ITunes deletes content when synchronizing
I had all my iTunes Music and films both on my iBook and iPhone - when suddenly, during synchronizing, most of my content was deleted from my iPhone and I was told that this is "because you are not allowed to play these tracks on that computer" (not verbatim)
What is that supposed to mean? After updating the iPhone regularly for months now - suddenly I am not allowed to use this computer?
(Shortly before, I was advised that my iBook hard drive is full and that I should get rid of some stuff - which I did: only photos, though)
Thanks a lot, Niel,
with your advice I got the deleted content back on my iPhone. Still don't understand, though, how it got deleted in the first place. My iPhone was obviously registered before, I regularly bought iTunes music with the phone. How can I rule out such surprises in the future?
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Hi rosehooker,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Make sure you are following these steps to delete the music from both your iPad and computer:
On the iPad:
Before you delete, find out if you'll be able to download the song you deleted again (it depends on where you live). To delete a song:
Tap the Music app.
Tap the Songs category.
Swipe left to right over the song you want to delete.
Tap Delete.
On your computer:
Before you delete, find out if you'll be able to download the song you deleted again (it depends on where you live). To delete a song:
Launch iTunes.
From the Library pop-up menu, choose Music.
Click Songs in the navigation bar.
Click the song you want to delete.
Press the Delete key on your keyboard.
In iTunes 11, the album cover art will remain visible, but a cloud icon will appear on it to allow you to download the item again (in countries that support this).
Note: If you didn't purchase a song from the iTunes Store, you won't be able to download it again for free from iTunes in the Cloud. You might want to back it up somewhere on your computer.
You can find the steps above in this article:
How to delete content you've downloaded from the iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks Store, or Mac App Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5772
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This is a user to user support forum. Apple don't monitor for feedback or to give direct support.
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I cannot find the way to add and delete content on my devices from the new iTunes. I don't understand why they changed the way it worked without any tutorials or hints at how to use the new iTunes app. I can see my device, I can see that music is on there, but I cannot unselect songs or content to get rid of it. Also, my apps do not show up on the apps list, I can see the screens with the apps on them and can delete them from that but the list is not working. I am using Yosemite and iTunes 12.01
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For the Apps tab, the listbox of apps on my Mac's iTunes doesn't always populate until I've scrolled up/down the window. If yours doesn't populate then you have your apps downloaded and stored in your Mac's iTunes library - the listbox shows what you have in your computer iTunes library, if your library is empty then the listbox will remain empty. -
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1933
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Find the email receipt for your purchase.
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Click Report a Problem next to the item you are having an issue with.
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Cheers,The iPad LED Backlit IPS Screen is not phosphor-based, so there is no permanent phosphor burn-in problem. You might see some image persistence, but that is not permanent and can be corrected. See this support article about image persistence: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2807
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