Ipod and Purchased Music

recently some of my files went missing, and some of them are music i have purchased from itunes, yet they are still on my ipod, is there a way to get them off the ipod onto my hard drive again?

The transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer

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If you had the hard drive from the original machine, a backup of the same, an iPod with the media, or a subscription to iTunes Match then there would have been hope, but alas no.
For the future see Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy.
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does this also take care of the apps?
Yes.
Tell me if I am wrong, but if I set hook up the iPod to a different computer, does it not wipe everything out before setting up the new partnership?
Confirmation is required before anything is deleted from the iPod in that case. Items are only deleted without warning if the iPod is set to sync automatically with an iTunes library which that content has been deleted from.
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i lost my ipod and my music was not sinced to the computer. is there anyway to get it back, its not on my purchased on itunes. On my new iphone it shows up in the purchased but when i click it it just plays part of the song from itunes

Depending on which country that you are in you might be able to re-download purchases from Apple : re-downloading. Otherwise, have you not got a backup on, for example, an external drive that you can copy onto your new computer ?

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Hey,
a couple of days ago I was on itunes and it compeltely randomly came up with an error message saying something along the lines of itunes folder damaged and it froze. When i rebooted itunes, all my playlists and purchased music had gone, along with all my podcasts etc
Also in my itunes folder there is a file that said 'itunes music - damaged'
I have all my music on an external harddrive but was just wondering how i can get it all back?
Mike

This article on how to re-create your library gives one way that is most likely to restore the most stuff. It also links to other methods if that doesn't work.
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TS1702 My brother was on my ipod and purchased items from subway surfer which costs, £14.68. How can i get a refund? Or how can i cancel it?

Please help me!
My brother was on my ipod and purchased items from subway surfer which costs, £14.68. How can i get a refund? Or how can i cancel it?

"What do you mean? "
What don't you understand?
"He didn't know what he was doing"
Yet, you let him play with you ipod.
You can try contacting itunes support and asking for an exception, but they are under no obligation to allow.
He didn't know what he was doing

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I just recently recieved my fifth repaired Ipod in a year and a halves time, and now I have another problem. I loaded all of my iTunes songs to my iPod, but all of my purchased music will not play, it just skips over them to the next song. What is going on?
Thank you for your help in advance.

Could you share this again? I have looked for answers to this issue in multiple threads and have yet to find anything that works. All the latest stuff, resync, etc. and the purchased music still won't play after some interval of time. It plays fine for a while then it just skips through the titles.
Is it a time thing or something you can set?
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Recovering Apps and Purchased Music

I just ran a clean install of XP on my PC (system froze and couldn't restore). I updated iTunes but none of the Apps I've purchased appear in my settings. Is there a way to recover those apps? Can I transfer them off of my phone back onto iTunes? And can I recover music I purchased through iTunes? Thanks for any suggestions...

iTunes will let you copy your purchased music etc. directly from an iPod/iPhone to the computer, you'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod or iPhone to a computer
I don't know if this includes purchased applications but they can be downloaded over again, see this article for details: How to redownload purchased applications from the App Store
If you have lost any any music etc. that isn't on your phone and that you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from then I'm sorry to say that the policy on lost purchases is that you have to pay to download them again:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage." iTunes Store: Purchased content can be downloaded only once
You could try contacting iTunes Store Customer Service and you might be able to persuade them to sanction a second free download. There have been occasional reports in the iTunes forum of this happening, however just be aware that they are not under any obligation to do so. If you click on this link you'll be able to email your query: Customer Service - iTunes Store Support
You might also want to check out these pages for future reference:
How to back up your media in iTunes
Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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Hi All -
I've been a Mac guy since System 7. I got the iPod knowing that it would "just work" like all things Mac. I've purchased music through iTunes because it's the right thing to do, but I'm beginning to get frustrated with a problem I'm having playing purchased music. I do not want to have to update my iPod to correct the problem everytime it occurs (I've spent a lot of time trying to fix the problem), I won't purchase a new iPod to fix it (all other functions work great), and I'm considering different sources for online music since there doesn't seem to be a problem with other sources (friends think I'm crazy for paying as it is). PLEASE HELP! Someone knows the answer. Here's your chance to prove yourself a god!
I seem to have a common problem. My G4 (20G) iPod will skip purchased (iTunes) music after the iPod turns off. When it restarts (Apple displays on the screen), all purchased music skips. The titles are displayed, but it runs through all purchased titles without playing.
I've tried the common fixes - reset the iPod, authorized and de-authorized the computer on iTunes, re-installed the library and all other methods provided in discussions and support. Since the titles are displayed and occurs only after the iPod restarts, I'm assuming that there is a problem with permissions that should have been corrected with the iPod reset or authorize/reinstall solutions. Nothing is helping. Just to state the obvious, all software is up to date.
Can some kind person provide a fix? It seems to be happening to a lot of folks, but I can't seem to find anything that helps.
Thanks!
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I had the problem where my purchased songs would be skipped over when I attempted to play them on my iPod, described perfectly in article 303854 "iPod does not play content purchased from the iTunes Store." However, after following all the steps in that article the problem still happened, until...
I spoke with an iPod support representative who knew that in some cases the normal iPod Restore steps don't work unless the iPod is put in "Disk Mode" first. We put my iPod in Disk Mode then performed the Restore steps, and the problem went away--purchased songs played normally.
For instructions to put an iPod in disk mode, see article 93651 "Putting iPod into Disk Mode":
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93651
So, if your purchased songs are skipped over and if the steps in article 303854 don't solve your problem, consider putting your iPod in Disk Mode first then performing the Restore steps again.
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I can't sync my ipod with purchased music on a different computer

I purchased music on a new computer that I have allowed access to for my ipod but now because my library is on my other computer it says this computer is not synced to my ipod so now I can't even sync my purchased music unless I want to erase all of the music on my ipod. Then if I try to put it back on, all of my songs are on my old computer and it won't let me sync two computers at a time. Not happy.

Try:
"Waiting for changes to be applied": Apple Support Communities

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My daughter is on her third iPod and she has a large purchased music collection. I know that iTunes purchased music is OK for up to 5 authorized computers - but what about iPods? Is there a limit to the number of times that she can upgrade the music to a new iPod? I want to make sure that I don't have to do something on the old one (like you have to deauthorize a computer before trashing it) before loading up the new one.
In a similar vein - I plan on taking her old one loading my music onto it - again - I know that my music on my iTunes will overwrite the entire thing - but will my purchased music be OK on 2 iPods that are both in use?
Thanks.
Lou

I know that iTunes purchased music is OK for up to 5 authorized computers - but what about iPods? Is there a limit to the number of times that she can upgrade the music to a new iPod?
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but will my purchased music be OK on 2 iPods that are both in use?
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hi mike,
First of all, your music is not gone. Its there, I promise. Second of all, you need to always make sure you backup your music elsewhere because funky things happen and computers do take nosedives.
Ok, go into File on the iTunes Task bar and click on add folder to library. Your music files should be under my documents>my music. Let me know how it goes...
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for a reason unknown my music in itunes has been wiped! just dissapeared. the music is still on my ipod, the only music i get from my ipod back onto itunes are recent purchases. does anyone know how i can get music from my ipod back onto my itunes?? thank you.

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer. Use your backup copy to put everything back.
If for some reason you have failed to maintaina abckup, not good, then you can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod: File>Transfer Purchases or you can redownload some itunes purchases in som countries:
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Burning all my purchased music onto CDs then reuploading it onto iTunes is not a valid fix.
I'm still having the intermittent playing problem. This problem was happening before I updated to iTunes 5 and before I installed the most recent (Sept. 6) update for iPod.
What's going on? I'm not the only one having this problem yet there seems to be no response from Apple as to how to fix it.

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