Seeing purchased music on another computer

I purchased music on my home computer and I want to be able to see it on my work computer. Is this possible? Sharing doesn't work, because it is two different networks. I was thinking that since both computers are authorized I would be able to see my purchased music list, but that's not so.

Tom,
Burn your purchased files to an iTunes "Data CD" (Preferences -> Advanced -> Burning) and take the files to work. Copy them onto your PC and then into iTunes. When you start playback on one of them, it should ask for your iTunes account password to complete the authorization process on that computer. At that point, all songs bought under that account and copied onto that computer will then playback.
You cannot redownload the tracks directly from Apple, you have to get them to the other computers on your own.

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I purchased a song on itunes, using my login, on my work computer. I would like to move it to my home computer. Is the only way to burn it and import it into my itunes? Is there a way to let my itunes do that automatically?

iTunes: How to copy music between authorized computers
And if you happen to also own an iPod:
How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
Forum Tip: Since you're new here, you've probably not discovered the Search feature available on every Discussions page, but next time, it might save you time (and everyone else from having to answer the same question multiple times) if you search a couple of ways for a topic, both in the relevant forums, in the User Tips Library and in the Apple Knowledge Base before you post a question.
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Just as it says: How can I download music again that I have already bought and downloaded once on another computer?
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I'm posting this here because Apple tech support has apparently given up trying to help me.
My wife and I recently split up. Over the years, we've purchased a decent amount of music through the iTunes store. We also shared an iTunes account. Maybe you can see where I'm going with this...
Along with all our other belongings, we're trying to split up our music. I'd like to "give her" her music so that it will work on her computer. And no, I don't want to authorize her computer for my account. I dont want to keep a copy of her music. I just want to give her what's hers.
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I've emailed tech support and received basic (and irrelevant) copied-and-pasted instructions on how to transfer music to another computer. When I pressed a little further for a solution that would work for me, I received this response:
"We are working quickly as possible to handle each request in a timely matter due to a increase in requests. We will contact you as soon as we find the correct solution for you."
That was 6 weeks ago.
When I sent a follow-up email 2 weeks ago, I got the same copied-and-pasted response about transferring music to another computer.
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Can't be done.
When you purchase a song, the account info it was purchased with is embedded in the song file by Apple when you compete the purchase and download it.
(And no, I'd rather not burn each track to a CD and let her re-import it.)
Sadly, this is the only way you will accomplish it.
Since you don't want to authorize her computer (I wouldn't) with your account, the easiest way to give her "her" songs would be to burn them onto an audio CD and delete them from your computer.
After you burn a CD, leave it in, select it in iTunes and go to menu Advanced -> Submit CD track names.
Then when she inserts the CD into her computer, iTunes will read the track info from the Gracenote database and correctly tag her songs.

HT203167 I have music on another computer that no longer works and did not back it up. Can Apple somehow retrieve it for me?

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Or are you wanting to extract content from the iPod into this new/different iTunes library? If so, see this excellent user tip from another forum member turingtest2 on different ways to extact the media on your iPod and back into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5085
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