Purchased option not in navigation

Question

I was just given an old ipod touch 2nd generation.   I restored the ipod and I am trying to download all my purchases from (music and apps) from the apple store from my ID.  The ipod touch does not have the "Purchased" option in the navigation bar in the Apple Store or Itunes.  I am signed in on the ipod with my ID.  Why can't I find my purchases?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Michael,
I've had the same problem several times. Although I haven't found an automatic way to place all my purchased music in the "Purchased" folder I do have a simple workaround.
First of all, check your iTunes Preferences, Advanced tab, Importing menu. Note the Import Using dialog. It probably says "AAC Encoder." This is Apples proprietary/protected format. Unless you changed this selection all of your purchased music is of this kind. Close out the iTunes preferences window.
Next, in iTunes select music under library. Now, from the the View dropdown menu choose View Options. In the View Options window select Kind. To exit the View Options Window click OK. Note the Kind column is now revealed in your main iTunes window.
In the main iTunes window find the search box and type "protected." You should see all your Protected AAC audio files in the iTunes list.
Scroll the list to review the selections. Click, not double-click, one of the selections. Now select all (Command-A) to select all songs in the list. Now drag and drop the list to your purchased music folder.
All your purchased music should now be in your Purchased music folder.
Hope this helps.