Listen to purchased music on new computer
I had a mac but something happened to it and wont start up. I also have a Dell that has iTunes but i never put the music on that one, w/ no iPod, is there anyway to listen to music that i have already purchased (on mac) on my new computer.
Windows XP
You can only download a purchase from the iTunes Store once, so you'd have to copy the music from backups or from directly your Mac. If it can't boot, then you'd have to pull the hard drive out of your Mac (presuming the drive still works), mount it in an external USB case, purchase one of the utilities that allow a Windows system to mount a Mac-formatted drive, and copy your music from the Mac's drive to the PC.
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