Just lost 650 songs....
Hello everyone,
I could really use someone's help this am...I am sitting here in a bit of a panic as I just lost over 650 songs when I just installed the software onto my new computer for my new iPod. I had the ipod mini previously and just got the one with video which i love and i had just updated it with all of my other songs on my sister's computer and then I went to install the software and download some more songs and i lost everything. I did the steps to try to retrieve the songs, but since it is a new computer, i realized i didn't get a chance to save the songs. So, now with that said, the 6-8 songs i just purchased before i lost everything now won't seem to transfer over to the new ipod for some reason. I do know that at the beginning it did mention that since my ipod was not allowed access to them, which i don't understand since i just paid for them....does this make any sense???? Because it sure doesn't to me and i'm getting a tad frustrated....i want to have the new music transfer over and nothing will seem to work, what do I need to do?
Also, will i be able to get the music back from my sister's computer if i sign in there? is there something i have to do???? i'm sorry for all of the questions, but this has never happened to me before and i really want to fix this......
Thanks for anyone who can help...
Allie
Restore them from yourbackup as you will probably not be able to get them off the iPod.
You can try 3rd party apps like Senuti or yamipod.
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