I had to do a factory restore on my laptop and I want to know how to get my original itunes accout back

I had to do a factory restore on my laptop and I want to know how to get my original itunes account back?

Depending on which country that you are in then you might be able to re-download your purchases: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519 . Otherwise, have you not got a backup of your purchases and content on, for example, an external drive ?

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    Is this related to your account on support.mozilla.org?

  • I forgot my iPad passcode, it has a different apple id than my laptop and I don't know how to restore it.

    I forgot my iPad passcode, it has a different apple id than my laptop and I don't know how to restore it. i don't want to lose my pictures.

    If the iPad was running iOS 7,  iCloud: Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5818
    How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
    http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/ipad/ipad-troubleshooting-repair-faq/ipad- how-to-unlock-open-forgot-code-passcode-password-login.html
    iOS: Device disabled after entering wrong passcode
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
    How can I unlock my iPad if I forgot the passcode?
    http://tinyurl.com/7ndy8tb
    How to Reset a Forgotten Password for an iOS Device
    http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Forgotten-Password-for-an-iOS-Device
    Using iPhone/iPad Recovery Mode
    http://ipod.about.com/od/iphonetroubleshooting/a/Iphone-Recovery-Mode.htm
    Saw this solution on another post about an iPad in a school environment. Might work on your iPad so you won't lose everything.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    ‘iPad is disabled’ fix without resetting using iTunes
    Today I met my match with an iPad that had a passcode entered too many times, resulting in it displaying the message ‘iPad is disabled – Connect to iTunes’. This was a student iPad and since they use Notability for most of their work there was a chance that her files were not all backed up to the cloud. I really wanted to just re-activate the iPad instead of totally resetting it back to our default image.
    I reached out to my PLN on Twitter and had some help from a few people through retweets and a couple of clarification tweets. I love that so many are willing to help out so quickly. Through this I also learned that I look like Lt. Riker from Star Trek (thanks @FillineMachine).
    Through some trial and error (and a little sheer luck), I was able to reactivate the iPad without loosing any data. Note, this will only work on the computer it last synced with. Here’s how:
    1. Configurator is useless in reactivating a locked iPad. You will only be able to completely reformat the iPad using Configurator. If that’s ok with you, go for it – otherwise don’t waste your time trying to figure it out.
    2. Open iTunes with the iPad disconnected.
    3. Connect the iPad to the computer and wait for it to show up in the devices section in iTunes.
    4. Click on the iPad name when it appears and you will be given the option to restore a backup or setup as a new iPad (since it is locked).
    5. Click ‘Setup as new iPad’ and then click restore.
    6. The iPad will start backing up before it does the full restore and sync. CANCEL THE BACKUP IMMEDIATELY. You do this by clicking the small x in the status window in iTunes.
    7. When the backup cancels, it immediately starts syncing – cancel this as well using the same small x in the iTunes status window.
    8. The first stage in the restore process unlocks the iPad, you are basically just cancelling out the restore process as soon as it reactivates the iPad.
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    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Try it and good luck. You have nothing more to lose if it doesn't work for you.
     Cheers, Tom

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    I had my iPhone stolen last night and now want to know how do I access my iCloud storage?

    If you've wiped the device remotely then it is no longer associated.
    You could also change the password for your Apple ID.

  • I right clicked my iPod on iTunes and clicked restore from back up because i thought it would undo my IOS6 update. IT DELETED ALL MY PICTURES (2,000) AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEM BACK!!!! Please help me!!!!!

    I right clicked my iPod on iTunes and clicked restore from back up because i thought it would undo my IOS6 update. IT DELETED ALL MY PICTURES (2,000) AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THEM BACK!!!! Please help me!!!!!

    Well, if you have not backed them up, they are gone.
    Next time, when you have important material in only one place, back it up.

  • I just bought a macbook pro and I want to know how to restore pictures that were backed up on iCloud but then deleted from my phone. Isn't that the point of the backup so I can delete and make more space. Please help!

    I just bought a macbook pro and I want to know how to restore pictures that were backed up on iCloud but then deleted from my phone. Isn't that the point of the backup so I can delete and make more space. Please help!

    Log into the iCloud on your MacBook Pro and enable Photo Stream:
    Then launch iPhoto and set iPhoto's Photo Stream preferences to the following:
    Then check the Photo Stream section of iPhoto:
    This is to confirm that the photos are still in Photo Stream. If they are they will be imported into the library. 
    NOTE: not all photos in an iPhone will be in the Photo Stream. PS only keeps photos in it for 30 days.
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    OT

  • When I went and connected  phone to my laptop and hit restore and it got rid of everything my photos my contacts everything and I don't know how to get the stuff back and if you need to know I have an IPhone4S

    When I went and connected my phone to my laptop and hit restore and it got rid of everything my photos my contacts everything and I don't know how to get the stuff back and if you need to know I have an IPhone4S

    I take it you were replacing an older iPhone and this was the first time you plugged it in? If so, that's what happens. It restored the backup of your old phone. A backup of the current phone is not made in those circumstances.
    If that's not what happened, you need to clarify.

  • TS3999 I had an icloud account setup in 2009 when I first got my family members each a mac. I let that account expire(we never used it) and I don't know how to get it off of my ical. It is not recognizing any of the information to reset the password?

    I had an icloud account in 2009. We set it up as a family plan because my family had just changed from PC to Mac. We never used it and let the plan expire in 2010. My ical will not sync with my new iphone because it is linked to the family plan account that no longer exist. Because I don't remember my password, I tried resetting it. It says the personal information I entered is incorrect, but I know the information is correct...It's my birthday it asks for! Does anyone know how to get that account off of my mac without the account existing?

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    If you are getting login requests or other irritations from your MobileMe account you can go to (user)/Library/Preferences/ByHost and delete all .plist files beginning with com.apple.DotMac or com.apple.idisk, then reboot.
    The minimum requirement for iCloud to let you sync your data is 10.7.5 though you can sync through iTunes (except with Mavericks).

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    Previously I could drag and drop my songs from desktop to folder, I had to get iTunes 10.4 could that be the cause of my frustrating attempts to get my songs back to iTunes library?
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    http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php?gclid=CNyMyIvbtqoCFcE42godv DJR7g
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    Sounds like you still may have problems with your PC.

  • All my songs got unchecked and i want to know how to checkmark the ones i had previously.

    My dad was moving music around in my itunes and somehow all my songs got unchecked. I had about 1000/4000 songs checkmarked to sync on my phone and they are currently on my phone right now. But i am scared to sync my phone since all the songs i had checked out of the 4000 are unchecked now, is there a way to restore that so i get the exact 1000 songs i had checkmarked before? or do i have to do it all manually, because i dont want all 4000 songs on my phone.

    IckyFlex wrote:
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    No.
    I recommend you create  a new playlst and sync only that playlist instead of using checkmarks.
    Then add/delete from the playlist and sync.

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    My HP Touchsmart died the other day. My husband works on computers as a hobby and was able to get me up and running on a Dell laptop in no time. I have an iPhone 4s and had all my apps on itunes on my HP. I understand that you can only have your iPhone apps synced to one computer at a time, but what do you do when the computer containing all your info is in unusable condition? I have tried deauthorizing all the computers associated with my account, that did not work. I had this problem once before and finally ( after much blood sweat and tears ) was able to deauthorize the old computer, but it was in working order. Two of the computers that are listed under the iTunes Wi-Fi Sync setting are no longer in use, the HP had my apps synced to it and the other had everything else except my photos, which are on a third computer that is still in use. Please forgive for information overload but am trying to give all the info that I think could be relevant. Your help would be appreciated so much!
    Sincerely,
    PiPI

    Re: That garbage is unreadable.
    If you really want help, stop messing with the fonts and post so that others can read and offer suggestions.
    Or better yet... try a search, I'm certain you'll find a solution to whatever issue you're experiencing.
    I have found that many times it is the things that make you most angry that push you to action. This was the case here. Thank you for causing me to get so angry that I found the answer myself.

  • I restored my computer and i want to no how to get the music off my itunes account to my itunes then my ipod?

    well i went into the itunes store and i checked my account and it said i bought them but i cant download them again and put them back on. can u help me with this?

    It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion.  Use your backup to put everything back.
    Certainly you did not restore your computer without making sure that your backup copy was up to date.
    You can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod:   File>Transfer Purcahses
    If you are in the U.S. you can use the newly released beta version of the cloud to get your music.

  • Dear Apple – Please help me restoring my purched iTunes tracks on my old Iphone 4, as it borke today. I now have a Iphone 5s and would like to know how to get the song I purchased on the Iphone 4

    I broke my Iphone 4 - and would now like to know how to retrieve my song purchased on the old phone.I have got a new Iphone 5s.
    I have a Itunes account, but not on a Mac computer

    Download previous purchases from the iTunes Store - Support - Apple

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    It was alot of small films in approximatly 10-20 minutes and it was alot of them, and i dont want to go back between the websites to start download them again because that took a lotof time.

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    *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window+-+Content+panel
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Website_colors_are_wrong
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Websites_look_wrong

  • When I opened the new iMovie (10.0.3) it asked if i wanted to update the old library or wait till later  I opted to wait and now it doesn't ask and I don't know how to get the movies I had in iMovie 11 into the new iMovie. Any ideas

    How to move imovie11 files to new imovie 10.0.3.  I did not opt to answer the original question instead selected update later, but I don't know how as the new program never poses that question again any ideas?

    Choose File - Update projects and events.  See:
    http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/#mov902ad0c31
    Geoff.

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