My computer was stolen, I had all my music library there. I had it sync with my iPhones. How do I get my song form one of my phones to my computer without loosing them? I have songs not only purchased on iTunes, but also from CD's I've got rid of already
My computer (Dell, Windows system) was stolen and therefore I lost all my iTunes library (music). I still have my songs on my iPhones, but I'm scare of conecting them with my new computer (MacBook Air) I bought as all my information including my songs can get deleted! Is there a way to avoid this?
Hello DrPerry07,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
Downloading past purchases from the iTunes Store, App Store, and iBooks Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Using iTunes 11 or later
Open iTunes. (You can download the latest version of iTunes.)
If you're not already signed in, choose Store > Sign In and type your Apple ID and password.
If you're in the iTunes Store, click the Library button, in the upper-right corner, to go to your library.
Make sure that you have "Show iTunes in the Cloud Purchases" enabled in your iTunes preferences by going to iTunes > Preferences in the Store tab and clicking OK.
In your iTunes library, click the content type you wish to download using the content selector in the upper-left. Choose Music to download music, Movies to download movies, and so on.
Locate the item or title you wish to download.
Click the download icon to download that item.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
To transfer iTunes Store purchases from your device to a computer, follow these steps:
Connect your device to the computer. If it is synced with another iTunes library, the following dialog may appear:
Click the Transfer Purchases button.
Have a nice day,
Mario
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