I had to restore my computer to the factory settings, which means my itunes library was lost except for what was on my ipod nano.  How do pull the songs from my ipod back onto my computer?

I had to restore my computer to the factory settings, which means my itunes library was lost except for what was on my ipod nano.  How do pull the songs from my ipod back onto my computer?  I have over 200 songs.  There is no way I can re-purchase them!  Any help?

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    See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
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    If you had an Apple ID and used it to make song purchases from the iTunes Store, and then started using a different Apple ID, you should be able to re-download the songs purchased with the old Apple ID.  In iTunes, sign in to the iTunes Store using your OLD Apple ID (and password).  That may not be your current email address, but Apple uses it as your user name, so it does not matter.
    On the iTunes Store Home screen, click on Purchased under QUICK LINKS.  This takes you do the Purchased screen, where you can re-download previous song purchases (for that Apple ID) at no cost. 
    NOTE:  If those song purchases are from more than a few years ago, you may also need to authorize your computer to play (and sync) songs for your old Apple ID. 
    For songs that were not purchased from the iTunes Store, if they are also gone, you cannot get them back unless you have a backup (or they are still loaded on your old iPod).
    If that's not what you mean by "changed the email address on my account," please post back with more details.

  • How do I transfer songs from my ipod mini to my computer or to my itunes library? Songs/playlists show up as being on ipod but cant move to itunes library.

    How do I transfer songs from my ipod mini to either my computer or to my itunes library.

    Hello Christopher,
    There are 2 ways to go about this.  One is to use the manual method which is a little different depending on whether or not you use a Mac or a PC or you can opt to use a 3rd party software that can help you accomplish the task as well.  See this older thread for a list of possible software you could use.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1678698?threadID=1678698
    B-rock

  • How do you transfer song from your ipod touch to a new computer

    How do you transfer songs from a ipod touch to a new computer

    See:
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    How do i take songs from my ipod to my new computer?

    Post by Zevoneer: iPod media recovery options - https://discussions.apple.com/message/11624224 - this is an older post and many of the links are also for old posts, so bear this in mind when reading them.

  • How does one copy songs from an iPod nano to a new computer?

    How does one copy songs from an iPod nano to a new computer?

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  • How do i transfer songs from my ipod touch to a windows computer

    how do i transfer songs from my ipod touch to a windows computer

    See this support article:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
    You can also download most of your content (the notable exceptions being movies, some of which can be redownloaded if you're in the US, and audiobooks) again from the iTunes Store:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
    For content not purchased from the iTunes Store, check out this post from Zevoneer for some iPod/iPhone media recovery options:
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10570955#10570955
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  • I recently backed up my iphone to itunes, when after backing up a message showed that I needed to update my iphone. I clicked ok, and after updating, it said I had to restore my phone to its factory settings. I cannot find where it backed up pictures

    I recently backed up my iphone to itunes, when after backing up a message showed that I needed to update my iphone. I clicked ok, and after updating, it said I had to restore my phone to its factory settings. I cannot find where it backed up all of my pictures from my phone.

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  • HT4623 i cant work out how to transfer my stuff from i-tunes back onto my phone? any help would be much appriciated

    i cant work out how to transfer my stuff from i-tunes back onto my phone? any help would be much appriciated

    do you mean how to restore a backup
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3053632
    or do you mean how to sync media and apps to itunes
    http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/

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