I bought a song on one computer can't access it on another

I bought a song from itunes on my work computer today, tonight I went to download it to my ipod and it isn't showing up in my itunes account how do I acess it?

Of course it is not on your other computer. You have not put it there.
Your music will not magically appear ion other places, just as a cd won't appear in your car and your house. you have to put it there.
You buy one and only one download, it is your responsibility to move/copy/backup your music.

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I used my daughter's account to download songs onto my PC laptop. I tried to put those songs on my daughter's ipod nano, but the nano is Macintosh formatted so the PC couldn't access it. I went to my iMac, logged into my daughter's account and went to re-download the album, thinking it would just let let me download again for free, but it's giving no indication that it will do that. I go to buy and it warns me that I will be charged for the download. In my account's "Purchase History" it shows that I bought this album yesterday. So what gives? The Imac is an authorized computer for this iPod.
I'm using a Snow Leopard iMac and the old kind of iPod nano that's tall and thin and can't play videos.

Yes, I have a problem overall. When I asked where the problem was I was referring to the suggestion that my Mac-formatted iPod had to be restored in order to work with my iMac. I was asking what problem would necessitate that restoration.
The fact that the iPod doesn't work on the PC is fine. I don't care. I just mentioned it to explain the entire process. The real issue is my inability to download music I've already purchased it without paying a second time.
I have logged in to my daughter's account, clicked on PURCHASED and selected CHECK FOR AVAILABLE DOWNLOADS. When I do that it tells me ALL PURCHASES HAVE BEEN DOWNLOADED FOR THIS ACCOUNT.
I see no NOT ON THIS COMPUTER anywhere, and I'm assuming you meant to say left side as opposed to 'right hand', is that correct?
_UPDATE_
As I was typing that last sentence, I checked my iTunes to double check there was nothing on the right side. I saw the tab marked DOWNLOAD PREVIOUS PURCHASES. I'd never noticed that before. Boom, that did it. So the answer is click on PURCHASED and then DOWNLOAD PREVIOUS PURCHASES in the bottom right corner.

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Hello helpful people...
I have a MacBook Pro (original release) and my roommate has an iBookG4. I have had a two-airport network system for years and never had a single issue with connectivity. About 2 months ago, my roommate's iBook started having trouble finding not only our network, but any network... now three shipments to Apple later, they have changed the airport card twice, the logic board, the RAM, etc. All other aspects of the computer seem to be working fine now, except that when I click on the airport icon at the top of the screen, it pulls up no networks. On my MacBook (sitting side by side with the iBook), I usually hit about 10 networks in my condo. Naturally, this would mean that there must still be something wrong with the airport card... but wait... it gets better.
When I take the iBook to the Apple Store... it works PERFECTLY. And I feel stupid. What the ****? Do any of you have any clue as to what is going on?
More specifically, if I type in the name of my network so that it can try to join. It keeps telling me that the password is invalid (and trust me... it's the right one). Also, if I EVER get it to connect to the network (it's hit or miss), it will self-assign an IP address and will never hit the internet. All of this is happening as I use my MacBook Pro on the same network and type this. I am so frustrated (as is my roommate).
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When my modem is connected, I plug one ethernet line into one computer. That computer sometime has access to the internet, but sometimes it doesn't work, and another computer is able to access the internet. Each computer uses different cables. When one computer has internet, other computers cannot access the internet if we decide to connect via another cable. Using the same cable doesn't work, also. Sometimes, all computers cannot access the internet.
For example, this computer I am using to write this currently has internet. However, when I unplug this computer's ethernet line from the modem and connect the other computer's ethernet line into the modem, it cannot connect. (Safari cannot connect to the internet.) Network diagnosis has a GREEN light next to "Built-In Ethernet," YELLOW for "Network Settings," and RED for the rest (ISP, Internet, Server)
Lastly, in the Network Status in System Preferences, Built-In Ethernet is YELLOW and says that it has a self-assigned IP address. However, I did not self assign the IP and is set to 'Automatic.'
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Do I understand this correctly? You have one modem with one ethernet jack on it. Only one computer can have access to the internet at a time, depending on who you plug in to the modem? If the computers have wireless capability, you don't have a wireless access point or wireless router, so you can't take advantage of the computers' wireless. You don't have a wired hub or more than one ethernet jack on the modem nor do you have a stand-alone router (that plugs into the single ethernet jack on the modem) with multiple ethernet jacks, so multiple computers cannot connect to the internet simultaneously.
If this is the case, then when you turn on a computer that isn't plugged in, since there is no router there for it to obtain an address from (I'm assuming your computers are set up for DHCP), it is going to try to create/join it's own ad-hoc network and give itself a self-assigned address beginning with 169.x.x.x. (If you had a multi-port hub or wireless access point, with no routing capabilities, this is how you could set up an isolated network of computers without access to the outside world but with access to each other).
Meanwhile, your modem is either giving the plugged-in computer a 192.x.x.x or a 10.x.x.x address (unless you changed stuff in it) or it is passing your public IP address presented to it by your ISP straight through to your plugged-in computer (that was plugged when when you booted up).
So when you unplug one and plug in another, the network settings don't match. If you unplugged one and plugged in the other and then booted up the other one, I would expect to see a working internet connection at that point.
If my original assumption of your home configuration is in error, please describe how you are set up, e.g., internet<-->modem<-->router<-->computers or whatever. Maybe do that anyways, even if my assumption is accurate. Describe whether your modem employs NAT or is in bridge mode? Does it have a DHCP server and is it enabled or is it set up for static IP on your home LAN? Describe whether your router, if not built into the modem, employs NAT or is in bridge mode? Does it have a DHCP server and is it enabled or is it set up for static IP on your home LAN? How are your network settings configured in your computers? DHCP or other (what)? A visit to your modem and/or router configuration pages, to see what the external WAN address (a.k.a. public IP address) (at least the first one or two or three octets), and what do your computers' sys prefs IP address, router address, and DNS server addresses say they are, would be helpful, too (you can safely divulge publicly full 192.x.x.x, 10.x.x.x, and 169.x.x.x addresses because they are not routable). I don't know about other folks reading this, but I would need to know quite a bit more about your home network architecture and configuration.

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