How do I get my music back onto my mac ?

I had to reinstall OX Lion and now all my itunes are only on my iPhone.
How do I get them back onto the iMac?

Hey been there, done that. I moved my music to another external drive and accidentally deleted too much in the process. So the songs are still in iTunes but the Mac can't find them. Not surprisingly.
iCloud and Match are useless as iCloud says about all my songs on the Mac: "Downloaded". What a big help. Transfer purchases didn't work. Not via the iPhone, not via the iPad.
I tried various fixes and loads of software but the first thing that has actually worked is Touchcopy12 for Mac. Sporting a brand-new 2013 Mini now, I tried one song first and when it worked (eureka!) I purchased the software and it's now copying 1800 songs to my external hard drive, right from my iPhone 5.
Not that it was the end of the world but it's nice to have your music when you're at the computer.

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For information on how to sync music read http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386 for info on syncing data with iTunes http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313 for setting up syncing for iTunes with Windows PC http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296 for information on how to transfer contents from your device to your computer.

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My pc had crashed several months ago. I got it back up and running, however my itunes library with all the songs I purchased is gone. I still have all songs on my ipod. If I purchase new music from itunes and have it synced to my ipod will I lose all the music on my ipod? Also is there a way that itunes can reinstall my music to my library?

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Hi crazytracer6!
This is a new feature in iOS 7 called iTunes in the Cloud. More information on this can be found right here:
iTunes Match - iPhone
http://help.apple.com/iphone/7/#/iph6e2dfb83
Songs are downloaded to iPhone when you play them. You can also download songs and albums manually—while browsing, tap .
Note: When iTunes Match is on, downloaded music is automatically removed from iPhone as space is needed, starting with the oldest and least-played songs. An iCloud icon () appears next to removed songs and albums, showing that the songs and albums are still available through iCloud but not stored locally on iPhone.
You can choose to only show the songs that have been downloaded onto your phone by following these instructions:
Just show music that’s been downloaded from iCloud. Go to Settings > Music, then turn off Show All Music.
Remove iPhone from your list of “iTunes in the Cloud” devices. In iTunes on your computer, choose Store > View Account. Sign in, then click Manage Devices in the “iTunes in the Cloud” section.
Then, when you would like to re-download your purchased music, you can find it in your past purchases list:
Download past purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Braden

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I made a mistake by pressing autofill on my hp windows laptop and all of my music was gone from itunes and my iphone 5s, how can i get my music back onto my iphone 5s?

Have you checked to see if the media files are still on the computer? See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash.
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My itunes comes up corrupted and won't let me into my music? How do I get my music back?

Is it the application that says it is corrupted, or is it the library? Precision and little details are important and helpful when you provide them with the question.
If it is the library, try rebuilding it.
iTunes: How to re-create your iTunes library and playlists - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451

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After buying a new Macbook pro and opening an iTunes Match account most of my music is grayed out on my Mac and iPhone. I have not turned on iTunes match on my iPad and all my music is fine. How do I get my music back????

The most efficacious way to get your music and other personal data onto your new Mac is to restore it from the backup you made of your old computer. Once that is done you can re-enable iTM on the new Mac and your iPhone.

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Did you use the File -> Add to Library option in iTunes to re-import this music into iTunes? Another way to do the same thing is drag these files from Windows Explorer into iTunes (assuming they are in an iTunes compatible format).
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Try:
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- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
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- 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.
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
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Have new PC now. Saved all folders from old PC HDD. Will install iTunes 7.6 on new PC but how should I get my music back from the old PC's HDD? My iPod contains music purchased from iTunes, plus music from alot of CD's I own. WOuld like to recover music from my old HDD rather than synching from iPod (which I don't know how to do anyway!)

Yes, just delete the duplicates but make sure to keep at least one copy!
Actually it might be easiest to start over - totally clear your library, and make sure this copy setting is turned off
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61658
then clear out your new PC's music folder.
Then add everything back from your old hard drive.
You only have to authorize one song for the whole PC to get authorized:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420

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My wife bought an iPad Air and synced contact from our PC (Outlook), now all our contacts in Outlook have gone and we have to go to iCloud to get them, and even then they are a bit jumbled. How do I get my data back onto my PC?

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after downloading ios5.1.1 how do you get your music back on your ipod

Sync it from your iTunes library
Redownload iTunes purchases by
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
If it was not in your iTunes library and you updated via iTunes you will have to get the music again sinve synced media like apps and music are not include din the iPod backup that iTunes makes.

HT1386 I synced (updated) my iphone to itunes and some songs were deleted from my iphone playlist on my phone. On the computer, a circle is next to the song and the title faded out. What the heck is that all about and how do I get my songs back onto my

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