Transfered purchases WON'T transfer

I'm not really sure what the issue is, however, I have a new laptop and I've been TRYing to transfer my purchased music to my new computer. The problem is, even though I've used the transfer purchased music botton on iTunes, only 9 songs have been purchased. There is still well over 100 songs that have/will not transfer. PLEEEEEASE somebody tell me what to do. I am too afraid to even attempt to sync b/c all will be lost. Thank you for all and any help

I'm assuming all your purchase were purchased on iTunes?

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MissInkFTW wrote:
since you're just ranting ...
is there any way I can somehow "authorize" these purchases to be transferred back onto my iphone?
... iTunes customer support
they need some serious reconsideration in their policies, upon realization that they're not only making themselves inferior to other music sites in terms of cost, but also in terms of user-friendly qualities. FAIL itunes, fail.
... iTunes feedback
maybe when you're posting your issues in a constructive fashion, other users here will feel inclined to give good advice
good luck !

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I've seen this issue crop up on other message boards, but have yet to find a solution...
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Zgreen wrote:
My iTunes and touch are on the same account; when I download apps through iTunes they do show up in the applications tab, *and can be removed and put back on the touch as normal.* I've tried this with a few apps and it works fine every time. I'd just rather not re-download everything I have on there, and some of the apps have their own particular data which I do not want to lose.
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is there any way I can somehow "authorize" these purchases to be transferred back onto my iphone?
and on an unrelated tangent, the sheer multitude of inconveniences created by itunes superbly anal "don't share music because it is eeeevil" attitude, when I am not even trying to share music between me and other people, but simply between my own various mac devices, has influenced me to never buy another piece of itunes music again. they need some serious reconsideration in their policies, upon realization that they're not only making themselves inferior to other music sites in terms of cost, but also in terms of user-friendly qualities. FAIL itunes, fail.

MissInkFTW wrote:
since you're just ranting ...
is there any way I can somehow "authorize" these purchases to be transferred back onto my iphone?
... iTunes customer support
they need some serious reconsideration in their policies, upon realization that they're not only making themselves inferior to other music sites in terms of cost, but also in terms of user-friendly qualities. FAIL itunes, fail.
... iTunes feedback
maybe when you're posting your issues in a constructive fashion, other users here will feel inclined to give good advice
good luck !

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Have you authorized your new computer?
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OrcaMDDDS wrote:
Is this possible?
maybe this post by Zevoneer helps.
I don’t want to hear any of that “iTunes will let you re-download anything you’ve lost” nonsense.
it won't anyways. except or apps, you are entitled to one download only. there4 it is important to back up.
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