Songs deleting when Transferring purchased songs from iPhone to computer!

When I transfer purchases from my iPhone to my laptop the process does not always seem to work. On a few occasions, it appears to have completed. But when I check iTunes on my computer the purchases are not there and try are also deleted from my iPhone! So I'm left with nothing. Does anyone know a way to restore purchased content to your iPhone?
Thanks for your help!

Update iTunes on your computer.
On the iPhone, open up the iTunes app. See Purchased at the bottom. Find your movies and you should be able to redownload for free.
On the computer, get into the iTunes Store, in the top right column, it says Purchasd. Again, you should be able to download them.

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I want higher resolution then afforded in the original download.
Then why are you converting iTunes purchases?
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Creating an AIFF will simply make the file 10 time as large with zero increase in quality.
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Songs deleting when Transferring purchased songs from iPhone to computer!

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