HT201272 downloading past purchases from itunes

I can not see a way to download my past AUDIO books. They are not located under the music or books options. Does anyone know?

Unfortunately not. That would have been too easy. I'm hoping I don't have jump through hoops to get them back. I probably have downloaded $750 worth of audio books. I suppose its a lesson I have learned the hard way about backing up on an external harddrive.

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I have new pc and it has windows 8 i am lost how do i download past purchases from itune

how do i download past purchases from i tunes into my new computer? I know nothing about where to go to get the songs purchased except into my account page.

Hello missskye1,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Using iTunes 11 or later
Open iTunes. (You can download the latest version of iTunes.)
If you're not already signed in, choose Store > Sign In and type your Apple ID and password.
If you're in the iTunes Store, click the Library button, in the upper-right corner, to go to your library.
Make sure that you have "Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases" enabled in your iTunes preferences by going to iTunes > Preferences in the Store tab and clicking OK.
In your iTunes library, click the content type you wish to download using the content selector in the upper-left. Choose Music to download music, Movies to download movies, and so on.
Locate the item or title you wish to download.
Click the download icon to download that item.
Have a nice day,
Mario

Trying to download past purchases from itunes to iphone. Not working so how do I delete these off my iphone to resync on a computer?

Hi,
I recently tried to download all of my past purchases in itunes to my iphone through the phone itself. I didn't have a computer available to simply sync the music. Some of the songs downloaded with no problem but the rest didn't and an error message comes up saying 'Unable to download songs' and when I click 'retry' nothing happens. These songs cannot be played on my phone and have a stop symbol beside the track title. My internet connection is fine so I don't understand what the problem is.
However, I do now have a computer with itunes that I could sync to my phone but every time I try to sync the songs they look the same on my iphone. I.e. the tracks still have the stop symbol beside them and I keep getting the download error messages. Does anyone know how to delete/cancel these downloads so that I can remove all the music from the iphone and simply sync it to itunes?
Any help would be very appreciated!

Go to Settings > Music and make sure "Show All Music" is off. Then only actually downloaded music will be displayed. With it on, you can see all your music stored in the Cloud as well. That music will always be in the Cloud (until such time as you download it) but it isn't present on your device.

HT201272 Dowloading past purchases from iTunes doesn't work in România and still no movies, maps and more..

If u buy something from iTunes like a song or 100 songs and u lose them, let's say u're phone was replaced by waranty. U can see that u purchased songs but u cannot redownload them, not in România i guess ..at least u can redownload apps

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of all of your content.
If you fail to do this, then it is your own fault that you lose your content.

HT201272 I have OS 3.1.3 how do I go about Downloading past purchases from the App Store

I have OS 3.1.3 how do I go about Downloading past purchases from the App Store?

You can download the current versions of the apps from the store e.g. via the Purchased link under Quick Links on the right-hand side of the iTunes store home page on your computer's iTunes : re-downloading. But you may find that the current versions require higher iOS versions than you have on your iPod - in which case have you not got copies of the older versions of those apps on your computer's iTunes or on a backup ?

Do I need to pay again when I download past purchases from the app store?

Do I need to pay again when I download past purchases from the app store?

Bare with me...I need to explain the situation first.
I purchased an external harddrive and with the help of phone support, I moved some(most) of my itunes stuff to that hard drive. However, when I sync my iphone, it occasionally says something like..."did not sync song because it could not be found".
When I typed in the finder thing at the top right corner of my screen (spotlight?), I searched for itunes media. I found one file but it doesn't show me it's location. So I started looking (I'm still new to this) but I think I found 2 itunes media folders...1 on my imac harddrive and the other in my external harddrive.
After reading some of the online posts regarding downloads, I discovered that it is possible to redownload something you purchased before and NOT be billed again. I know that when I download an app in my iphone and then delete it, if I go to download it again, it tells me i already downloaded it and can download it again for free...so no problems there.
However, my interest is to greatly reduce the amount of "stuff" I have in my external harddrive as well as my internal harddrive. But before going into my external harddrive and deleting all 8 seasons of 24...which is something like 250gigs, I wanted to test the theory. So I looked for something cheap that I downloaded. I would then delete that and then go into the itunes store to redownload it again.
One thing I also want to mention, I read that there should be a purchased tab in my itunes store. Either I don't have it, or don't know where to look. One other thing I read is that it might be not available to me based on where I live. I live in Toronto, Ontario.
Back to what I did. I deleted an episode of Wallace and Gromit (kids show). Then went in itunes to download the same episode. When I checked my account information...it shows that I was just charged for that download...AGAIN! Now granted it was only $2.99...apparently this doesn't need to be the case.
So...going back to the 2 itunes media folders. I checked my system preferences and saw that itunes was set to save downloads here.../users/"my name"/music/itunes/itunesmedia. This folder is on my imac. However, the Wallace and Gromit video was on my external. So when I deleted it, I removed it from my external drive.
So here's what I have done so far...I went into the system preferences and proceeded to change the path to my external harddrive.
Now...before I go and delete something else...am I doing things correctly?
Also...what should the path be in itunes? I suspect it should be to my imac so that anything I download, downloads successfully to my internal harddrive...and then I drag and drop into my external...
I also want to mention that I have a time capsule as well. So basically...I want to keep my imac and time capsule free of as much media as possible...My computer and timecapsule each have 1 TB and I nearly maxed them out...I take alot of home videos with an HD camera...I had no idea how much that would add up.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

HT204088 I need a copy of my past purchases from itunes 2010 and 2011 my computer crashed and it was in a folder please help

Hi! I need a copy of my past purchases from itunes since my computer crashed and my receipts were in a folder... 2010 and 2011. I can not print my past history. Now what please?
thank you!

Contact iTS, they can email you your invoice history.
iTunes Store Support
http://www.apple.com/emea/support/itunes/contact.html

How do i download albums purchased from Itunes on computer to ipod

how do i download albums purchased from Itunes on computer to ipod

Here:
iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
or
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad

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?

HT201272 Downloading past purchases not appearing in my iTunes library

I have tried everything suggested from iTunes websites and discussion boards for getting my past purchases onto my library, nothing seems to work.
I signed in and out of iTunes, started my computer back up several times, tried downloading past purchases to no avail. Despite actually being able to dowanload my past purchases from the iTunes store, they dont show up in my iTunes library, and they then show up as "downloaded"!
Worst of all, they are not in any folder on my computer, neither in the iTunes folder or in my personal folders or even in the junk folder! I am lost and need help

Are you going to Purchased here:
And when you go there, do you see something that looks like this:
You can also try transferring the purchases from your iPhone: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848

Can't download song purchased from Itunes from one computer to another using same Apple ID

Hi, I am operating itunes 11 at home, using Mac OS 10.7.5.. I purchased a song at work (also a Mac, I am not sure which version of OSM or itunes). I accessed the purchase of the song in the "Purchased" menu option in itunes on my home Mac. When I tried to download the song at home so I can include it in my Library, I got the following message:
This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. You can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days.
So: just to be clear:I can only buy something from itunes from one computer and save to another with the same Apple ID only every 90 days??? And if that is the case, I have not purchased anything from my work computer within 90 days of this recent song purchase. That just does not make sense to me, since the license covers 10 devices anyway, and I am using the same Apple ID.
Let me know if I am not understanding this correctly, or am doing something wrong. It just does make not sense to me that I can't download a purchase I made from one computer to another since I am paying Apple for the music and just accessing it elsewhere, using the same account.
Thanks so much.

Thanks for the response. Yes, my husband logged on to our computer and rented a movie for us to view. That is how we use Itunes: I purchase the music, he may purchase a movie or a rental now and then. This is new, it never happend before.
Also, I contacted customer support, both by phone and email. Not only does someone else using the home computer under a different account trigger this, but so does simply activating my own user id from a different computer (one of the 5 I am allowed to under the service agreement.)
Customer support was very helpful and lifted the 90 day ban. I called them because I purchased a season pass of a TV show and could not download the first episode because it was a "past purchase" (the episode was not even available to download when I purchased the pass, so “past” is indeed relevant.)
But I don't see the point of purchasing content from Apple now. This feature limits the accessibility of legal purchases under the service agreement. Why allow 5 computers per Apple ID if activating one of them limits the ability to download content for 90 days??
I (used to) buy movies, rentals and TV shows all the time. I don’t have cable, so Apple was the source for all “must have” shows that I couldn’t wait for. Too bad.

Download past purchases in iTunes on Mac

Running iTunes on my Mac and when I try to download past purchases, I get:
"This computer is already associated with an Apple ID.
You can download past purchases on this computer with just one Apple ID every 90 days. This computer can be used with a different Apple ID in 5 days."
Why is this? Shouldn't I be able to download what I've purchased whenever? Is there a setting I have wrong?
Thank you

iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4627 and - Manage your associated devices in iTunes - http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204074 - In connection with, "When you turn on iTunes Match, Family Sharing, or Automatic Downloads, or when you download past purchases on an iOS device or computer, that device or computer becomes associated with your Apple ID." "Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days." - Additional instructions for "Removing an associated device or computer from an Apple ID"
Let's play make-believe. In a far, far away land there's a company that designs software. This company wants to sell music but the people who distribute music are freaking out at the idea somebody may get all their friends to share their account IDs so they can sign onto multiple accounts in rapid succession and download all the music their friends had bought so they don't have to buy it too. So the company has think up ways to discourage people from re-downloading past purchases (but not making a brand new purchase) or else the big media companies who live on the hill won't let them sell music.

HT201272 Downloading past purchases -- any help is appreciated

First off, I have read Apple's article on re-downloading past purchases, and it is not working out for me. I've logged into the ITunes Store, gone to Quick Links, selected Purchases, and can view what I've bought there. But, when I look at my music it is already listed as downloaded and does not offer me a chance to download it again.
The root problem is this: When I bought the handful of songs in question (just 15 out of my 750 total purchases), I failed to back them up immediately. Not a week later, the hard drive that the songs were stored on has stopped working altogether.
To further complicate things: I had two hard drives installed. The main hard drive (the one running Windows) was where ITunes was installed, and I had added all the songs from my library on the second, older drive without copying them over to the newer drive. Most had been previously backed up to external storage except for the aforementioned 15. So ITunes views them as having already been downloaded to this computer even though the part of the computer they were downloaded to is not longer working/active.
I've tried deleting the songs from my library -- technically they weren't there anyway at this point -- but they still did not appear as downloadable.
At this point I've considered repurchasing the songs, but I'd like to exhaust any other possibilities first. Any help you can provide is appreciated. Thank you in advance for looking at this and trying to help.

I would be very careful, I selected the upgrade photos and now I have a 200GB library file but no way to access the photos, it appears to be something to do with the 10.10.2 upgrade and the use of an external Thunderbolt drive to store my photos on, but I am nearing desperation in trying to get back my years of photos (last effective backup - despite having time machine turned on) - appears to be 2012.
This thread seems to have the most information
Yosemite, iPhoto 9.6 upgrade, large photo library is not recognised.
But it is outrageous that a 'minor' upgrade that was not meant to be about iPhoto could have such drastic outcomes. It must be relating to the file service changes they were doing or the work they were preparing for the new photo app - either way, not happy!

Cannot download a purchase from iTunes store

I purchased the movie 20 feet from stardom and when I try to view it I receive this message,
"This computer is already associated with an Aplle ID.
If you download past purcahses with your Apple ID, you cannot auto download or download past purchases with a different Apple ID for 90 days".
My computer has only ever had my current Apple ID associated with it, I have made many purchases movies, TV shows and music, this is the only download that I am having an issue with. My receipt came to my email address etc. I am not sure why I am receiving this message or how to gain access to this movie.

The message is to contact iTunes Support, not to post on here, which you can do via this link and ask them why the message is appearing (we are fellow users, we won't know why) : http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/ - click on Contact iTunes Store Support on the right-hand side of the page, then Purchases, Billing & Redemption

HT201272 Downloading past purchases - changed country region

I downloaded over a few hundred songs when i was living in NZ, but have since moved to Australia. I have changed country regions and would now like to download all my past purchases from NZ. How can i do this?
I am using a different laptop in Australia to the one i used in NZ, but still have same Apple user ID.
Cheers

Contact iTunes Customer Service and request assistance
Use this Link > Apple Support iTunes Store Contact

HT201272 downloading past purchases from itunes

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