this will involve either CD's/DVD's or an external drive .)
That being said, at their discretion they have made one-time exceptions to this policy. You can ask for an exception by submitting the form on this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/
Good Luck! But whatever the response from Apple, remember:
Your music is valuable - please back it up!

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Okay so I'm having a slight issue. I just got a new MacBook Pro and I'm having issues. I am attempting to download my purchased songs. I am in iTunes and when I attempt to download it prompts me to enter my password. Upon doing this it starts to download then gives me an error message followed by prompting me once again to enter my password. I know this is not a wrong password for sure haha I've double and triple checked. I have tried restarting iTunes my computer an other restart based fixes. Just really unsure what is happening.

Contact iTunes Support -> http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html.
As I'm not sure why that would be happening...
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JustMeAndYou,
For what it's worth ...
Apple's policy is clear: iTS purchases can be downloaded only once. It is your responsibility to make back-ups . (For most people, this will involve either CD's/DVD's or an external drive .)
That being said, at their discretion they have made one-time exceptions to this policy. You can ask for an exception by submitting the form on this page:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/browser/
Good Luck! But whatever the response from Apple, remember:
Your music is valuable - please back it up!

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Ill purchase a song on one, then go to add it to the other one. But iTunes just tells me that all avaliable songs are downloaded. When they clearly aren't updated. They are in my purchase history

But iTunes just tells me that all avaliable songs are downloaded.
The single purchase only entitles you to a single download. Right-click the song you just purchased, choose Get Info, find its location, copy that file to the other computer's hard disk, and drag it into the open iTunes window.
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Is it hidden by Parental Controls? iTunes>Preferences>Parental Controls
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Trying to download previously purchased items to new computer. Found them but there is no download option. Instr say must be password used when originally purchased. Could that be problem? I've changed mine. I did not back up. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello, johnandsteph.
You are allowed a total of 5 computers at a time to be authorized to play content. It is not necessary to deauthorize an old computer if you are attempting to add a new one unless you have reached your five total allotment. From the Store menu, choose Authorize This Computer and enter your Apple ID and password. At that point you should be able to access your previous purchases. I have included two links listed below. The first one goes over authorization and deauthorization. The second article covers how to download past purchases.
iTunes Store: About authorization and deauthorization
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
If you are still unable to successfully authorize a computer, you may need to reach out to us via Contact Apple Support.
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Songs that were originally purchased from the iTunes store may be brought from an iPod back to a computer. See this article for information on how to -
Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support
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New iTunes user here, so forgive me if this question has an embarrassingly easy answer!
If I've purchased and downloaded a song on one computer, as I understand, I'm allowed to play that song on any other computer that I've authorized. But how do I get that song from one computer to another? It seems that I just can't download it directly from iTunes again. Please help, thanks!

Find the song that you downloaded (probably My music> itunes > itunes music > 'artist' > 'Album')
copy it to a USB stick or something
plug in USB stick on new computer
ensure that in iTunes prefs, under 'advanced' that 'Copy files to iTunes library...' is ticked.
Drag file from usb stick directly to the music icon on the left hand side, or select 'file > add to library' from the menu
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You can only download iTunes purchases once: iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
This page will give you various options for copying purchases from one computer to another: iTunes for Windows: How to copy purchases between authorized computers
Probably the most straightforward way to get iTunes onto your second computer is to network it with the first one and copy your iTunes folder across. Start by consolidating your library. When you consolidate, any songs in the iTunes Library that are not in the iTunes Music Folder are copied to the Music Folder and the Library is updated to point to those new files. Files already in the iTunes Music Folder have no changes made to them: Copying all your iTunes files to one location - Windows
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