Music on new PC is missing in iTunes - saying unable to locate
After downloading iTunes to new PC, (the old one is now broken). In my new PC, in Itunes, some music in hte library has an ! next to it and when you try to play it a message says "some music can not be located".
Most of this music was originally purchased from iTunes. I have looked in the apple support but can not see a solution. THis music which is missing is on my old iPod, is there a way to upload it from there back into my PC, in order that the new devices (on which the music wont download) can be updated?
Please reply in a non-tecnical way, as some of the solutions are a bit over my head.
Thanks
Authorize the new computer.
From the iTunes menu bar click Store > Authorize this Computer
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