How to download past purchases on new hard drive on Mac

My daughter's hard drive died last year (locked within Filevault from ages past) on her Desktop Mac. As a consequence, she has lost several years worth of purchased music from the iTunes store. Is there anyway to re-download her lost music without having to repurchase them all over again?

This seems to take me in a loop between how to authorize/deauthorize my computer and how to download purchases to other devices- not the original PC.   She is older and more responsible now, but no back-ups were used at the time. I know (sigh). We seem to be able to get a listing of past ourchases from iTunes store for only the very recent time.
Arewe just out of luck and learning about back-ups the hard way with her tune library?

Similar Messages

  • HT201272 This article doesn't say how to download past purchases from your computer/

    They have conveniently left off instructions on how to download past purchases fron the iTunes store.

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
    ??? That article has pretty clear instructions on how to redownload anything that is redownloadable (audiobooks are not, but that is the only thing).  The istructions for the iTunes store on an iOS device are the third link down from the top, and from a computer the last link.
    What exactly is missing?

  • Purchased a new hard drive

    I recently backed up my old hard drive because it was getting too full...... purchased a new hard drive and I now need to get my music, photos, address book info into the new drve.
    How do I do this???
    Mariela

    I'm not quite sure what you're doing.
    Did you get a new internal hard drive, and want to restore everything to it?
    Or did you get a new external drive that you want to move some data to, so you can delete it from your internal HD to save space?
    Just in case, what are the sizes involved -- how much data is now on your internal HD, how large is the new external?
    Since you've posted in the Time Machine forum, I'm assuming you backed-up your internal HD with Time Machine. Where are the backups -- on a separate external HD, or the new one?
    Please update your profile -- it shows you as being on 10.5.2, but you've posted in the Snow Leopard forum.

  • How to install and reconfigure a new hard drive?

    How to install and reconfigure a new hard drive?
    I installed a new hard drive from best buy for my "vintage" MacBook laptop.  When I turned on the laptop and the flashing folder appeared, I need help?
    I looked online for some clues.  I put in the software disk I received when I bought the disk but I cannot select a destination volume to install the software.  I tired to partition the drive within disk utility but there was an input/output error.  Should I just plug in my external hard drive and hope everything reboots like magic ?
    Thank you for any help you can give

    How to replace or upgrade a drive in a laptop
    Step One: Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions
    Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list.  In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive.  If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer.
    If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior and/or Tech Tool Pro to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.
    Step Two: Remove the old drive and install the new drive.  Place the old drive in an external USB enclosure.  You can buy one at OWC who is also a good vendor for drives.
    Step Three: Boot from the external drive.  Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears.  Select the icon for the external drive then click on the downward pointing arrow button.
    Step Four: New Hard Drive Preparation
    1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
    2. After DU loads select your new hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area.  If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing.  Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
    3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID  then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
    4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
    5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
    6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
    Step Five: Clone the old drive to the new drive
    1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
    2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
    3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
    4. Check the box labeled Erase destination.
    5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
    6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
    7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
    Destination means the new internal drive. Source means the old external drive.
    Step Six: Open the Startup Disk preferences and select the new internal volume.  Click on the Restart button.  You should boot from the new drive.  Eject the external drive and disconnect it from the computer.

  • On a macbook I purchased secondhand hard drive got corrupted and I started to get the flashing folder with the question mark, I purchased a new hard drive and snow lion install DVD I installed the hard drive and tried disc but kept getting blinking folder

    On a macbook I purchased secondhand hard drive got corrupted and I started to get the flashing folder with the question mark, I purchased a new hard drive and snow lion install DVD I installed the hard drive and tried disc but kept getting blinking folder

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We're users here and do not speak for "Apple Inc."
    Power on the computer and insert the DVD immediately.
    Hold down the 'C' key to boot from the Snow Leopard DVD.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1533
    After selecting the appropriate language, if necessary, select Utilities, and Disk Utility.
    You'll likely need to partition and format the new drive before it's recognized.
    http://manuals.info.apple.com/MANUALS/0/MA161/en_US/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY .pdf
    (Yes, these instructions ARE 7 years old, but the procedure is the same for installing from DVD media.)

  • My old hard drive crashed.  How do you reload CS2 on new hard drive and get it activated?

    My old hard drive crashed.  How do you reload CS2 on new hard drive and get it activated?

    You'll need to get onto Support and explain, and if you have not made a habbit of asking, they'll reset your activations limit back to zero.  Or if you have only ever installed it once, you'll still have an activation to use.
    http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-deactivation-products.html

  • So I formatted a brand new hard drive to MAC OS (Journal), I then could save on the hard drive. Not two days later Im back at square one, the program wont recognize the hard drive again.

    So, hard to beleive, but I am having some trouble with Final Cut Pro X.
    This last week I formatted a brand new hard drive to MAC OS (Journal),
    so that I could save on that hard drive.
    Well it went great.
    I saved my project on there and copied a few others over as to free up space on my Laptop.
    Then, not two days later Im back at square one,
    the program wont recognize the hard drive.
    It wont even open the events up off my hard drive,
    as to jog the program into reqcognizing the scratch disk (which worked twice before).
    What happened?
    How do I get the program to re-recongize my newly formatted hard drive?
    Please help!

    The name of the drive, or the name of some folders inside the drive, may fool FCP X into believing it is a camera.
    Also, you should not use the drive for time machine backups.

  • How do I download mountain lion onto new hard drive

    My IMac 2.4  mid 2007 was starting to get very slow in opening applications. I rebooted the machine, it displayed the apple and then a circle with a line through it and would go no further. I have put it down to the hard drive, and have purchased a new one. My question is, how do I install mountain lion that I have already purchased to the new hard drive. I would appreciate any help on the matter

    You need to get your computer up to at least 10.6, using the original installer for your Mac, or a retail copy of 10.6.3. Then update to 10.6.8, and using the App Store, sign in with your AppleID, go to Purchases, and re-download and install 10.8.
    Matt

  • HT203167 external hard drive died and have new one. how can i get my old purchases onto new hard drive?

    help! my external hard drive died. have tons of tv shows and movies on it. how can i get my old purchases from itunes onto my new hard drive?

    Just plug it in and sync it.
    (60463)

  • Restore my itunes purchases to new hard drive after crash

    My hard drive on my dell crashed. I am replacing it with a new one, maybe should've gotten a MAC.
    Will all of my Digital copies and purchased music from my itunes account come back to my new account once I sign on?
    Please Help

    Your content will only be where you put it.  it does not magically appear anywhere.
    It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just this occasion.  Use your backup copy to put everything back.
    If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup, not good, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries.
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

  • Any ideas on how I install Lion on a new hard drive

    Any ideas on how I might install Lion on a new hard drive when I purchased the OS online from Apple prior to my hard drive failing?       I don't have a disk. 

    when you install your new drive, what happens? it should boot into internet recovery and you setup from there.
    does it not do that?
    here is an article about how to force internet recover http://www.cultofmac.com/106669/force-lion-to-start-internet-recovery-on-your-20 11-or-later-mac-os-x-tips/
    here is apple literature about the recovery partition (if you had a hard drive) http://www.apple.com/osx/recovery/
    here is a do it yourself downloader that makes a usb stick the recovery disk. If you have data on the usb drive I would back it up, as this will erase everything else on the thumb drive. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1433

  • How to move files after installing new hard drive

    I am considering the installation of a new 80 or 100 GB hard drive. I purchased the new iLife 06 program but I do not have enough space to install on my present 60 GB unit. I only have 3 GB available. I've read all the posts involving the possible brands, downloaded the instructions how to swap out the units. My question is how to backup and install my files and applications so I may reinstall onto the new drive. Can I just copy my hard drive volume onto my external Lacie storage unit and then drag the volume back to the new hard drive after booting off my OS disk? Any advice on how to move my apps and files? Do I need to purchase cloning software?

    The easiest way is buy an external firewire enclosure and put your new drive in it. Then format your new drive. then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy your internal drive onto your new drive. Then install your new drive and put your old one in the enclosure. You are now in business with an external backup on your old drive.

  • How to restore settings on a new hard drive?

    Apple just replaced my hard drive.  I opened a bitcasa account at Apple Store and stored my key chain but do not know how to download it back to my new hard drive.  So much is lost on my desktop as in I cannot locate the hard rive icon the way it used to be.  This has been a nightmare.

    Apple just replaced my hard drive.  I opened a bitcasa account at Apple Store and stored my key chain but do not know how to download it back to my new hard drive.  So much is lost on my desktop as in I cannot locate the hard rive icon the way it used to be.  This has been a nightmare.

  • How to install Windows 7 on new hard drive?

    I have changed the old hard drive (500 gb) with a new hard dirve (1 Tera), and now I have two problems: -
    1. How do I install Windows 7 on new hard drive?
    2. My laptop was pre-installed Windows 7 Pro, but all the DVD kit (Application & Drives Recivery Disc + Operating System Revocer), which was provided (by Lenovo) for the laptop is in the Windows 8 Pro. So how do I install Windows 7 Pro, in my laptop while all DVD kits are in Windows 8 Pro?
    by the way this is my laptop spec (for reference) ; -
    * Note *
    I plan to install Windows 7 Pro in my new hard drive using another Windows 7 DVD (Not DVD provided by Lenovo), but how do I get all the Leveno program which found within the 'Application & Drives Recivery' disc (such as ; - Lenovo System Health and Diagnostics, Lenovo Power Control,Lenovo's Fingerprint Reader) to install in that hard drive? (as I tell you before, all the DVD kit is in or only for Windows 8 Pro)
    I hope somebody will help me answer my question,
    Thank You
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.

    I got the solution;
    Answer to question 1 ; using a backup & recovery software to clone my current OS, then transfer to my new hard drive.
    Answer to question 2 ; download all the Drivers and software ( all the application that located on the DVD kit that I have) on Lenovo Official Website.
    or other solution, send it to a computer service shop and let the experts ( the workers) install it for me ( the most simple and safe way).

  • How can I reinstall iphoto on new hard drive?

    Original purchase came with iphoto installed.  After hard drive crash new hard drive does not have iphoto app.  Anyone have any idea how to reinstall without having to purchase?  Had to install original OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

    reinstall from the original source
    Could be
    1 - the restore disks that came with the computer - if it came with CDs and you do not know where they are then contact Apple to see if they can be replaced = probably your case
    or
    2 - the iLife DVD that you purchased
    or
    3 - the app store - log in under the Apple id used to purchase the software or to set up the computer - look under purchases - you might have to unhide or accept the Application first
    LN

Maybe you are looking for

  • Nokia-C7 Missing Feature - Can't change dialer vis...

    Hi, In the Nokia-C7 In the home screen, when selecting Call to open the Dialer, it is possible to search for a contacts immediately by pressing the numbers buttons to entering the characters that appears on them. The language that appears on the butt

  • After transfer to new mac lots of image not supported!

    Hello all. I have just tranferred to a new imac and copied over my aperture folder. In one particular project as I click on each image the image breifly shows then appears to currpot and is replaced with a black box saying its unsupported. they are f

  • How to change dynamic text on mouse click of an object

    Here is my Project File. I'm wanting to change dynamic text when an object is clicked. I created 3 dynamic text boxes under "Selected Colors" and gave them instance names of selected_roof_color, selected_trim_color and selected_wall_color. When the u

  • ITune songs not found after migrating to new iMac

    My old iMac's graphics card broke. Luckily I have used Time Machine to back up to ann external HDD. I used Migration Assistant to bring up the new iMac. However, I cannot find any songs in iTune. The songs can still be found in my iPhone though. I al

  • HP Photosmart Prem Web C309n-s

    I cannot get this printer to actually print in Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 .  I choose the printer and then the HP Fax screen comes up.  Adobe says it is not their issue it is an HP issue but HP has not been able to give me any suggestions. Any help