Syncing purchased content

Is there a mobile phone that allows you to use purchased content from the iTunes store as a ringtone?

ok, thanks. When I did a search for ringtones on iTunes I got 150 hits. Some of them were 10 second audio clips of a musical sound and an announcer voice that said "You have a phone call" or "You have a text message" or "You have an email". I was trying to figure out what you use them for and thought that there must be another cell phone that had that capability because there isn't a way for me to use them with my iPhone as far as I know.

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My computer crashed and once restored I could only sync purchased content. I dont want to lose my non-ITunes puchased content. What can I do?

My computer crashed and once restored I could only sync "purchased content". I dont want to lose over 500 songs. My ITunes file now only contained the "purchased content" items. My Ipod Touch still contains all the original music. HELP!! How can I download music from my IPod Touch and somehow get it into my computer (ITunes Lirbary)...... Can I down load my content to a computer that does not have ITunes installed?

See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different ways to copy content (including non-iTunes purchased content) from your iPod back to your PC.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
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B-rock

How do I get new iPod to sync purchased content on existing library?

I recently bought a new iPod to replace an old one that was dying. I want to sync my existing library including my purchased content onto the new iPod and won't be using my old one anymore. Is there a way to do this? I got a message telling me some songs couldn't be sync'd because they were not authorized?

You should be able to dock the new iPod to iTunes & iTunes should do the rest. Since you are getting a "not authorized" message, have you simply tried to reauthorize any of the problem songs? iTunes seems to sporadically loose authorizations on random purchases for folks with no real explanation. Reauthorization should straighten things out. I know for me, I lost authorization on about 100 purchases on an iTunes upgrade & all I did was reauthorize one of the problem songs & the problem was resolved. Hope this helps.

Sync purchased content between two computers

Is there an easy way to sync the purchased content between 2 computers. I have a MacBookPro that I travel with, and I buy music and videos to travel. Desktop has all of my music, how do I get the purchased content to show in the purchased tab of my desktops itunes.

Hey there!
You can sync your items from one computer to the other by going to System Preferences > .Mac > and from then do all the processing involved that the Mac tells you to do.
You can select some specific data to sync to your other computer (if for some reason you did not want your computers to share the same data). For your music to sync, check "Music" in the list of sync-able data (with the green old version of the iTunes logo).
Once you have completed everything, go to your other computer and allow your music to transfer. Just remember that you can only do that sync-allow process with five other computers, it's a rule.
Hoped I helped!
Vincent

Syncing purchased content with new computer

I'll looking for confirmation of the comments in this (archived) thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11628292&#11628292
I have an AppleTV which is synced to an iTunes library. The computer with that iTunes library is dead. My AppleTV now has a mix of old content that was synced with the old library and new content that was purchased through the AppleTV and never synced.
Is the never-synced content lost when I break the sync/pairing with an old (now dead) computer?

axelessbaum wrote:
Is the never-synced content lost when I break the sync/pairing with an old (now dead) computer?
no. content that was purchased on the appletv but never synced back will not be lost.
only synced content will be removed when you break the link.

Purchased Content and Data Transfers

I had a few questions regarding purchased content (i.e. apps, music, movies) and data transfers:
1. Can you re-download purchased apps for free or do you have to purchase them again?
2. Can you re-download purchased movies and music if the data is lost or do you have to purchase them again?
3. I noticed every time you download a movie it prompts you to backup the data with discs. I practically never use discs and most of the time, I have a large amount of purchased data that simply will not fit on DVD-Rs. Is it possible to backup data via external hard-drives? Is there an export option in iTunes to do this or do you have to go into the physical path which it's located?
4. Can you sync purchased content with multiple devices? For instance, I have a 32GB iTouch and an iPhone, would I be able to sync the same data for both of these devices or am I restricted to one?
5. How many computers can you have data synced with? For instance, I have five computers and a soon-to-be MacBook. How many computers can I have the same data synced up to?
I tried looking around for this information, but didn't have much luck finding it. Apple doesn't seem to clearly define these parameters unless there is a link one of you might have that discusses these issues. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Message was edited by: chris.chin

Hi, welcome to Apple Discussions.
chris.chin wrote:
I had a few questions regarding purchased content (i.e. apps, music, movies) and data transfers:
1. Can you re-download purchased apps for free or do you have to purchase them again?
Redownload for free, assuming still available in the store.
2. Can you re-download purchased movies and music if the data is lost or do you have to purchase them again?
You are not entitled to a repeat download of any media item. Sometimes unfortunate users are granted a one-time only repeat download if they ask nicely but don't count on it.
3. I noticed every time you download a movie it prompts you to backup the data with discs. I practically never use discs and most of the time, I have a large amount of purchased data that simply will not fit on DVD-Rs. Is it possible to backup data via external hard-drives? Is there an export option in iTunes to do this or do you have to go into the physical path which it's located?
Yes, you can backup to external drives or network shares however iTunes has no system for managing this. You just need to copy the files from their source folders, either manually or....
*Fast backup for iTunes library (Windows Only)*
Grab SyncToy 2.1, a free tool from MS. This can be used to copy your entire iTunes library (& other important data folders) onto another hard drive or network share. You can then use SyncToy periodically to synchronise or echo your library to the backup. A preview will show which files need to be updated giving you a chance to spot unexpected changes and during the run only the new or updated files will be copied saving lots of time. And if your media is all organised below the main iTunes folder then you should also be able to open the backup library on any system running the same version of iTunes.
4. Can you sync purchased content with multiple devices? For instance, I have a 32GB iTouch and an iPhone, would I be able to sync the same data for both of these devices or am I restricted to one?
You can sync the content to as many iPods/iPhones/iPads as you like. Each device can hold protected content from up to five different accounts at any one time.
5. How many computers can you have data synced with? For instance, I have five computers and a soon-to-be MacBook. How many computers can I have the same data synced up to?
You can authorise protected content on up to five different computer systems at any one time. Virtual machines count as separate systems as do computers with reformatted drives or, perhaps, certain hardware changes. Ideally you should deauthorise a computer before any major upgrade. If you are no longer able to access one of your systems but need to release the authorisation then, if you have five active authorisations you can deauthorise all of them together, however you may not then repeat this preocess for 12 months.
Protected content can only be transfered to a device when the computer is authorised. Devices may be manually managed from a number of computers but may only be automatically synced with one. Syncing is a one way process as far as media is concerned, library to device, but certain metadata such as play count and rating flows in both direction. With manual managment such metadata is not copied.
I tried looking around for this information, but didn't have much luck finding it. Apple doesn't seem to clearly define these parameters unless there is a link one of you might have that discusses these issues. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
No problem, that's what these forums are for... The information is probably spread around a number of support articles but I don't have the individual links to hand. Feel free to ask if you want more details though.
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Itunes wont sync recently purchased content with an error message

About 10 days ago itunes stopped syncing TV episodes that were purchased recently. It comes back with an "this computer is not authorized to play ..." but in fact it is. I have also unauthorized and reauthorized this MAC but it will still not sync the recently downloaded (about 2 weeks or younger) episodes.
To clarify it will sync all content that was downloaded earlier.
Any ideas ?

Are you saying that you are running iTunes 10.7 now and it is still telling you to update iTunes?

Sync Purchased/Downloaded Apple TV content to Itunes

I have configured quite the home entertainment network replete with a mini, a NAS, a couple ATVs and a couple Airport Expresses over a new wireless N network. All is well. I have been using my ATVs for streaming content from the iTunes share only.
However, I would like to purchase content on my ATVs and have the content stored/moved to the iTunes library. I have consciously chosen not to sync my Apple TV with iTunes because I have a lot of content in my library (see 1TB NAS) I would prefer not to bother syncing or adding content to the ATV at all for that matter. It doesn't need to have it...
So, what is the best solution for configuring content (music/podcast/tv shows/movie) purchased on the Apple TV down to the iTunes library?
Additionally, if I sync, and I know I can easily fill the ATV hard drive with photos, video, music and still be able to stream the remaining.... what happens when the HDD on the ATV is full and I go to purchase new content? Anybody achieved that level yet? I only bought 40GB ATVs. I really don't want my purchased files all over the place...

You set up syncing from the tv by selecting settings/computers/connect to itunes (you might have to remove itunes as a streaming library first).
If you don't want to actually sync anything, choose custom sync and imply don't choose anything to sync.

Syncing iPad without losing purchased content already on the iPad

Rookie question probably, but I've been downloading content in different forms on my iPad for months and I finally want to sync the device with the iTunes on my MacBook Air. When I try to do this, I get a message warning me that any content on my iPad will be deleted as a result of the sync. That's when I hit "cancel". I've had iPhones for years, been syncing them and purchasing content either on the iPhone or the laptop, and this has never been an issue. I don't remember doing anything special with respect to iTunes settings in the case of my iPhone, so what do I do for the iPad? I've backed it up to the iCloud, but I can't say I understand whether iCloud backups are connected to iTunes syncing.

You need to transfer the purchase that you have been making on the iPad into iTunes before you sync. Turn off auto sync first.
iTunes>Preferences>Devices, check the box at the bottom that will prevent the iPad from auto syncing. Click OK. Quit iTunes.
Connect the iPad to the computer and launch iTunes. Right click on the iPad name on the left side under the devices heading - then select - Transfer Purchases. That will put all of the stuff that you have been downloading for months into iTunes. Right click on the iPad name again - select Backup. (More about his at the end.)
Now go into each tab in iTunes, Info, Apps, Music, Photos, Movies - whatever you want to sync. Select all of the content that you want on the iPad. Make sure that all of the headings are checked - Sync Apps, Sync Music, etc. After you have finished making your selections, click on Apply in the lower right corner of iTunes.
You can turn auto sync on again when you are done if that is how you want to sync.
iCloud backups are separate from iTunes backups. You can use both or either. You can make the choice to backup in iTunes in the Info Pane of iTunes when the iPad is connected to the MBA and with iTunes running and the iPad selected. I wanted you to have a backup in iTunes if you are going to sync with iTunes.

Burned CDs will not sync to my ipod. I just replaced my computer with a different computer, unauathorizeed all previous computers, authorized the one i am now using, but only purchase content will transfer to my ipod.

Burned CDs will not sync to my ipod. I just replaced my computer with a different computer, unauathorizeed all previous computers, authorized the one i am now using, but only purchase content will transfer to my ipod.

Hi ballen13!
I have an article here for you that may be able to address your question and provide some insight into this issue:
Some songs in iTunes won't copy to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1420
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
-Braden

How do I delete purchased content from atv1 without syncing with computer?

I need more space on my atv1.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Just to be sure you want to delete your purchased content without saving it to iTunes ?
If so just to and select the trash icon to the right of the title on screen.

How do we split our iCloud accounts but keep one iTunes account so we can share purchased content for our multiple iPhones and iPads?

How do we split our iCloud accounts but keep one iTunes account so we can share purchased content for our multiple iPhones and iPads?

You can migrate a copy of the data to a new account, then delete the other person's data from each account. To do this, on the phone that will be changing accounts, if you have any photos in photo stream that you want to keep on the phone, save these to your camera roll by opening the photo stream album in the thumbnail view, tapping Edit, then tap all the photos you want to save, tap Share and tap Save to Camera Roll. If you have any synced notes that you want to keep on the phone, email these to yourself so you can create new notes in the new account.
Once this is done, go to Settings>iCloud, scroll to the bottom and tap Delete Account. (This will only delete the account from this phone, not from iCloud. The phone that will be keeping the account will not be effected by this.) When prompted about what to do with the iCloud data, be sure to select Keep On My iPhone. Next, set up a new iCloud account using a different Apple ID (if you don't have one, tap Get a Free Apple ID at the bottom). Then turn iCloud data syncing for contacts, etc. back to On, and when prompted about merging with iCloud, choose Merge. This will upload the data to the new account. You will create a new icloud email address with you turn Mail to On.
Finally, to un-merge the data you will then have to go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into each iCloud account separately and manually delete the data you don't want (such as deleting your wife's data from your account, and vice versa).

Can iTunes share purchased content across Apple IDs within one household, OR

QUESTION ONE
Will iTunes share purchased content using TWOApple IDs, across different devices within one household?
QUESTION TWO
Should each device with a separate user have its own iCloud ID? CONCURRENTLY, should each device belonging to the SAME user use the SAME cloud ID?
QUESTION THREE
I think I "can" use one Apple ID, and just usedifferent iCloud IDs for EACH device. Am I fundamentally wrong? Am I legallywrong?
UNDERSTOOD FACTS:
1) Apple states, each person should have their own AppleID: http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
2) iCloud servicesare: mail, contacts,calendar etc...
3) iTunes servicesare: music, videos, Apps, etc...
You can sync iTunes across up to5 different computers using your Apple ID: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1420, however there does not seem to be alimit of how many Apple devices youcan sync within using a single iTunes account (Apple ID). *NOTE: beware automaticsynchronization of new apps..
4) iTunesin the Cloud is a different animal altogether! This should allow sharing of all iTunes content across all “your” devices, aslong as it was purchased thru iTunes (If not, you need to shell out an additional $25/yr for iTunes Match)
SCENARIO: I got a new iPhone, and am giving theold iPhone to my spouse. ALL iTunes content has been managed and purchased using oneApple ID that matches one iCloud ID. Ideally, just like anyother family using multiple Apple products and usingiCloud; we would like to SHARE songs & Apps, but NOT share calendars, mail etc...(sharing contacts would be nice).
QUESTION FOUR
Under the above scenario, must I have a “.me email” account?
I have been reading threadsabout managing content across multiple devices, using different IDs, both AppleIDs and Cloud IDs, and there is a LOT of confusion. I'm visual, so I've attached the graphic illustrating how I "think" I should proceed. **I have not set up the new iPhone yet.
We do not have a Mac or a".me email" account, and we use Gmail.
Any help is appreciated!

I have the computer authorized to use the Apple ID content (been using iTunes since 2007).
My issue is I cannot create sperate iCloud IDs for each device. I get prompted/directed to create a new Apple ID, which is what I want to avoid. I want to use one "FAMILY" AppleID as it is, and use iCloud IDs for each device.
My logic is: ALL my purchases are tied to an AppleID, and I just want to share on devices that leave the house, like another iPhone.
So- what to do? How to get a seperate iCloud ID without a seperate AppleID? I have an iPhone & iPad, husband has an iTouch & iPhone. How to share selectively? All devices were originally setup using one Cloud ID and one Apple ID. Now I need new IDs to represent the new user on the iTouch & iPhone.

HT3819 can my husband and I share purchased content on our iPads, like movies?

Can my husband and I share purchased content on our iPads, like movies? I wouldn't want to buy them twice.

Yes. You can sync as many idevices as you like to one library.

Can i remove purchased content from one itunes account to a new account?

i have 3 ipads on my one icloud account and my one phone my family shares the content on the 3 ipads.
I am getting my oldest child a i phone and want to move some of the shared content to her new phone and one if the ipads.to her own itunes account.
can i select some of the purchased content and move to a new itunes account? Please help

Purchased content is permanently tied to the ID used to purchase it and connot be moved to another ID. You can still sync it to her new phone from an authorized computer. If she is moving to a different computer, you can also authothize the new computer for the ID used to purchase it, then use home sharing to copy the purchased media to the new iTiunes library, where she can then synch it to her new phone.

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