Music lost on Itunes.

ok... what happened was thati went over to my friends house and he had a switch users thing on his Dell comp. cuz he has a big family. So when i tried it on my Gateway I lost ALL of my music. I have all the songs on my ipod but all of them are gone on my ipod and i need to know how to get them back... i went to check purchases in itunes. but it said that i had all of them for my account..... plz help.. thnx for everyone who took time out of their schedule to help me:)

This is what the iTunes Music Store - Terms of Service say:
"Once a Product is purchased and you receive the Product, it is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage the Product, and Apple shall be without liability to you in the event of any loss, destruction, or damage."
So you should have made a backup of your purchases.
Some users reported however that they were granted a re-download.
Go to this page, fill in the form and explain what happened.
Be polite and be patient.
If you're in luck, you're granted a re-download.
The iTMS has no obligation to do so however.
Hope this helps.
M
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Purchased Music lost in iTunes

Hi,
I imported my backed up music from an external HD as am upgrading to a new iMac. All the music has transferred successfully but the purchased seems to have dissapeared into iTunes and doesn't appear in a folder. When I search for it in iTunes it is there and plays no problem but I can't find it to organise it.
Where will it be? In the USERS>Music>iTunesMusic folder they appear in folders on their own. These don't come up on in the iTunes list.

There are various ways to move music, and some work more smoothly than others.
If the song plays in your iTunes library but you can't find it in a folder, right-click the library entry and choose "Show in Finder." This takes you straight to the folder location.
If you can find the file in a folder, but it is not in the library, add it to the library by dragging it into the open iTunes Music pane.
If you can't find it anywhere, it may not have successfully made the move. Go get it from the EHD or wherever it is.
If the only place it exists is on your iPod, you can move it back to iTunes via the command File > Transfer purchases from iPod.
Message was edited by: ed2345

I lost my itunes after syncing and older iphone to my powermac g4. Originally I had an older ipod nano that I would sync to the g4 and everything was fine. Lost itunes music even though preferences had been set in advance for not automatically syncing.

My itunes library had been fine. I had been using an older ipod nano to sync with my itunes library and had been doing manual syncs, with the preferences in itunes set for not allowing "ipods or iphones" to sync automatically. I found out that apple had a program to replace the battery on this older ipod nano, so I sent it in. It was great, they didn't have an exact replacement and sent me a later ipod nano. However, this ipod nano is so new - I will have to get a newer computer with a later operating system to use it.
So, I thought I'd use my old iphone to listen to my old playlists. I thought the preferences were set for not automatically syncing iphone to itunes.
I've had problems in the past with the syncs with this iphone and my computer because of the USB port (1.1). I'm thinking this was the problem.
The apple store did something to update the software on my iphone when it wasn't working one day. I think that when I tried to sync the iphone to the g4 cube via the old port (1.1) it basically wiped out everything on my itunes. Whatever was my selected playlist for my iphone - that was the only music
that remained on my computer and the iphone. I only had about 20 songs purchased on my library, but alot of music that had been downloaded, I gave away those original cds. I did have a back up on my external drive, but that thing died a few weeks ago from some random power outtages we had this fall.
I'm not looking to purchase retrieval software or have some outside third party to retrieve it for me. It's not that much music lost. I just wanted confirmation that this is what happened: that my old iphone sync is what erased the music.

The old iTunes library was lost with the old PC. However, it all that music and content is still on your iPod there are many ways you can extract this content from the iPod and import it back into iTunes.
Your iPod is designed to sync with only one iTunes library at a time. It will recognize the iTunes library on the new PC as a new library. If you sync the iPod with this new library, all content will be erased from the iPod and replaced with what is in the new library. So what you will want to do is copy everything from the iPod to your new iTunes library on your PC first.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock

I lost my iTunes library on my pc when the hard drive crashed. None of the data on the drive was recoverable and I did not have a backup. How can I get the music that resides on my ipod nano (4th generation back onto the new hard drive on my pc.

I lost my iTunes library on my pc when the hard drive crashed. None of the data on the drive was recoverable and I did not have a backup either locally or on the cloud. Much of the music is from old vinyl and podcasts which are no longer available.
How can I get the music that resides on my ipod nano (4th generation) back onto the new hard drive on my pc.
I have been reluctant to install iTunes on the new hard drive out of fear that I will lose all the contents on the ipod if I try to synch to the new hard drive.
Help!

No backup is a huge mistake.
You can redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store ... - Apple - Support

I have just updated my phone in icloud and I have lost all my data including my large music collection from itunes. How can I recover my music and phone list?

I have just updated my phone in icloud and I have lost all my data including my large music collection from itunes. How can I recover my music and phone list?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
You can re-download content purchased from the iTunes store (availability varies depending on location) using the purchased option which is revealed in the iTunes app on your iOS device by tapping the more button at the bottom of the screen.

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By any chance, did you have the Find My iPhone app installed prior to it being stolen?
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It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer.
Have you failed to do this?
If so, not good, you can transfer itunes purchases from the iphone to your computer. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
You can also redownload some itunes purchases in some countries:
Download past purchases - Apple Support

HT1296 I have an ipod and an Iphone 5. My computer crashed and I lost my itunes on my computer. Is there a way to link my devices to my computer to put my music back on my laptop.

I have an ipod and an Iphone 5. My computer crashed and I lost my itunes on my computer. Is there a way to link my devices to my computer to put my music back on my laptop.

If your music is all purchased from iTunes, you can log back in with the same Apple ID, authorize the computer and get your past purchases back. If not, then see this document put together by another user. https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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how to get back music lost while syncing to itunes?

If the music you lost during the sync process is no longer on the iPod, in your iTunes library, or in a backup elsewhere, I'm afraid you are out of luck.
You may be able to redownload any lost purchases via iCloud (pending you live in a country where iCloud has gone live).
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B-rock

Have no music in my itunes all lost?

Hi please can you help me have just turned on my itunes to load a cd and ahve found no music in my itunes at all every thing lost why??

For what silly reason would someone expect media to magically appear simply because they signed into iTunes?
Media is only where the user puts it.
Either copy the media from the old computer (or it's backup) to the new computer or download past purchases from iTunes.
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i lost my itunes dat my system is updated.now wen i conncted iphone to my pc i did backup from "on this phone"tab i lost music wen i syncd how can i get my music back.ive nt dne back up to ny othr extrnl devices.

Rebooting computers does not cause files to disappear.
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