How to get previous purchases back on my mac after it crashes

my mac hard drive crashed and i didnt have it backed up, how can i get software,os upgrades and not have to repay for it again?

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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

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  • HT1727 I purchased 4 songs from  newly lauched store india, they charged Rs 48 (Rs 12 each) But my A/c debited with Rs 60 and Rs 48 . no previous bill was pending. why and how to get Rs 60 back.

    I purchased 4 songs from  newly lauched store india, they charged Rs 48 (Rs 12 each) But my A/c debited with first with  Rs 60 and soon after that with Rs 48 . No previous bill was pending. why ?? and how to get Rs 60 back.
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    Select the content which is causing a problem and use the 'Report a problem' button in Your Purchase History on your computer.

  • How to get my purchase history back?

    Hi,
    I suspect the merge between Nokia Dev and Ovi accounts to have deleted all my purchase history. The last 9th of september, I purchased Billboard for my N9. So, it was less than a year before, it should be still valid and I should still be able to download the app.
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    Thanks.

    @Farby: You're right. I marked it as solved because it seems a valid answer. But then I checked my purchase order and saw it is less than 12 months old. Of course, I should have checked before asking.
    @yasfer21: completely forgot the differences between the accounts, and the previous logins.
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  • HT201272 When iTunes was upgraded to the lastest (11.0), many of of songs/music/audiobooks were deleted!  I tried syncing my phone to my computer to get them back, but many of those were deleted too!   How do I get my purchases back to play them???

    When iTunes was upgraded to the lastest (11.0), many of of songs/music/audiobooks were deleted!  I tried syncing my phone to my computer to get them back, but many of those were deleted too!   How do I get my purchases back to play them???
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  • I recently lost my iphone to which had of alot purchased music on it, but when i've come to retrieve the music from my itunes and the music is not there?  The purchases show on my history but the music is nowhere?  How can i get my purchases back please?

    I recently lost my iphone to which had of alot purchased music on it, but when i've come to retrieve the music from my itunes and the music is not there?  The purchases show on my history but the music is nowhere?  How can i get my purchases back please?

    By any chance, did you have the Find My iPhone app installed prior to it being stolen?
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  • How do I get past purchases back on my itouch?

    how do I get past purchases back on my itouch? had to reset because of forgotten password... now what?

    Update iTunes to 10.3.1
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