Purchased Music

I recently bought a new 5th gen, and the purchased music i have in my itunes library wont play.
What should i do to fix this?

I recently bought a new 5th gen, and the purchased
music i have in my itunes library wont play.
What should i do to fix this?
I'm having the same problem, as with many others it seems. I think the best thing to do for now is just STOP PURCHASING music thru the Music Store. Maybe Apple will respond if we just stop buying the music till they get this problem fixed. I've got well over $1000 in purchased music that I can't play on the iPod. I'm sure there are others with more...money talks !

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We have 4 iphones in our family and an Ipad. When we purchase music I would like for the entire family to be able to use it. Should each of us use a different apple account or should we use the same one.

We have 4 iphones and an Ipad in our family. When we purchase music, I would like for the entire family to be able to use it and then back it up to Icloud. What is the best and cheapest way for this to happen. Should we all have a different apple id or should we use the same one.

You will all need to be on the same itunes account ID.
You can however all have seperate icloud accounts aswel.

"Error downloading purchased music. Disk could not be read or written to.

I just purchased an album. It downloaded 23 of the 25 tracks until it gave me this error: "There was an error downloading your purchased music. The disk could not be read from or written to."
I double checked my hard drive space and found I had about 1 gig left, which is a small percentage of my harddrive, but plenty of space for a few songs. But, just to be sure, I deleted an old iMovie project to free up another 20 gigs. I restart the iMac and ran iTunes.
iTunes told me, "The file 'iTunes Library' does not appear to be a valid music library file. iTunes has attempted to recover your music library and renamed this file to 'iTunes library (Damaged).'" I pressed Ok to this message and the next, which asked if I wanted to download the rest of my purchased music. I held out hope that the songs would download -- that the iTunes and wonderously repaired itself.
Nope. It seems to actually download the songs, but fails to actually write them to disk. I check my permissions for the iTunes Library folder and I have read & write access. Furthermore, I ran Repair Permissions from Disk Utility. Still, no dice.
So, I thought I'd purchase a second album, just to see if it was the two songs (maybe corrupted). Now, I can't get any songs out of the new album in addition to the original two misfit songs. It seems that whatever happened has no prevented me from downloading and saving anything from the Music Store.
I am beginning to fear a hard drive failure, though everything else seems not to care (including iMovie 6). Does anyone have any other tips to offer? I'll give anything a try at this point. If worse comes to worse, I'll travel to my local Apple Store Genius Bar and see what they can do.
Thanks in advance.

Answered my own question. After I thought I had tried everything, it occurred to me to Verify Disk. Doing so revealed a minor bitmap error. So, using my trusty install disk, I booted my machine to the disk and repaired it.
After the repair, I started iTunes and was able to download my songs. Unfortunately, my original library file was permanently damaged, so I had to start with a clean one. However, if the worst thing to happen to me in all this is that I have to redefine my playlists, then I'm better off.
I hope this thread helps someone in the future.

IPod no longer plays my purchase music???

Hi everyone,
I've recently moved my music collection to a different computer and everything seems fine except purchased songs etc won't play on my iPod. They transfer over fine but when it goes to play anything purchased it skips to the next track. I've tried all that the apple site recommends however it's final option is no good to me, it said to restore my collection from a recent backup when that is exactly what got me into this mess.
I don't know what to do next, updating and restoring my ipod seems to do nothing.
Any ideas anyone?
Alienware Windows XP wish it were a Mac...

Just as a matter of interest, do you let the iPod go into "deep sleep" (where you don't use it for more than 36 hours)? There seems to be some indication that this causes purchased music not to play.
There's one other thing.
Enable the iPod for disk use. See How to enable disk use.
Go to "my computer" and from the tools menu/folder options/view tab, enable "show hidden files and folders" in the advanced settings pane. Open the iPod in "my computer". Look for a file called "iEKinfo". Is it there? If so, make a copy of this file and save it somewhere easy to find (the desktop for instance). Do this also with the "iTunes DB" file. Don't worry if you can't see these files.
Create a new administrator account. Log out of the current account and log in to the new one. Then restore the iPod to factory settings.
Open iTunes, connect the iPod and set the transfer preferences to manual transfer. Then download the free single of the week from the iTunes Music Store. Verify that song plays in iTunes.
Now, drag this song only to the iPod, and eject the iPod from iTunes and disconnect it from the computer.
Does the song play on the iPod ok? If so, log out of the new user account and log back in to your normal one (the one you have issues with) and reconnect the iPod to the computer. Keep manual transfer selected for the moment. Drag some of the older purchased music (the ones that wouldn't play before) to the iPod.
Eject the iPod and disconnect it. Do those songs now play ok?
If not, first try this step.
Delete the SC Info.sidb file. Open iTunes again.
Now transfer some of the affected music to the iPod again. Does it play ok?
If not, do this.
Recreate your iTunes library.
Now, would you please send some info about this issue to [email protected]
Include the following info.
Did any of the steps resolve your issue, if so which one?
Which model iPod are you using?
What computer OS are you using?
Was the iEKinfo file present on the iPod at the start of troubleshooting?
If not, was it there after any of the above steps, if so, which one?
Include your account name (not your password) you use for the iTunes Music Store.

I recently purchased Music Match, but all my non itunes music is on my ipad. When i turn on music match in the settings screen on my ipad i get a message that says all my music will be erased. How do I get music match to match what is there?

I have all my music on my ipad and icloud. I don't have itunes installed on a PC or MAC. I recently purchased Music Match, but all my non itunes music is on my ipad. When i turn on music match in the settings screen on my ipad i get a message that says all my music will be erased. How do I get music match to match what is there rather than erase it?

Killerfinch wrote:
My new yahoo account nestles comfortably in iCloud on the mine iPad.
No, your Yahoo account is not in iCloud (which only handles iCloud mail), it is in Yahoo, and the Yahoo mail account is on your iPad.
But the MacBook Pro will have none of it! I write this question now as I fear that I will be totally demented very soon and unable to formulate my thoughts clearly!
Get the correct settings for your account from Yahoo and set it up manually.
By the way, I also find the "password" issue problematical. It seems Apple want my Apple password rather than my eMail password. All very confusing.
That would depend on what you are trying to do.

ITunes Purchased Music Won't Play

OK, I must be doing something wrong. I sync my iPhone and it gets all the music I had selected. But I've discovered a number of songs that won't play...and these just happen to be iTunes purchased music! My regular mp3's will play.
Now I know the purchased songs work because they play on my Nano and Shuffle2. The purchased songs also play in iTunes.
Any ideas?
And a second question...I've downloaded a few TV shows which play fine in iTunes but do not play on the iPhone. Is there a "trick" to playing my purchased music and video on the iPhone?
Thanks,
Mike

Hi!
I discovered that my purchase music and videos stopped playing when I went into a Tully's coffee shop and attempted to access their Wi-fi network. I don't know if this was the cause of me losing access to my purchase music, but this is when the problems started. When I got home today I unloaded all the music playlists off of my iphone using itunes, and then I added them back in and re-synced. This seem to do the trick. I can now listen to all of my purchased music and watch my purchased videos. Give it a try. I hope that we don't have to do this sort of thing all the time.

Updated to 2.0, now my purchased music won't play

I can't seem to do a search since the search function for some reason has gone from the forums.
I'd like to know if anyone has been able to get their purchased music to play. It will play fine on the computer but not on the iPod Touch. Information is greyed out and the songs are unresponsive to the iPod controls.
Anyone else have this happen?
Griff

Actually I got it solved by re-synching my iPod Touch in iTunes. The second time, my authorization seems to have stuck and my purchased music now plays.
Griff

Purchased Music Not Playing on iPod but on iTunes

Before I start, I have had this problem before (6 months ago) and it resolved itself through some unknown fix (with the help of a Apple Genius Bar who had no idea what worked). The purchased songs - mine and others who use my computer - play fine in iTunes, and play from the iPod on a PowerBook, and plays purchased music loaded from a PowerBook - but will NOT play purchased songs when sync'd to my Windows laptop (I know. . .). I have restored, deauthorized, reauthorized, restored on PowerBook and then again on Window laptop. . . Still NO music. As it does for everyone else, it plays burned music. . . I am stumped. I am open to anything short of incantations. It does seem to have started soon after iTunes 7 was loaded. . .

I gave up with the glitch and got another iPod. . .

ITunes Purchased Music/Videos Not Playing On iPod

Hi All..
Long time reader, first time 'post-er'..
I have a problem that is starting to annoy me.. All my purchased music and videos from iTunes will play in iTunes and transfer to the ipod, but when I go into play these from the iPod.. It starts to play (on videos the black screen comes up) then just jumps back to the menu.
My videos that I have converted from DVD are perfect, and songs I have imported are also perfect.. Its just everything from iTunes wont play on my iPod.. But I obviously cant convert my iTunes videos because they are protected.. To get my purchased music on my iPod I need to burn and import.. Annoying isnt it?!
Anyone have any ideas??? Would be very much appreciated!!
T
iPod 60g 5gen White Windows XP

lifetimesmiles,
You truly are a champion!! Thank you SO much.. Even Apple couldnt tell me what was happening.. You have just made my day!!
Thanks Again!!
T

I have purchased music on my ipod touch but it doesnt show in my itunes library on my computer.... please help

I have purchased music on my ipod touch but it doesnt show in my itunes library on my computer.... please help

azmama3 wrote:
I have purchased music on my ipod touch but it doesnt show in my itunes library on my computer.... please help
With your iPod connected to your computer and iTunes running, select your iPod form the left pane, click the File menu in top bar, from there select "transfer purchases from iPod"
Stedman

Unable to play purchased music on my iPod through my PC at work

I purchased music using my PC at home. While at work, I prefer to connect my iPod to my PC and play through the PC. However, I just noticed that my PC wants me to purchase or reauthorize the music I have already purchased at home to play on my iPod through my PC. I don't want to do this as I will use up one of my transfers. I think this might be a bug. Any ideas?

But they're still playing "through" iTunes... and iTunes needs to be able to read the protected tracks. It won't be able to do that unless it's authorized to do so.
Why not just authorize it? It's not that big a deal...

Purchased Music not going into that folder

Hi.....this may not be the correct place to post this.......anyway.....prior to iTunes 5, whenever I purchased songs from the Music store, all songs downloaded straight into the Purchased Music folder....now, with iTunes 5, they don't go into the Purchased Music folder, songs just end up in the library.....anyone experiencing this? I just like to keep all of the purchased music in that folder......I just drag them into the pm folder, but before iTunes 5 it was automatic and now it's not....also...the Purchased Music folder used to be green and placed just below the "Music Store"...now it is blue like a regular playlist and is placed alphabetically down with the "P's"......this all occurred after upgrading to iTunes 5.........thanks for any info on solving this.......

Dana:
As you can tell if you read through this forum, v5 is not without its little quirks.
To restore your Purchased Music playlist, go to iTunes preferences and select the Store pane. Then switch on the "Buy Using Shopping Cart".
Exit preferences and in the source menu, the Store icon has a little triangle next to it. Click on it, and there should now be two additional icons - "Shopping Cart" and "Purchased" (note the shortened name).
If there still isn't a purchased playlist, go to the iTMS and download a free track - the playlist will regenerate.
If you don't want to keep the shopping cart enabled, you can go back to preferences and turn it off. The Purchased playlist should now stay at the top of the source menu.
Lita

Purchased music will not play on iPod after iTunes 6.0.1 (3)

After upgrading to iTunes 6.0.1 (3) and then syncing my iPod Photo I can no longer play songs purchased in iTunes on my iPod (cds copied to iTunes play fine). The music (and album art) for the iTunes purchased shows up on the iPod, but the iPod just quickly cycles through any purchased music without playing it - this applies to all purchased music (recently purchased and stuff purchased 9 months ago when I got my iPod). The music plays fine using iTunes on my laptop. I have the latest firmware update on the iPod Photo (1.2).
Any thoughts/help are appreciated.

seems like Apple wants us to illegaly obtain the songs from now on. You know the story about starving musician, poor janitor at studio, well it is not important now.
I am done with being cool, now i want something that will actually work. lets see how long will it take for iTunes update to come accros, and will anyone in Apple say we are sorry guys, we screwed up. hmmm, maybe refund for all the songs you purchased would be fair, you know guys we sold you and told you it will work on your coputer, but look surprise they dont. no, not even crappy explanation, just new update.

Remote iPad App: can't access AppleTV, purchased music won't clear

I can't access AppleTV screen. My "purchased music" pops up on the iPad screen and I can't clear it to access the AppleTV menu using the Remote app.

Did you already restart/ reboot your Wi-Fi router?
Also execute "Forget this Network" on your iPad.
Once your router has restarted, try to connect again.
You can also find great advice in this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2780293?tstart=30

I just downloaded iTunes on my new PC and all the music that I have purchased through ITunes that was backed up on the cloud won't play. It is telling I must authorize this computer before it play pre purchased music. how do I authorize my computer.

I just downloaded iTunes on my new PC and all the music that I have purchased through ITunes that was backed up on the cloud won't play. It is telling me I must authorize this computer before it can play pre purchased music. how do I authorize my computer to play this music?
Thank you for any assistance.

Tigon's already got you covered here. But I'll chime in with some English localisation advice.
There's a couple of ways to get through to the authorisation controls in the 11.0.x versions.
The control is still in the Store menu, but first (if you're using iTunes versions 11.0.x) you might need to bring up the menu bar to see the Store menu.
If you're using 11.0.x, click on the wee boxy icon up in the top-left corner of your iTunes to see the "Show Menu Bar" control, as per the following screenshot:
Then you'll find the control in the Store menu:
Alternatively, if you don't want to bring up the menu bar, it's still possible to get into the authorise controls via nested menus accessible from the wee boxy icon. Here's a screenshot of where to find them:

I have recently purchased music from itunes, it is on my computer but will not sync onto my ipod???

i have recently purchased music from itunes, it shows up on my computer but will not sync to my ipod??????? It shows on my playlist on the computer but will not transfer to my ipod

Is the iPod signed into the account that purchased the music?

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