Missing purchased music

hi,
i purchased music directly unto my ipad last week, i checked over the weekend and its all gone. i ve been billed for it cos when i go to my itunes account the bill is displayed there. can anyone tell me what has happened? i never transfered it to my pc

If you connected your iPad to another computer and somehow synced it to a different account, your music would have been removed. You are in luck though since the iTunes store allows redownloading of music now. Open up the iTunes app and click on the "purchased" button. You should check to see that your iPad iOS and your install of iTunes are up to date. Movies and TV shows still do not allow redownloading so you will want to be more careful in the future with this sort of content. There is also a setting in iTunes and on all iOS devices now to download content purchased on other devices. If you turn this on for all your devices and iTunes, you will find your music already available when you switch between them.

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So maybe I should rephrase this question. I have a 4th gen. 64 g ipod touch, an iphone 4, an ipad mini. I used to be able to sync and back up to my old PC, but before i bought the ipad mini, it died. I was given a mac ibook, but the latest OS it will run is 10.5.8 - it's not an intel. None of the devices will show up on it.
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guardian34 writes in the URL below.....
http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46668
"Make a smart playlist where Kind is something like Protected AAC audio file.
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Hey MikefromIndy,
With iTunes in the Cloud, you must be signed in to see purchases that are not currently downloaded to your computer. The following article outlines how to show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
For a visual aid on downloading past purchases, refer to this video:
iTunes 10: iTunes in the Cloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI292
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curious that....
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Software:
iTunes 6.0.4 (3)
FireFox 1.5.0.3 (most recently updated)
OS 10.4.6
Hardware:
PowerMac G5 dual processor 2Ghz
recently added 2GB of RAM for total of 2.5GB
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I've set up family sharing for my family's devices, me acting as the family organizer.
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Hi lucidsnsz,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
I understand that there is an album purchased by a member of your Family Sharing group that you would like to download on your Mac. Please read over the attached information to ensure that sharing is set up correctly and for information on how to access Family Sharing purchases from iTunes.
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Mac with OS X Yosemite
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Richard, unfortunately there's nothing anyone can do.
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