HT3819 my computer crashed and I had to download a new itunes, can I ever get the music that was on the old itunes back?

how can i put the music from my phone back on to itunes if my computer crashed & I had to download a new itunes

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer.
Have you failed to do this?
If so, then you can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes ... - Support - Apple

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I have 2 ipods,one for music and the other for old time radio shows.Each had their own file.My computer crashed and I had to buy a new one.Now both ipod files are merged into one.How do I seperate them.

I have 2 ipods,one for music and the other for old time radio shows.Each had their own file.My computer crashed and I had to buy a new one.Now both ipod files are merged into one.How do I seperate them on the computer?

Hi Craig
Unfortunately, in your case, there isn't really a way to separate them as far as I can think.
You could try restoring from a backup, and choosing an older backup perhaps
Cheers

My computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows 7, how can I get the playlist on my iphone onto itunes?

My computer crashed and I had to reinstall windows 7, how can I get the playlist on my iphone onto itunes?

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for this very occasion.
If for some reason you have failed to do this, not good, then you can transfer itunes purchass from the ipod. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases

My computer crashed and I had it fixed however my itunes is only showing 67 songs when I had 1300 songs. How do I get my music back?

Hi. My computer crashed and now i'm only showing 67 songs in my I tunes account. I should have over 1300 songs. How can I get my music back?

Click here, follow the instructions, and back the library up.
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I want to sync the playlists on my iPad to my iTunes? My computer crashed and I had to download itunes again and now the music and playlists on my iPad won't sync?

When I try to sync my iTunes with my Ipad now the alert comes up that I am already synced with another computer and I have to restore and sync my iPad if I want to continue. I have already lost alot of music that I had purchased and I don't want to lose anymore.

Was your iPod associated with a different mac or pc previously is all. And was it backed up or sync'd on this mac with iTunes previously.
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes

My PC crashed and I had to start a new Itune setup, is it possibile to transfer all my contacts,calender from my IPad back to my new ITune setup?

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I could be wrong, but as far as Apple iOS devices go, the transfer of information is only 1 way. The content of your iTunes and your iPhone, iPod, iPod touch and iPad are always a mirror of each other. If you've lost your iTunes, syncing your iPad will erase it. Only iTunes purchased content can be saved. Some of that is only a one-time download also.
Call Apple and find out...
Sly

My computer crashed and my hard drive is wiped out. How do I get the songs from itunes that are loaded on to my ipod back on my computer and in my itunes library? In the simpliest terms possible, please.

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I had an Apple ID with an old email address and I tried to change it to a new ID. When I try to go into anything requiring an Apple ID, I can't get in because my new ID is not recognized. How do I get my new Apple ID recognized?

To change the iCloud ID on your device you have to go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account, provide the password to turn off Find My iPhone when prompted, then sign back in with the ID you wish to use.

My computer crashed and I had to re load my operation system. now itunes won't open. it says it was created by a newer version? what is that?

my computer crashed and I had to re load my operation system. now, when I try to open my itunes all I get is a message that says "can not be read because itunes was created by a newer version" what does that mean and how do I correct it. I need my music back!

As iTunes is uopgraded the newer versions require that the iTunes database be upgraded to match. It sounds like you now have an older version of the sftware attempting to load an upgraded library which it can't do.
What version of OS X are you running?
What version of iTunes are you currently running?
What versions were you running when your system crashed?
Allan

My last computer crashed and it had all my songs and i got a new ipod how do i get those songs back

ok so my last computer crashed and it had all my songs and that day i got a new ipod how do i get those songs back thast i paid for?

If the songs are not on an iPod or a computer (didn't you have a backup of your computer files?) you are probably out of luck since you only get one download of music from the iTunes store and it is up to you to back them up. However, the Itunes store may allow a redownload if you explain what happened. Go to the following and select the appropriate topic to contact them.
Apple - Support - iTunes

HT201269 My old windows computer crashed and I had to buy another one. I rescued my itunes file off of the old one and installed it on the new desktop. How do I get itunes to recognize it so that I can get all my old music (mostly burned CD's) to be rec

My old windows computer crashed and I had to buy another one. I rescued my itunes file off of the old one and installed it on the new desktop. How do I get itunes to recognize it so that I can get all my old music (mostly burned CD's) to be recognized

Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities

HT1329 My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one. I was unable to save anything from the old computer. Is there anyway to get my music from my Ipod to my new computer without having to start over with the old cd's again

My old computer crashed and I had to get a new one. I was unable to save anything from the old computer. Is there anyway to get my music from my Ipod to my new computer without having to start over with the old cd's again

Hello cheech07,
The following article contains directions that can help get you back on track with iTunes. I'd recommend picking up at 'Part 5' of the 'External drive' section.
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
Cheers,
Allen

I have Adobe Photoshop CS5 installed in two computers. The hard drive of my home computer crashed and I had no time to deactivate the software. The hard drive needed to be formatted. How can I activate the software CS5 again ? Thank you for an answer.

I have Adobe Photoshop CS5 installed in two computers. The hard drive of my home computer crashed and I had no time to deactivate the software. The hard drive needed to be formatted. How can I activate the software CS5 again ? Thank you for an answer.

If it's the same computer, same CPU and same HD, no de-activation or re-activation should be necessary.
Install from scratch and apply all updates manually.
Please do a forum search. I and others have repeatedly answered the question about failed updates of CS5 a whole bunch of times recently.
Bottom line: the Adobe auto updater is utterly useless in CS5 and prior versions. You need to download the updates and apply them manually yourself.
I and others have even supplied the links for Mac and Win, which you haven't even bothered to specify.

So my computer crashed and i had lost all my itunes purchases and dont know how to get them back, so my computer crashed and i had lost all my itunes purchases and dont know how to get them back

so my computer crashed and i had lost all my itunes purchases and dont know how to get them back, so my computer crashed and i had lost all my itunes purchases and dont know how to get them back

You have a backup of your computer, or at the very least of your iTunes media, correct?
Simply copy your backup of your iTunes media into the iTunes library on your new computer.
Connecting and syncing your device to the new computer without first recovering your iTunes media is a really, really, really bad idea. iDevices are designed to ONLY sync with one computer. When you plug your device into a new computer, it will wipe all media on the device when it syncs. The only media you may be able to salvage and transfer to the new computer would be anything bought directly on the device.
If you do not have a backup of your iTunes media, then you will want to either look at a way (using software from a third party company) to either extract the media from you iDevice or your old computer (assuming the hard drive is not toast).

My computer crashed and everything had to be reinstalled. I lost everything

My computer crashed and everything had to be reinstalled. I lost everything from the hard drive. I can access my website on-line, but when I go to iWeb none of my documents are there. I have tried dragging the site pages that are stored on iDisk, but it doesn't seem to be working for me.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I am a teacher and use the site for my classes.
Thanks!

richyrev,
You may not want to here this but if you lost the data on your computer and don't have a backup, there is no easy way to recreate your site.
I just got through explaining this to another user yesterday. You can find that thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1883561&tstart=60
In a nut shell iWeb uses a domain file to store all your site pages. This file is really just a special directory called a package in the Mac World. All your site info is stored in this package in a cryptic way that probably won't make a lot of sense to you. Once your site is rendered and put on your hosted site it is stored differently with basic web hierarchy for the files. The bottom line is iWeb can only deal with a domain package not the finished web files. If you don't have a copy of your domain package file then you will need to recreate your site using your files from your web site. But you will have to do it manually.
You didn't say specifically that you were using mobile me (.mac) but if you are then you can grab your old site off your idisk and use those to help guide you into recreating your site. But iWeb won't read those file for you. It doesn't read html files in, only out. You'll have to literally recreate each page using your old site as a guide.
There was a link on the other thread that gave a little more detail about this. I realize it's a painful lesson, but nothing beats taking the time to do a backup. I noticed (according to your sig) you are still running OS X 10.4 so you won't have time machine, but backup is a good program as well.
Good Luck,
Alan

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