Ipod repaired, HD crash - How can I get my music back
My Ipod touch was sent in for repair a couple weeks ago - it just stopped turning on. They sent me a new one but it doesn't have any of my apps or music on it. While it was out for repair, my hard drive crashed. Father in law is still working on recovery, but if he cannot recover my music, am I out of luck? Doesn't Itunes keep a record of what you purchase? Do I really have to purchase it all over again?
conniehar wrote:
am I out of luck?
basically, if you don't have a backup, you are.
maybe the the following post by Zevoneer, though slightly off topic, will be useful:
Did you back up your purchases before you you reinstalled your system? If you erased your drive then the purchases will have been erased along with everything else. If you didn't make a back-up of your purchases to restore from (as you are advised to do) 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 the iTunes Music 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: iTMS Customer Service
If you have an iPod that still has the purchases on it 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
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
good luck !
JGG
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Hi,
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Thanks very much for reading.Richard1987 wrote:
How do I get my music back?
basically, you can't. click here for information.
however,
Niel posted in this thead http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11029216#11029216
Niel wrote:
How come it's not the same with music purchasing?
Because Apple pays the music copyright holders a royalty each time a song, including a free single, is downloaded from the iTunes Store. You can sometimes get one free redownload request granted by using _*this form*_, but never more than one.
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