Items in itunes randomly disapearing

Ive had my mac for just less than a month now, and I've just noticed that day by day certain items are being deleted from my iTunes, so far I've lost 3 films, around 20 songs, and the majority of my TV programmes, how do i stop this?

I am having a very similar or the same problem. When looking at my iMac library on Front Row in the Mini (shared source) all the files that have been added to iTunes since January 27th at around 8:50 pm do not show up! Music, Movies, TV, Podcasts. Everything. The same thing happens when I look from the MacBook Pro. All the older stuff appears to be there. I can't for the life of me figure this out. I've tried to figure out what changed on that date but I can't. Hopefully someone finds out what is going on here.

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Unrestricted sharing of free* items from iTunes Store

We are trying to find a legal but convenient way of managing our family iTunes purchases and sharing.
We are just beginning to use iTunes on a couple of new Macs, three iPads or iPod Touch devices and two old PC's.
We have a home Wi-Fi network with a network drive, where we can store items to be shared.
The children in a few years will move out and will take their music, e-books, etc. with them.
Our Internet connection is slow we would like to avoid downloading the same free item from the iTunes Store to libraries associated with different Apple ID's.
We want everybody to eventually have his/her own copy of our home videos and voice memos recorded on portable devices, which can be further shared without any restrictions.
I understand that some of the rules that Apple set for iTunes users are as follows.
1. Every item purchased from iTunes Store is marked with the ownership information i.e. information about of the account it was purchased from. (The account is identified at any given time by a unique Apple ID.)
2. The ownership information on an item can not be changed, i.e. I cannot give an item to somebody else, declining to use it any more, and transferring the item to that person's iTunes library associated with that person's iTunes account.
Question 1: Are the statements 1 and 2 above correct and precise?
Question 2: Does the same apply to free items (iTunes U, e-books, iPod/iPad apps) from the iTunes store? (it is painful to download the same free item to different accounts over a slow Internet connection.)
Question 3. Does the same apply to music imported into iTunes from a CD?
Question 4: Is it true that in order to allow the kids to take their items with them when they move out, one has to make sure that the items
have been purchased from iTunes accounts associated with their own Apple ID's and placed in their separate iTunes libraries?
Question 5: If I add our home videos and voice memos to my iTunes Library associated with my iTunes account, and do not retain other copies, will it be possible to copy such items to libraries associated with other Apple ID's without any restrictions? Will it be possible to extract such items from iTunes?
Question 6: As long as we are using the same Wi-Fi, can we share music, video, ebooks from libraries associated with different Apple ID's? I believe so, but please confirm. What are the restrictions? Is it helpful to place an iTunes library on a network drive?
Question 7: I believe the same iTunes library can contain items purchased through different iTunes accounts; also there can be multiple iTunes libraries associated with the same iTunes account. Are such options useful and would they help in managing family purchases and sharing?
Question 8. I noticed that a portable device can sync (download) items from only one library. Different persons have apps and music from different libraries associated with their own Apple ID's. We would like them to have also on their portable devices the same free e-books and home videos or voice memos. Do we have to copy such free e-books and voice memos to all the different libraries?
These must be questions many familes ask, but I could not find a precise and comprehensive answer despite browsing the web for several days.
Could you please help?

No. It said nothing about authorizing a computer. I only have one I-Pod and one computer with my library on it. I have listened to these 4 songs for over one year on my p/c and I-Pod. This is a new one to me. These 4 songs still show up in my "purchased" section of my I-tunes but I cannot play them and they will not
copy to my I-Pod. I see where I can repurchase these songs at the I-tunes store, but don't want to pay for them twice. What do you think is going on? Thanks.

How to delete the downloading items in itunes?

how to delete the downloading items in itunes?

Unfortunately, this doesn't work. If you let them download and delete them, they just download again at some point in the future. I've been trying to figure this one out myself, but so far, every time I remove something, it comes back "later".
Steve

After upgrading to Mavericks all my pdf's that were on Ibooks in Itunes library disapeared. It said they were moved to the new ibooks for mac app. but nothing is there. Can anyone help

After upgrading to Mavericks all my pdf's that were on Ibooks in Itunes library disapeared. It said they were moved to the new ibooks for mac app. but nothing is there. Can anyone help

Well where is your library located now if not in the iTunes folder? See the links below on what your iTunes folder should look like and put it back together:
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
Where are my iTunes files located? - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1391
iTunes 9 [and later]: Understanding iTunes Media Organization - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3847

How do I move and store my purchased items from itunes from my pc to icloud?

I'm trying to watch a rented movie on my pc through itunes, but itunes won't let me download anymore because my pc lacks memory. So I'm trying to free up some ram on my pc, by storing all of my purchased items from itunes on my pc and moving it to my icloud account. Will that solve the problem? And how do I do that exactly?

Hi DKX31,
To set up iCloud on your PC, you will want to follow the instructions in this article -
Apple - iCloud - Learn how to set up iCloud on all your devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html
If you want to keep your purchased content in the iCloud, you will want to enable iTunes match
iTunes Store: Subscribing to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4914
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

I am a resident of Canada. I cannot purchase any items from ITunes Store because I cannot update my billing address correctly. It is always default to US address. Why?

I am a resident of Canada. I cannot purchase any items from ITunes Store because I cannot update my billing address correctly. It is always default to US address. Why?

iTunes Store: Changing Account Information
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1918
iTunes Store: Associating a device or computer to your Apple ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627
Apple ID Support - Manage Account
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/manage/
Switching an iTunes Store account to a different country
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/switching-an-itunes-store-acc ount-to-a-different-country/
 Cheers, Tom

I've had a fault with the hard drive on my laptop, it's been replaced and now my iphone and ipod can not sync unpurchased items with itunes. Is there anyway of sorting this without uploading all of my CD's again?

I've had a fault with the hard drive on my laptop, it's been replaced and now my iphone and ipod can not sync unpurchased items with itunes. Is there anyway of sorting this without uploading all of my CD's again?

If your CDs are on your iPod/iPhone, they can be recovered from there,see this post:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/11857427#11857427
Your problem shows the importance of making backups.

Can you delete an item from itunes and get your money back???

hi!!! can u please tell me if you can delete an item from itunes and get your money back???
Thanks XD

You can certainly delete it, but you won't get your money back.
Stedman

Error 3131 when trying to view purchased items in iTunes store

Is anyone else seeing a 3131 error when attempting to view purchased items in iTunes store?

Solved. Go to the App Store and grab a free app. This forces you to sign in again. Then go to the downloads section of the iTunes Store and you will have access to previously purchased songs etc...

How to transfer purchased item from itunes to an ipod

how to transfer purchased item from itunes to an ipod? Spent about an hour and cannot figure out how to do that The best result this far was smth. like this to Sync a book means that all your music, songs, TV show and movies will be erased. What a strange Apple logic!

That message indicate that you are trying to sync with other than the one syncing computer/iTunes library that yo can have. You have to two choices:
- Make this computer your syncing computer by:
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
- The manual method of syncng specified here:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
or
iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
The manaul method on works for music and videos on other than your one syncing computer.

When I go to purchase an item from iTunes the wrong security questions show up so I cannot correctly answer them. What can I do to fix this?

When I go to purchase an item from iTunes the wrong security questions show up and I cannot answer them accurately. Also it is now locked. How can I unlock my ID and get the correct security questions?

1) Apple ID: All about Apple ID security questions
If necessary
2) See Here... ask to speak with the Account Security Team...
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
3) Or Email Here > Apple Support iTunes Store Contact

Whenever i try to sync iphone5(version8.0.2) with itunes 12 on macbookpro.it appears cannot sync the purchased items on itune store. authorize your computer.i authorized it many times. but same response comes again to authorize.

whenever i try to sync iphone5(version8.0.2) with itunes 12 on macbookpro.it appears cannot sync the purchased items on itune store. authorize your computer.i authorized it many times. but same response comes again to authorize.

If you are sure that you are authorizing the correct account/ID then:
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Buying and item from iTunes, What action do you take in between having chossen an item to purchase and then being able to click on the word BUY. I have clicked on the price as it satates in the tutorial and I get a list of actions such as gift this item

This question is for anyone who has purchased an item from iTunes.
What action or actions do you take inbetween having selected the item to be purchased and having the word BUY appear on your screen for you to clic on it?
I have been told to clic on the price. When I do that this list appears; gift this, add to wish list, tell a friend, copy link, share on Facebook & share on Twitter.
Should I clic on one of thses or press enter after having clicked on one of these?
What action do you take inbetween having chossen an item to purchase and being able to see the word BUY?

Thank you for the answer. Apple support has been working on this question for several days.
I don't think they see any difference between the two tabs as I didn't think there was any seperation and the arrow was the place to clic on the price.
What would it take to get your statment added to the iTune tutorial?
For that matter what would it take to get actual tutorials listed under the heading Tutorials listed at the bottom of most iTunes screens. If you clic on the heading Tutorials at the bottom of iTunes pages it lists ads not tutorials.
Thanks again for your help.

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I have duplicate items in itunes library that were transferred over from external harddrive. Is there a formula that I could use to delete them?

I have that add-on installed and have none of your issues. What Thunderbird version?

Help with Purcased items on iTunes

I'm purcasing a new computer, is it possible to have all my purcased items from iTunes to be put on my new computer.

Yes CopyPod does transfer videos as well as music.
However, the other program mentioned (Senuti) is for Macs only.
But you may not need a 3rd party program at all.
If it's purchases from the iTunes store you are referring to, then if you are using iTunes version 7 or later, you can transfer purchased iTunes store music from the iPod to an authorized computer by using the "file/transfer purchases from iPod" menu. Note that the maximum of 5 authorized computers applies here.

Items in itunes randomly disapearing

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