HT1420 I authorized my computer, but none of my purchased music is coming up. What is wrong?

I just authorized my home computer - I primarily use my Mac laptop to use my iTunes, but I wanted to be able to burn CDs for my car - and none of my purchased music (or really, any of my purchased items) is coming up. What went wrong?

Nothing. Putting your previous purchases onto a different computer is a separate process.
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"I have logged in to my itunes account on a different computer and none of my purchased music is showing up."
Correct. it does not magially appear in other places. It will only be where you put it.
"I also have plugged my iphone in to get updates but it says I will lose all media and apps if I don't update on the computer where I sync everything. "
Correct as well. Iphone will sync with one computer at a time. Syncing to another will erase the current content.
You need to copy everything ( itunes library/contacts/pics/calendars/files/docs) from the old computer, or your backup copy of the old one, to the new one.

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Dboy - you the man! I went to your suggested link and took the advice of Barbara Hall of deleting the SC Info file and it worked like a charm. I also noted that as soon as I launched iTunes the file was created again. So I wonder if the problem will occur again. At least I'll know what to do next time.
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See TS1389: iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases.
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If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
Otherwise, I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
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We won't know until you try the procedure. The reset will not affect the content of the iPod.
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