PURCHASED MUSIC PLAYLIST

I created a new user account in MAC OS X...how do I create the list of purchased music...the green one under the music store button!!

If your playlist is missing, follow the directions in message 2 of this topic:
Kate W., ""Bought titles" list is gone" #4, 03:06am Sep 21, 2005 CDT
Hope this helps.
M

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I've used your technique to create an MP3 playlist.
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Hi, I had the EXACT same thing happen to me.
Upgrade to 7.4.3.1 - Lost Purchased Music, Playlists and Library.
I let iTunes update last Sunday 10/14/07 and today I opened it up and Vista started rebuilding the library, then crashed and said it did not have a solution to this problem and shut iTunes down.
It created a, iTunes Library (Damaged).itl file.
I tried the help file that said to drag the C:\Users\ME\Music\iTunes Music folder onto my Library folder but it crashed after transferring 20 songs or so.
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My purchased music playlist doesn't seem to show up. Can I recover it? The music files are there just not the playlist. Do I need to create a new one? I don't remember creating that playlist in the first place.

Well, it'll be re-created next time you buy something from iTunes. iTunes always has a free download, so you can use that.
Then, in the library, sort by Kind. Drag all Protected AAC Files into the playlsit.

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Under the "Store" section in iTunes, I accidently deleted the "Purchased Music" playlist that contains a playlist of all purchased music on that computer. Note that I did NOT delete the music, just the playlist.
For example under "Store" instead of showing:
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But mine just shows:
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I looked under all the settings and preferences I could find to try to turn it back on. I also tried searching and just found a bunch of threads where people had deleted their purchased music, not this playlist.
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theuglyduckling wrote:
i did as described (created a smart playlist with purchased and protected AACs), and it has successfully identified my purchased files, but when i try to drag them to the green purchased playlkist under "store" they do not transfer. it is as if the "purchased" playlist is protected from any additions that do not come from the itunes store, although all of these songs were purchased on the itunes store. any suggestions?
Try dragging the actual songs from your Library into the Purchased playlist, and not the songs that appear from the Smart Playlist; use the Smart Playlist to identify the purchased entries and try again this way.
Although I'm not totally sure why it isn't adding to your Purchased list. I just added the same purchased song to my Purchased playlist twice, through both methods described. (from Smart Playlist and from my Library)
Strange...
Steve

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I accidentally deleted the "Purchased" playlist which is a default list under Music Store. The songs are there...just the (green) playlist is gone. How do I get it back?

I copied this hint from a post of an Apple employee a while ago.
It said:
Could you try turning on the Shopping Cart for me?
1. Open iTunes.
2. From the iTunes menu, select Preferences.
3. In the Preferences window, select the green Store icon.
4. In the Store pane, click the radio button labeled Buy Using a Shopping Cart.
Let me know if this makes the Purchased Music playlist reappear.
If this doesn't do the trick, the playlist should re-appear on your next purchase.
Or, in the meantime, make a Smart Playlist with the rule:
Kind - contains - protected
This will put all your purchases in that playlist.
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M
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This is simply a smart playlist that can be re-built using the following rule, "kind contains protected AAC" If you have any of the new iTunes Plus files, you will also have to include "kind contains purchased AAC", making sure that the first line says "match any of the following rules". On your next purchase, iTunes will recreate the purchased list, then you can just drag your smart playlist into the new purchased list & all of your purchases will be back in one place. Hope this helps.

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http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/9725/itunes1bq.png

You should be able to just click or double click the playlist and wait a second. After waiting a second, the cursor should appear in there so you can type in "Purchased Music" or any other name you'd like...
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It seems that my Purchased playlist from the Store menu is gone. How do I get it back?

It will re-appear on your next purchase.
In the meantime, you can create a new Smart Playlist and set as rule:
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This playlist then will contain all your purchases and always will be up-to-date.
After your 'Purchased' playlist appears again, you can add your previous purchased music to it.
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being new to re-formatting, turns out i only did my C drive where my itunes libray is not (not needing to do my F drive)but i do think i had a part of itunes there because wiping out C drive; going back to my itunes everything was gone.
i wasn't worried, i just did "add folder to libray" from F drive.....and there it was, all my tunes were back BUT no playlists. that's ok but why aren't my purchased tracks showing up ? they are there but no organized in the green playlist.
how can i get them back in there so i know what i bought ?
thank u for any help.
Dave.

The next time you purchase anything, iTunes will re-create that playlist. In the meantime, you can simply re-build it by using a smart playlist with the following: "Kind contains protected AAC". Once you make your next purchase & the purchased playlist is re-built, you can simply drag/drop your smart playlist into the purchased, combining the 2. Once you're sure everything is back in the purchased list, you can delete your smart playlist. Hope this helps.

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ITunes on my Mac used to first create and then maintain automatically a separate playlist in my Music Library that kept track of all purchased music over time. It was very handy to have this feature.
I've just noticed that for some reason, perhaps on account of a recent software update (??), that playlist has simply disappeared without my deleting it. The purchased music seems to be still all there in the main library window all right, but it was convenient to have ITunes automatically keep track of ALL purchased music in one handy playlist.
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That's not going to work if you start buying iTunes Plus music. Look for something else you can use, too. Like "protected AAC file" and "iTunes Plus AAC" file -- hopefully in the file kind Apple has left a label that indicates it's not just an "AAC" file, but an "iTunes Plus AAC" file.
As a last resort, iTunes Plus music is encoded at 256kbps bit-rate, so you could set up your "Purchases" smart playlist to include 256kbps AAC files to cover iTunes Plus. Of course that won't work if you encode any of your own CDs at that rate.
If you delete iTunes and re-install, you'll lose all your playlists. If you back up your Music folder -- of course, but I mean the iTunes prefs and playlists, too -- and restore it, then you'll get all your playlists back, but again losing the Purchased music playlist.
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